US Health Care Costs

Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Without C.d.e. with Cc in Missouri

MS-DRG 418: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy without c.d.e. with cc

$59,726typical hospital bill
$12,046typical amount paid
$10,772–$16,131range paid across 14 hospitals

Missouri hospitals billed Medicare a typical $59,726 for this stay in 2024, about 5.0 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 CenterColumbia17$42,075$10,772
Poplar Bluff Regional Medical CenterPoplar Bluff11$239,802$11,815
Saint Luke's East HospitalLees Summit11$96,054$11,821
Freeman Health System - Freeman WestJoplin11$64,493$11,850
St Lukes HospitalChesterfield12$58,998$11,890
Missouri Baptist Medical CenterSaint Louis34$53,974$11,951
Mercy Hospital SpringfieldSpringfield19$60,454$12,018
Mercy Hospital SouthSaint Louis29$37,904$12,074
Nkc HealthNorth Kansas City24$53,537$12,145
Mercy Hospital St LouisSaint Louis12$51,240$12,814
Cox Medical CentersSpringfield22$82,638$13,139
University of Missouri Health CareColumbia12$64,751$15,021
Mosaic Life Care at St JosephSaint Joseph26$56,186$15,668
St Lukes Hospital of Kansas CityKansas City13$151,997$16,131

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.