US Health Care Costs

Other kidney and urinary problems, with complications in Missouri

MS-DRG 699: Other kidney and urinary tract diagnoses with cc

$31,913typical hospital bill
$7,745typical amount paid
$6,526–$14,612range paid across 25 hospitals

Missouri hospitals billed Medicare a typical $31,913 for this stay in 2024, about 4.1 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
Saint Luke's East HospitalLees Summit32$52,120$6,526
Barnes-Jewish St Peters HospitalSaint Peters15$19,860$6,607
Missouri Baptist Medical CenterSaint Louis39$27,724$6,850
Liberty HospitalLiberty17$27,491$7,320
Nkc HealthNorth Kansas City26$40,199$7,372
Ssm St Clare Health CenterFenton14$20,482$7,390
Mercy Hospital JoplinJoplin17$31,913$7,451
Poplar Bluff Regional Medical CenterPoplar Bluff12$74,299$7,477
St Lukes HospitalChesterfield25$28,213$7,518
Barnes-Jewish West County HospitalCreve Coeur12$25,724$7,636
Saint Lukes North HospitalKansas City13$67,935$7,640
Ssm St Joseph Hospital WestLake Saint Louis13$25,419$7,701
Centerpoint Medical CenterIndependence11$63,519$7,745
Mercy Hospital SouthSaint Louis28$17,409$7,872
Freeman Health System - Freeman WestJoplin14$37,264$7,904
Mercy Hospital SpringfieldSpringfield19$30,340$8,052
Mercy Hospital St LouisSaint Louis34$21,903$8,303
Cox Medical CentersSpringfield17$31,614$8,546
Mosaic Life Care at St JosephSaint Joseph39$27,093$9,321
University of Missouri Health CareColumbia23$33,885$10,560
Ssm Health St Mary's Hospital - St LouisSaint Louis20$32,636$10,652
St Lukes Hospital of Kansas CityKansas City64$58,298$11,619
Barnes Jewish HospitalSaint Louis97$43,713$13,087
Ssm Health Saint Louis University HospitalSaint Louis31$46,156$13,201
Research Medical CenterKansas City19$96,637$14,612

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.