US Health Care Costs

Lung infection, with major complications in Missouri

MS-DRG 177: Respiratory infections and inflammations with mcc

$49,145typical hospital bill
$12,282typical amount paid
$10,174–$25,969range paid across 51 hospitals

Missouri hospitals billed Medicare a typical $49,145 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
St Joseph Medical CenterKansas City42$70,756$10,174
Boone Hospital CenterColumbia76$40,847$10,337
Lee's Summit Medical CenterLees Summit21$62,484$10,472
Barnes-Jewish St Peters HospitalSaint Peters78$53,326$10,837
Missouri Baptist Medical CenterSaint Louis149$49,141$10,856
Ssm St Joseph Hospital WestLake Saint Louis60$31,407$10,898
Saint Luke's East HospitalLees Summit83$92,469$11,033
Barnes-Jewish West County HospitalCreve Coeur11$36,957$11,108
Ssm Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson CityJefferson City28$35,099$11,245
Belton Regional Medical CenterBelton11$74,206$11,256
Mercy Hospital JoplinJoplin58$39,291$11,344
Saint Lukes North HospitalKansas City33$82,844$11,547
Mercy Hospital SouthSaint Louis167$39,208$11,610
Centerpoint Medical CenterIndependence48$101,198$11,635
Ozarks HealthcareWest Plains33$43,079$11,704
Freeman Health System - Freeman WestJoplin51$63,567$11,783
Ssm St Clare Health CenterFenton62$33,494$11,798
St Lukes HospitalChesterfield104$49,308$11,801
Mercy Hospital JeffersonCrystal City58$40,169$11,844
Nkc HealthNorth Kansas City202$68,014$11,927
St Mary's Medical CenterBlue Springs33$60,374$11,972
Poplar Bluff Regional Medical CenterPoplar Bluff140$138,491$12,031
Mercy Hospital SpringfieldSpringfield129$49,145$12,117
Saint Francis Medical CenterCape Girardeau48$63,599$12,265
Cox Medical Center BransonBranson39$45,740$12,270
Progress West HospitalOfallon27$42,737$12,282
Ssm St Joseph Health CenterSaint Charles38$40,266$12,341
Liberty HospitalLiberty54$46,961$12,379
Ssm Health Depaul Hospital St LouisBridgeton62$51,722$12,488
Mercy Hospital WashingtonWashington67$41,121$12,676
Cox Medical CentersSpringfield84$50,814$12,775
Mercy Hospital SoutheastCape Girardeau37$50,120$12,799
Bothwell Regional Health CenterSedalia33$37,984$12,959
Parkland Health CenterFarmington42$32,432$13,076
Mercy Hospital St LouisSaint Louis208$51,390$13,222
Christian Hospital NortheastSaint Louis53$62,053$13,237
Hannibal Regional HospitalHannibal91$40,668$13,641
Lake Regional Health SystemOsage Beach25$29,059$14,083
Golden Valley Memorial HospitalClinton11$28,780$14,200
Missouri Delta Medical CenterSikeston19$45,834$14,324
St Lukes Hospital of Kansas CityKansas City43$97,299$15,249
Mosaic Life Care at St JosephSaint Joseph154$55,172$15,836
University of Missouri Health CareColumbia104$65,226$16,036
Ssm Health St Mary's Hospital - St LouisSaint Louis27$37,695$16,585
Mercy Hospital LebanonLebanon12$24,579$16,676
Research Medical CenterKansas City22$146,229$16,958
Phelps County Regional Medical CenterRolla35$78,732$17,010
Western Missouri Medical CenterWarrensburg24$32,759$17,891
Mosaic Medical Center - MaryvilleMaryville13$35,460$19,391
Ssm Health Saint Louis University HospitalSaint Louis28$71,599$20,273
Barnes Jewish HospitalSaint Louis92$91,612$25,969

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.