US Health Care Costs

Sepsis in Missouri

MS-DRG 872: Septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours without mcc

$34,553typical hospital bill
$8,271typical amount paid
$6,449–$14,485range paid across 53 hospitals

Missouri hospitals billed Medicare a typical $34,553 for this stay in 2024, about 4.2 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 City15$39,809$6,449
Boone Hospital CenterColumbia83$25,561$6,489
Lee's Summit Medical CenterLees Summit32$65,027$6,729
Belton Regional Medical CenterBelton15$63,425$6,941
Ssm St Joseph Hospital WestLake Saint Louis34$28,801$7,055
Barnes-Jewish St Peters HospitalSaint Peters27$30,072$7,086
St Mary's Medical CenterBlue Springs14$43,119$7,118
Missouri Baptist Medical CenterSaint Louis79$33,940$7,221
Liberty HospitalLiberty12$27,634$7,326
Ssm Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson CityJefferson City16$25,560$7,339
St Lukes HospitalChesterfield83$29,290$7,417
Mercy Hospital JoplinJoplin45$35,993$7,679
Mercy Hospital SouthSaint Louis80$28,542$7,680
Poplar Bluff Regional Medical CenterPoplar Bluff39$82,940$7,683
Saint Lukes North HospitalKansas City14$67,968$7,779
Mercy Hospital JeffersonCrystal City29$30,289$7,786
Ssm St Clare Health CenterFenton48$26,712$7,857
Nkc HealthNorth Kansas City29$43,127$7,866
Mercy Hospital SoutheastCape Girardeau23$26,059$7,975
Ssm Health Depaul Hospital St LouisBridgeton19$37,580$8,077
Bothwell Regional Health CenterSedalia21$26,120$8,123
Parkland Health CenterFarmington44$25,574$8,130
Mercy Hospital SpringfieldSpringfield100$37,213$8,152
Ssm St Joseph Health CenterSaint Charles15$22,507$8,209
Barnes-Jewish West County HospitalCreve Coeur26$28,475$8,237
Cox Medical Center BransonBranson20$28,338$8,259
Saint Francis Medical CenterCape Girardeau86$51,727$8,271
Hannibal Regional HospitalHannibal41$35,507$8,313
Mercy Hospital WashingtonWashington33$25,893$8,358
Progress West HospitalOfallon27$31,107$8,502
Lake Regional Health SystemOsage Beach24$29,583$8,646
Saint Luke's East HospitalLees Summit34$78,744$8,676
Mercy Hospital St LouisSaint Louis61$39,650$8,717
Missouri Delta Medical CenterSikeston14$34,553$8,820
Cox Medical CentersSpringfield90$34,834$8,874
Citizens Memorial HospitalBolivar15$24,802$8,959
Freeman Health System - Freeman WestJoplin17$42,728$9,068
Centerpoint Medical CenterIndependence39$87,180$9,121
Cameron Regional Medical CenterCameron12$24,033$9,136
Golden Valley Memorial HospitalClinton15$23,740$9,241
Christian Hospital NortheastSaint Louis21$39,444$9,253
Fitzgibbon HospitalMarshall18$35,920$9,268
Phelps County Regional Medical CenterRolla33$42,833$9,325
Mosaic Life Care at St JosephSaint Joseph79$30,893$9,719
University of Missouri Health CareColumbia46$39,242$10,078
St Lukes Hospital of Kansas CityKansas City18$68,811$10,924
Western Missouri Medical CenterWarrensburg16$23,585$10,991
Ssm Health St Mary's Hospital - St LouisSaint Louis18$27,615$11,485
Mercy Hospital LebanonLebanon15$24,898$11,751
Research Medical CenterKansas City22$106,726$12,581
Northeast Regional Medical CenterKirksville25$59,626$13,108
Ssm Health Saint Louis University HospitalSaint Louis13$52,875$13,988
Barnes Jewish HospitalSaint Louis72$52,695$14,485

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.