US Health Care Costs

Heart failure, with major complications in Missouri

MS-DRG 291: Heart failure and shock with mcc

$38,641typical hospital bill
$9,927typical amount paid
$8,061–$26,352range paid across 59 hospitals

Missouri hospitals billed Medicare a typical $38,641 for this stay in 2024, about 3.9 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 CenterColumbia177$30,707$8,061
St Joseph Medical CenterKansas City61$57,277$8,377
Lee's Summit Medical CenterLees Summit61$64,708$8,419
Belton Regional Medical CenterBelton25$76,492$8,427
Saint Luke's East HospitalLees Summit315$62,647$8,645
Missouri Baptist Medical CenterSaint Louis361$42,717$8,645
Liberty HospitalLiberty110$34,771$8,682
Barnes-Jewish St Peters HospitalSaint Peters130$43,137$8,718
Ssm St Joseph Hospital WestLake Saint Louis147$34,689$8,744
St Mary's Medical CenterBlue Springs43$54,647$8,827
Ssm St Clare Health CenterFenton139$31,247$8,998
Progress West HospitalOfallon40$37,437$9,002
Barnes-Jewish West County HospitalCreve Coeur34$28,780$9,174
Mercy Hospital SouthSaint Louis266$36,376$9,207
Ozarks HealthcareWest Plains62$34,654$9,230
Mercy Hospital JoplinJoplin143$32,625$9,277
Ssm Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson CityJefferson City38$26,876$9,284
Poplar Bluff Regional Medical CenterPoplar Bluff136$82,879$9,334
St Lukes HospitalChesterfield276$41,328$9,395
Mercy Hospital JeffersonCrystal City127$34,532$9,480
Nkc HealthNorth Kansas City260$52,834$9,503
Centerpoint Medical CenterIndependence102$88,431$9,536
Mercy Hospital SpringfieldSpringfield251$35,863$9,744
Freeman Health System - Freeman WestJoplin210$53,073$9,760
Mercy Hospital WashingtonWashington95$28,416$9,783
Mercy Hospital SoutheastCape Girardeau94$30,984$9,786
Parkland Health CenterFarmington97$34,402$9,856
Saint Francis Medical CenterCape Girardeau121$51,826$9,897
Bothwell Regional Health CenterSedalia72$24,866$9,926
Ssm St Joseph Health CenterSaint Charles92$36,094$9,927
Cox Medical Center BransonBranson44$43,422$9,967
Ssm Health Depaul Hospital St LouisBridgeton142$39,338$9,977
Cox Medical CentersSpringfield106$44,209$10,305
Saint Lukes North HospitalKansas City138$61,920$10,341
St Luke's Des Peres HospitalSaint Louis16$49,936$10,389
Hannibal Regional HospitalHannibal121$28,766$10,398
Mercy Hospital St LouisSaint Louis332$44,868$10,507
Lake Regional Health SystemOsage Beach75$27,567$10,878
Texas County Memorial HospitalHouston21$22,096$11,004
Missouri Delta Medical CenterSikeston68$38,641$11,018
Citizens Memorial HospitalBolivar23$21,893$11,055
Christian Hospital NortheastSaint Louis210$51,208$11,079
Golden Valley Memorial HospitalClinton28$19,463$11,127
Fitzgibbon HospitalMarshall13$30,773$11,425
Phelps County Regional Medical CenterRolla138$57,166$11,715
Mosaic Life Care at St JosephSaint Joseph227$39,261$11,903
University of Missouri Health CareColumbia214$49,012$12,491
St Lukes Hospital of Kansas CityKansas City162$81,730$13,203
Moberly Regional Medical CenterMoberly11$48,492$13,209
Mercy Hospital LebanonLebanon29$24,379$13,667
Ssm Health St Mary's Hospital - St LouisSaint Louis137$35,110$13,746
Research Medical CenterKansas City83$128,469$13,859
Western Missouri Medical CenterWarrensburg38$27,363$13,863
Mosaic Medical Center - MaryvilleMaryville20$22,748$14,691
Northeast Regional Medical CenterKirksville23$62,007$16,179
Ssm Health Saint Louis University HospitalSaint Louis60$54,784$16,803
Barnes Jewish HospitalSaint Louis273$63,751$17,470
Truman Medical Center Hospital HillKansas City32$22,468$25,096
University Health Lakewood Medical CenterKansas City14$16,396$26,352

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.