US Health Care Costs

Kidney failure, with complications in Missouri

MS-DRG 683: Renal failure with cc

$28,731typical hospital bill
$7,233typical amount paid
$5,593–$13,984range paid across 48 hospitals

Missouri hospitals billed Medicare a typical $28,731 for this stay in 2024, about 4.0 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
Boone Hospital CenterColumbia67$19,851$5,593
St Joseph Medical CenterKansas City20$35,086$5,673
Missouri Baptist Medical CenterSaint Louis86$30,245$5,922
St Mary's Medical CenterBlue Springs16$39,748$6,026
Belton Regional Medical CenterBelton25$61,248$6,042
Barnes-Jewish St Peters HospitalSaint Peters24$28,166$6,266
Ssm St Joseph Hospital WestLake Saint Louis51$25,840$6,427
Ssm St Clare Health CenterFenton39$23,011$6,437
Barnes-Jewish West County HospitalCreve Coeur11$25,299$6,512
Mercy Hospital SouthSaint Louis72$20,520$6,631
Lee's Summit Medical CenterLees Summit26$79,155$6,676
St Lukes HospitalChesterfield49$24,283$6,706
Ozarks HealthcareWest Plains14$21,282$6,733
Poplar Bluff Regional Medical CenterPoplar Bluff29$58,802$6,738
Liberty HospitalLiberty35$28,648$6,745
Mercy Hospital JoplinJoplin39$29,831$6,903
Centerpoint Medical CenterIndependence57$72,259$6,923
Mercy Hospital JeffersonCrystal City50$22,409$6,939
Nkc HealthNorth Kansas City39$38,820$6,951
Ssm Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson CityJefferson City30$19,553$6,965
Mercy Hospital SoutheastCape Girardeau41$24,835$7,157
Ssm Health Depaul Hospital St LouisBridgeton40$24,672$7,167
Freeman Health System - Freeman WestJoplin83$38,749$7,208
Ssm St Joseph Health CenterSaint Charles24$25,420$7,226
Mercy Hospital SpringfieldSpringfield71$30,096$7,240
Hannibal Regional HospitalHannibal25$23,745$7,243
Bothwell Regional Health CenterSedalia22$23,299$7,265
Saint Luke's East HospitalLees Summit38$58,004$7,302
Parkland Health CenterFarmington19$23,207$7,346
Saint Francis Medical CenterCape Girardeau34$39,898$7,371
Mercy Hospital WashingtonWashington12$19,543$7,464
Cameron Regional Medical CenterCameron12$26,130$7,550
Lake Regional Health SystemOsage Beach15$23,408$7,609
Missouri Delta Medical CenterSikeston15$30,053$7,713
Mercy Hospital St LouisSaint Louis85$28,815$7,749
Cox Medical CentersSpringfield92$28,903$7,809
Phelps County Regional Medical CenterRolla38$43,326$8,146
Christian Hospital NortheastSaint Louis36$33,157$8,217
Fitzgibbon HospitalMarshall12$22,113$8,282
Mosaic Life Care at St JosephSaint Joseph48$28,300$8,810
University of Missouri Health CareColumbia82$37,392$9,264
Cox Medical Center BransonBranson13$29,735$9,358
Western Missouri Medical CenterWarrensburg11$21,324$9,732
St Lukes Hospital of Kansas CityKansas City16$49,016$9,973
Ssm Health St Mary's Hospital - St LouisSaint Louis33$21,775$10,136
Research Medical CenterKansas City28$88,985$10,653
Barnes Jewish HospitalSaint Louis75$44,313$11,975
Ssm Health Saint Louis University HospitalSaint Louis18$30,756$13,984

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.