US Health Care Costs

Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with complications in Missouri

MS-DRG 378: Gastrointestinal hemorrhage with cc

$34,209typical hospital bill
$7,790typical amount paid
$6,174–$13,209range paid across 44 hospitals

Missouri hospitals billed Medicare a typical $34,209 for this stay in 2024, about 4.4 times what was actually paid. Medicare's payment depends mostly on the hospital's location and teaching role; the bill depends on the hospital's own price list, so bills vary far more than payments.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaid
St Joseph Medical CenterKansas City15$40,235$6,174
Boone Hospital CenterColumbia61$28,222$6,354
Lee's Summit Medical CenterLees Summit15$65,791$6,814
Barnes-Jewish St Peters HospitalSaint Peters33$28,996$6,935
Saint Luke's East HospitalLees Summit74$64,108$6,967
Missouri Baptist Medical CenterSaint Louis118$31,212$6,974
Ssm St Joseph Hospital WestLake Saint Louis33$29,039$7,014
Liberty HospitalLiberty31$37,533$7,045
Progress West HospitalOfallon21$32,849$7,144
Mercy Hospital SouthSaint Louis82$25,537$7,225
Ssm St Clare Health CenterFenton37$25,230$7,309
Ssm Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson CityJefferson City18$27,075$7,345
Poplar Bluff Regional Medical CenterPoplar Bluff24$80,125$7,348
Ozarks HealthcareWest Plains11$26,311$7,363
St Lukes HospitalChesterfield79$34,514$7,444
Mercy Hospital JoplinJoplin60$36,789$7,482
Mercy Hospital JeffersonCrystal City34$31,391$7,575
Nkc HealthNorth Kansas City72$48,374$7,607
Freeman Health System - Freeman WestJoplin61$37,468$7,670
Ssm Health Depaul Hospital St LouisBridgeton37$24,139$7,700
Mercy Hospital SoutheastCape Girardeau29$33,904$7,784
Mercy Hospital SpringfieldSpringfield104$33,725$7,785
Centerpoint Medical CenterIndependence21$71,483$7,794
Bothwell Regional Health CenterSedalia12$26,493$7,909
Cox Medical Center BransonBranson11$40,147$7,913
Barnes-Jewish West County HospitalCreve Coeur19$27,526$7,933
Saint Francis Medical CenterCape Girardeau44$44,179$7,969
Ssm St Joseph Health CenterSaint Charles33$28,771$8,021
Mercy Hospital WashingtonWashington23$29,802$8,054
Saint Lukes North HospitalKansas City40$53,061$8,078
Hannibal Regional HospitalHannibal18$41,993$8,150
Cox Medical CentersSpringfield56$32,786$8,418
Lake Regional Health SystemOsage Beach20$32,367$8,424
Mercy Hospital St LouisSaint Louis59$38,788$8,548
Phelps County Regional Medical CenterRolla12$34,520$8,938
Golden Valley Memorial HospitalClinton11$29,527$8,944
Christian Hospital NortheastSaint Louis36$35,742$9,123
Mosaic Life Care at St JosephSaint Joseph77$29,755$9,132
University of Missouri Health CareColumbia86$47,024$10,365
St Lukes Hospital of Kansas CityKansas City43$59,773$10,368
Ssm Health St Mary's Hospital - St LouisSaint Louis34$23,638$11,006
Ssm Health Saint Louis University HospitalSaint Louis18$43,806$11,543
Barnes Jewish HospitalSaint Louis56$48,221$12,626
Research Medical CenterKansas City13$106,509$13,209

Medicare: CMS, 2024 (hospitals with 11 or more Medicare stays). Cash and insurer prices: hospitals' own price files, where read; insurer figures are commercial plans only, median and 10th–90th percentile across plans.