US Health Care Costs

Heart stent in Missouri

MS-DRG 322: Percutaneous cardiovascular procedures with intraluminal device without mcc

$82,979typical hospital bill
$13,905typical amount paid
$11,458–$23,699range paid across 37 hospitals

Missouri hospitals billed Medicare a typical $82,979 for this stay in 2024, about 6.0 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
Lee's Summit Medical CenterLees Summit15$158,284$11,458
Boone Hospital CenterColumbia45$65,894$11,751
Liberty HospitalLiberty15$95,397$12,485
Ssm St Clare Health CenterFenton18$56,946$12,696
Ozarks HealthcareWest Plains21$81,350$12,776
Mercy Hospital SouthSaint Louis37$74,865$12,789
Mercy Hospital JoplinJoplin25$72,643$12,898
Poplar Bluff Regional Medical CenterPoplar Bluff28$214,211$13,022
Ssm Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson CityJefferson City16$57,728$13,051
Mercy Hospital SpringfieldSpringfield56$80,969$13,253
Cox Medical Center BransonBranson31$101,210$13,262
Nkc HealthNorth Kansas City45$117,820$13,307
St Lukes HospitalChesterfield41$72,785$13,463
Ssm St Joseph Health CenterSaint Charles12$66,069$13,475
Freeman Health System - Freeman WestJoplin42$110,510$13,486
Mercy Hospital JeffersonCrystal City25$83,571$13,505
Saint Francis Medical CenterCape Girardeau19$138,724$13,584
Ssm St Joseph Hospital WestLake Saint Louis21$59,522$13,637
Mercy Hospital SoutheastCape Girardeau20$79,161$13,905
Mercy Hospital St LouisSaint Louis40$73,801$13,915
Cox Medical CentersSpringfield42$102,204$13,961
Missouri Baptist Medical CenterSaint Louis35$74,491$14,421
Ssm Health Depaul Hospital St LouisBridgeton18$71,469$14,678
Barnes-Jewish St Peters HospitalSaint Peters11$66,867$15,240
St Lukes Hospital of Kansas CityKansas City38$126,512$15,549
Phelps County Regional Medical CenterRolla53$98,221$16,503
Saint Luke's East HospitalLees Summit31$128,920$16,704
University of Missouri Health CareColumbia67$104,898$16,757
Mosaic Life Care at St JosephSaint Joseph48$69,493$17,230
Research Medical CenterKansas City13$198,750$17,504
Christian Hospital NortheastSaint Louis28$68,045$17,529
Saint Lukes North HospitalKansas City18$122,154$17,573
Lake Regional Health SystemOsage Beach15$82,979$18,648
Ssm Health St Mary's Hospital - St LouisSaint Louis12$60,437$19,157
Ssm Health Saint Louis University HospitalSaint Louis17$117,025$21,912
Centerpoint Medical CenterIndependence25$261,532$23,132
Barnes Jewish HospitalSaint Louis30$103,980$23,699

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.