US Health Care Costs

Sepsis, with major complications in Missouri

MS-DRG 871: Septicemia or severe sepsis without mv >96 hours with mcc

$56,665typical hospital bill
$14,812typical amount paid
$12,159–$29,856range paid across 61 hospitals

Missouri hospitals billed Medicare a typical $56,665 for this stay in 2024, about 3.8 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 City190$86,293$12,159
Boone Hospital CenterColumbia589$45,089$12,271
Progress West HospitalOfallon102$46,207$12,955
Lee's Summit Medical CenterLees Summit160$119,714$13,089
Ssm Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson CityJefferson City102$43,999$13,124
Ssm St Joseph Hospital WestLake Saint Louis151$46,053$13,150
Barnes-Jewish St Peters HospitalSaint Peters118$50,544$13,198
Belton Regional Medical CenterBelton90$96,956$13,274
Liberty HospitalLiberty73$58,986$13,304
Barnes-Jewish West County HospitalCreve Coeur36$43,101$13,321
Ssm St Clare Health CenterFenton268$41,356$13,431
Missouri Baptist Medical CenterSaint Louis351$62,475$13,534
Mercy Hospital JoplinJoplin223$57,173$13,568
Ozarks HealthcareWest Plains64$46,770$13,662
Mercy Hospital SouthSaint Louis515$49,785$13,662
Mercy Hospital JeffersonCrystal City272$50,817$13,747
Nkc HealthNorth Kansas City320$77,985$13,860
St Mary's Medical CenterBlue Springs126$84,860$13,921
Saint Lukes North HospitalKansas City69$105,887$14,006
Mercy Hospital WashingtonWashington133$49,757$14,016
Mercy Hospital SpringfieldSpringfield527$64,224$14,180
Centerpoint Medical CenterIndependence297$140,406$14,227
Parkland Health CenterFarmington148$42,352$14,272
Cox Medical Center BransonBranson126$69,073$14,299
St Lukes HospitalChesterfield477$59,203$14,383
Mercy Hospital SoutheastCape Girardeau185$45,982$14,424
Ssm St Joseph Health CenterSaint Charles71$53,613$14,501
Saint Francis Medical CenterCape Girardeau383$81,723$14,536
Poplar Bluff Regional Medical CenterPoplar Bluff302$150,568$14,547
Bothwell Regional Health CenterSedalia94$37,644$14,636
Ssm Health Depaul Hospital St LouisBridgeton217$60,139$14,812
Saint Luke's East HospitalLees Summit153$125,796$14,896
Freeman Health System - Freeman WestJoplin163$96,227$14,980
Cox Medical CentersSpringfield435$65,405$15,113
Mercy Hospital St LouisSaint Louis413$63,530$15,279
Christian Hospital NortheastSaint Louis194$78,638$15,360
Cameron Regional Medical CenterCameron15$28,331$15,725
Texas County Memorial HospitalHouston25$31,744$16,000
Fitzgibbon HospitalMarshall50$39,674$16,366
Lake Regional Health SystemOsage Beach123$40,218$16,454
Hannibal Regional HospitalHannibal263$56,162$16,491
Golden Valley Memorial HospitalClinton62$38,185$16,628
St Luke's Des Peres HospitalSaint Louis17$49,429$16,898
Citizens Memorial HospitalBolivar67$35,441$16,905
Missouri Delta Medical CenterSikeston80$66,169$17,268
Phelps County Regional Medical CenterRolla200$74,615$18,235
Mosaic Life Care at St JosephSaint Joseph485$56,665$18,610
University of Missouri Health CareColumbia247$89,141$18,649
Ssm Health St Mary's Hospital - St LouisSaint Louis136$47,983$18,985
Mercy Hospital LebanonLebanon33$29,454$19,851
Research Medical CenterKansas City145$191,475$20,019
Moberly Regional Medical CenterMoberly71$88,745$20,361
Western Missouri Medical CenterWarrensburg42$40,438$21,109
Bates County Memorial HospitalButler12$40,327$22,049
Mosaic Medical Center - MaryvilleMaryville38$37,536$22,673
Northeast Regional Medical CenterKirksville162$101,558$24,671
Ssm Health Saint Louis University HospitalSaint Louis142$107,454$25,466
St Lukes Hospital of Kansas CityKansas City104$188,874$26,638
Barnes Jewish HospitalSaint Louis421$116,515$27,754
Truman Medical Center Hospital HillKansas City31$43,864$29,810
University Health Lakewood Medical CenterKansas City18$20,902$29,856

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.