US Health Care Costs

Urinary tract infection in Missouri

MS-DRG 690: Kidney and urinary tract infections without mcc

$24,811typical hospital bill
$6,621typical amount paid
$5,094–$11,220range paid across 53 hospitals

Missouri hospitals billed Medicare a typical $24,811 for this stay in 2024, about 3.7 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 CenterColumbia45$19,630$5,094
St Joseph Medical CenterKansas City20$27,947$5,194
Missouri Baptist Medical CenterSaint Louis119$23,967$5,311
Saint Luke's East HospitalLees Summit141$51,990$5,339
Lee's Summit Medical CenterLees Summit19$60,040$5,532
St Mary's Medical CenterBlue Springs15$38,771$5,598
Ssm St Joseph Hospital WestLake Saint Louis31$20,036$5,606
Barnes-Jewish St Peters HospitalSaint Peters46$20,921$5,671
Liberty HospitalLiberty59$24,811$5,736
Ssm St Clare Health CenterFenton24$17,576$5,796
Mercy Hospital SouthSaint Louis94$17,606$5,951
St Lukes HospitalChesterfield98$22,297$6,061
Ssm Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson CityJefferson City25$20,555$6,143
Poplar Bluff Regional Medical CenterPoplar Bluff30$57,806$6,148
Ozarks HealthcareWest Plains22$21,808$6,196
Progress West HospitalOfallon28$27,910$6,220
Nkc HealthNorth Kansas City95$31,375$6,284
Ssm Health Depaul Hospital St LouisBridgeton17$22,627$6,365
Mercy Hospital JoplinJoplin53$25,824$6,368
Saint Lukes North HospitalKansas City36$45,656$6,383
Mercy Hospital JeffersonCrystal City30$22,406$6,400
Freeman Health System - Freeman WestJoplin80$33,839$6,401
Barnes-Jewish West County HospitalCreve Coeur29$25,637$6,515
Hannibal Regional HospitalHannibal40$24,636$6,532
Mercy Hospital SoutheastCape Girardeau35$22,797$6,560
Bothwell Regional Health CenterSedalia26$21,494$6,581
Ssm St Joseph Health CenterSaint Charles31$21,638$6,621
Parkland Health CenterFarmington15$17,532$6,631
Mercy Hospital SpringfieldSpringfield83$28,265$6,646
Cox Medical Center BransonBranson19$28,756$6,651
Saint Francis Medical CenterCape Girardeau26$38,960$6,693
Belton Regional Medical CenterBelton17$59,953$6,801
Lake Regional Health SystemOsage Beach18$26,354$6,830
Mercy Hospital St LouisSaint Louis151$22,633$6,838
Mercy Hospital WashingtonWashington25$20,106$6,879
Centerpoint Medical CenterIndependence56$63,486$6,977
Missouri Delta Medical CenterSikeston16$32,074$7,035
Cameron Regional Medical CenterCameron32$20,657$7,161
Cox Medical CentersSpringfield72$33,124$7,210
Phelps County Regional Medical CenterRolla22$39,203$7,271
Mosaic Life Care at St JosephSaint Joseph99$23,761$7,438
Fitzgibbon HospitalMarshall22$23,709$7,549
Texas County Memorial HospitalHouston17$16,640$7,671
Golden Valley Memorial HospitalClinton15$21,112$7,702
Mercy Hospital StoddardDexter22$17,453$8,011
Christian Hospital NortheastSaint Louis30$30,947$8,295
University of Missouri Health CareColumbia70$31,435$8,648
St Lukes Hospital of Kansas CityKansas City48$54,126$8,960
Ssm Health St Mary's Hospital - St LouisSaint Louis24$21,184$9,267
Mercy Hospital LebanonLebanon14$19,051$10,143
Barnes Jewish HospitalSaint Louis58$31,354$10,296
Ssm Health Saint Louis University HospitalSaint Louis15$32,061$11,055
Research Medical CenterKansas City13$112,546$11,220

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.