Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures Without Cc/Mcc in Missouri

MS-DRG 331: Major small and large bowel procedures without cc/mcc

$54,750typical hospital bill

$12,761typical amount paid

$10,407–$21,034range paid across 13 hospitals

Missouri hospitals billed Medicare a typical $54,750 for this stay in 2024, about 4.3 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)

Hospital	City	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Boone Hospital Center	Columbia	33	$37,597	$10,407
St Lukes Hospital	Chesterfield	12	$56,627	$11,805
Freeman Health System - Freeman West	Joplin	27	$79,019	$11,968
Nkc Health	North Kansas City	24	$47,192	$12,025
Mercy Hospital Springfield	Springfield	36	$44,143	$12,165
Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital	Creve Coeur	17	$49,226	$12,326
Saint Francis Medical Center	Cape Girardeau	17	$108,299	$12,761
Mercy Hospital Southeast	Cape Girardeau	19	$80,628	$12,822
Mercy Hospital St Louis	Saint Louis	18	$54,750	$14,084
Saint Luke's East Hospital	Lees Summit	22	$93,291	$14,760
Mosaic Life Care at St Joseph	Saint Joseph	15	$42,428	$15,212
St Lukes Hospital of Kansas City	Kansas City	11	$102,179	$18,842
Barnes Jewish Hospital	Saint Louis	34	$53,022	$21,034

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.