US Health Care Costs

Hip replacement after a hip fracture in Missouri

MS-DRG 522: Hip replacement with principal diagnosis of hip fracture without mcc

$63,323typical hospital bill
$14,962typical amount paid
$12,995–$21,555range paid across 32 hospitals

Missouri hospitals billed Medicare a typical $63,323 for this stay in 2024, about 4.2 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
Barnes-Jewish St Peters HospitalSaint Peters13$53,845$12,995
Boone Hospital CenterColumbia38$52,579$13,133
Missouri Baptist Medical CenterSaint Louis24$63,115$13,608
Saint Luke's East HospitalLees Summit42$103,774$13,721
Ssm St Clare Health CenterFenton12$43,976$13,750
Nkc HealthNorth Kansas City41$65,172$14,197
Ssm St Joseph Hospital WestLake Saint Louis23$47,120$14,237
Centerpoint Medical CenterIndependence16$136,077$14,589
Saint Lukes North HospitalKansas City19$76,806$14,670
Ozarks HealthcareWest Plains15$61,465$14,674
Liberty HospitalLiberty24$64,615$14,790
Mercy Hospital JoplinJoplin25$66,397$14,791
Mercy Hospital SpringfieldSpringfield45$61,204$14,818
Mercy Hospital WashingtonWashington16$50,434$14,857
Mercy Hospital SouthSaint Louis53$39,809$14,867
St Lukes HospitalChesterfield33$49,540$14,942
Freeman Health System - Freeman WestJoplin39$84,451$14,982
Mercy Hospital JeffersonCrystal City25$48,692$15,000
Cox Medical Center BransonBranson17$90,439$15,137
Saint Francis Medical CenterCape Girardeau29$78,258$15,434
Mercy Hospital St LouisSaint Louis30$56,460$15,702
Bothwell Regional Health CenterSedalia17$44,024$15,995
Cox Medical CentersSpringfield52$77,821$17,315
Golden Valley Memorial HospitalClinton12$46,436$17,841
Lake Regional Health SystemOsage Beach21$63,531$17,862
Citizens Memorial HospitalBolivar11$45,127$18,094
Poplar Bluff Regional Medical CenterPoplar Bluff14$304,471$18,126
University of Missouri Health CareColumbia52$101,776$18,466
Phelps County Regional Medical CenterRolla30$100,407$19,079
Mosaic Life Care at St JosephSaint Joseph45$51,239$19,234
St Lukes Hospital of Kansas CityKansas City18$117,527$20,255
Barnes Jewish HospitalSaint Louis34$81,476$21,555

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.