US Health Care Costs

Pneumonia, with major complications in Missouri

MS-DRG 193: Simple pneumonia and pleurisy with mcc

$40,656typical hospital bill
$10,339typical amount paid
$8,201–$23,932range paid across 56 hospitals

Missouri hospitals billed Medicare a typical $40,656 for this stay in 2024, about 3.9 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 CenterColumbia93$34,513$8,201
Belton Regional Medical CenterBelton27$69,026$8,229
Saint Luke's East HospitalLees Summit96$80,204$8,473
Lee's Summit Medical CenterLees Summit39$71,965$8,636
Missouri Baptist Medical CenterSaint Louis68$41,516$8,888
Barnes-Jewish St Peters HospitalSaint Peters38$41,566$9,228
Ssm Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson CityJefferson City46$33,931$9,239
Ssm St Joseph Hospital WestLake Saint Louis57$39,267$9,253
Liberty HospitalLiberty49$37,277$9,315
Mercy Hospital SouthSaint Louis106$31,343$9,355
Ssm St Clare Health CenterFenton44$32,878$9,361
Ozarks HealthcareWest Plains27$32,346$9,430
Nkc HealthNorth Kansas City156$50,893$9,577
Mercy Hospital JoplinJoplin101$39,797$9,579
Poplar Bluff Regional Medical CenterPoplar Bluff61$97,878$9,580
St Lukes HospitalChesterfield83$50,529$9,694
Centerpoint Medical CenterIndependence88$94,319$9,769
Barnes-Jewish West County HospitalCreve Coeur13$33,516$9,869
Saint Lukes North HospitalKansas City31$67,511$9,899
Mercy Hospital JeffersonCrystal City75$37,508$10,018
Progress West HospitalOfallon24$42,804$10,050
Mercy Hospital SoutheastCape Girardeau58$38,069$10,175
Mercy Hospital SpringfieldSpringfield147$42,815$10,178
Mercy Hospital WashingtonWashington36$30,384$10,250
Freeman Health System - Freeman WestJoplin82$49,454$10,281
Parkland Health CenterFarmington70$30,608$10,291
Bothwell Regional Health CenterSedalia41$31,659$10,308
Saint Francis Medical CenterCape Girardeau40$71,563$10,335
Mercy Hospital St LouisSaint Louis90$38,411$10,343
St Joseph Medical CenterKansas City24$53,825$10,357
Ssm St Joseph Health CenterSaint Charles29$34,969$10,419
Ssm Health Depaul Hospital St LouisBridgeton26$37,434$10,610
Hannibal Regional HospitalHannibal74$29,658$10,699
Cox Medical CentersSpringfield128$47,139$10,833
Lake Regional Health SystemOsage Beach79$33,380$11,164
Missouri Delta Medical CenterSikeston60$60,280$11,372
Christian Hospital NortheastSaint Louis36$51,670$11,385
Golden Valley Memorial HospitalClinton18$28,637$11,464
Fitzgibbon HospitalMarshall15$27,794$11,660
Mercy Hospital StoddardDexter21$26,464$11,872
Phelps County Regional Medical CenterRolla35$67,343$11,954
Cox Medical Center BransonBranson39$42,806$12,060
Mosaic Life Care at St JosephSaint Joseph176$43,663$12,387
University of Missouri Health CareColumbia103$45,848$12,413
St Lukes Hospital of Kansas CityKansas City32$93,722$13,197
Ssm Health St Mary's Hospital - St LouisSaint Louis27$30,375$13,440
Moberly Regional Medical CenterMoberly13$75,698$13,687
Western Missouri Medical CenterWarrensburg36$24,709$13,955
Mercy Hospital LebanonLebanon14$21,175$14,157
Bates County Memorial HospitalButler17$29,848$14,857
Mosaic Medical Center - MaryvilleMaryville20$28,880$15,212
Ssm Health Saint Louis University HospitalSaint Louis33$53,347$15,635
Research Medical CenterKansas City25$153,571$15,648
Northeast Regional Medical CenterKirksville12$72,105$17,149
Barnes Jewish HospitalSaint Louis51$83,047$19,831
Truman Medical Center Hospital HillKansas City22$26,587$23,932

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.