US Health Care Costs

Stomach or intestinal bleeding, with major complications in Missouri

MS-DRG 377: Gastrointestinal hemorrhage with mcc

$62,271typical hospital bill
$12,767typical amount paid
$10,903–$22,114range paid across 33 hospitals

Missouri hospitals billed Medicare a typical $62,271 for this stay in 2024, about 4.9 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
Boone Hospital CenterColumbia33$49,771$10,903
St Joseph Medical CenterKansas City18$71,401$11,089
Barnes-Jewish St Peters HospitalSaint Peters19$52,630$11,695
Missouri Baptist Medical CenterSaint Louis63$53,297$11,922
Ssm St Clare Health CenterFenton14$44,999$11,939
St Mary's Medical CenterBlue Springs19$62,271$11,977
Ssm St Joseph Hospital WestLake Saint Louis16$47,995$12,246
Freeman Health System - Freeman WestJoplin15$87,338$12,330
Mercy Hospital WashingtonWashington11$42,875$12,340
Nkc HealthNorth Kansas City34$66,320$12,392
Saint Lukes North HospitalKansas City11$84,435$12,395
Mercy Hospital JeffersonCrystal City15$38,246$12,507
Mercy Hospital JoplinJoplin21$47,900$12,578
Mercy Hospital SouthSaint Louis79$44,901$12,638
Centerpoint Medical CenterIndependence14$141,955$12,721
Poplar Bluff Regional Medical CenterPoplar Bluff27$129,759$12,725
Ssm Health Depaul Hospital St LouisBridgeton36$40,046$12,767
Mercy Hospital SpringfieldSpringfield47$53,002$12,914
Ssm St Joseph Health CenterSaint Charles13$65,424$13,342
St Lukes HospitalChesterfield30$49,774$13,344
Saint Francis Medical CenterCape Girardeau27$65,478$13,383
Mercy Hospital SoutheastCape Girardeau13$56,048$13,698
Cox Medical CentersSpringfield33$68,866$13,864
Mercy Hospital St LouisSaint Louis44$58,662$13,959
Saint Luke's East HospitalLees Summit23$130,579$13,973
Christian Hospital NortheastSaint Louis35$63,977$14,930
St Lukes Hospital of Kansas CityKansas City27$115,045$16,119
Mosaic Life Care at St JosephSaint Joseph36$51,259$16,566
Research Medical CenterKansas City25$143,860$17,532
Ssm Health St Mary's Hospital - St LouisSaint Louis25$41,111$18,403
University of Missouri Health CareColumbia48$93,306$18,686
Ssm Health Saint Louis University HospitalSaint Louis23$97,698$21,778
Barnes Jewish HospitalSaint Louis51$82,757$22,114

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.