US Health Care Costs

Urinary tract infection, with major complications in Missouri

MS-DRG 689: Kidney and urinary tract infections with mcc

$34,355typical hospital bill
$8,972typical amount paid
$7,256–$17,014range paid across 45 hospitals

Missouri hospitals billed Medicare a typical $34,355 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
Boone Hospital CenterColumbia45$24,001$7,256
St Joseph Medical CenterKansas City31$29,505$7,328
Barnes-Jewish St Peters HospitalSaint Peters62$28,260$7,370
Belton Regional Medical CenterBelton14$65,514$7,408
Lee's Summit Medical CenterLees Summit12$66,473$7,409
Missouri Baptist Medical CenterSaint Louis59$35,900$7,672
Liberty HospitalLiberty35$32,531$7,951
Ssm St Joseph Hospital WestLake Saint Louis25$25,556$7,969
Progress West HospitalOfallon20$34,096$8,272
Ssm St Clare Health CenterFenton31$22,186$8,293
Mercy Hospital SouthSaint Louis115$25,424$8,333
Nkc HealthNorth Kansas City91$44,700$8,375
St Lukes HospitalChesterfield64$33,829$8,423
Ozarks HealthcareWest Plains19$31,562$8,508
Mercy Hospital JoplinJoplin47$31,016$8,516
Saint Luke's East HospitalLees Summit71$85,805$8,549
Poplar Bluff Regional Medical CenterPoplar Bluff52$76,882$8,550
Mercy Hospital JeffersonCrystal City19$28,770$8,553
Centerpoint Medical CenterIndependence36$86,444$8,611
Saint Lukes North HospitalKansas City32$60,058$8,705
Ssm St Joseph Health CenterSaint Charles12$37,684$8,756
Ssm Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson CityJefferson City14$27,776$8,787
Freeman Health System - Freeman WestJoplin20$51,351$8,972
Mercy Hospital WashingtonWashington22$26,084$8,977
Parkland Health CenterFarmington17$24,804$8,994
Mercy Hospital SoutheastCape Girardeau17$31,718$8,996
Cox Medical Center BransonBranson19$32,920$9,112
Saint Francis Medical CenterCape Girardeau33$50,053$9,155
Mercy Hospital SpringfieldSpringfield76$39,147$9,354
Cox Medical CentersSpringfield41$34,355$9,370
Mercy Hospital St LouisSaint Louis118$31,020$9,400
Hannibal Regional HospitalHannibal30$32,269$9,531
Ssm Health Depaul Hospital St LouisBridgeton22$36,328$9,769
Lake Regional Health SystemOsage Beach27$31,975$9,906
Missouri Delta Medical CenterSikeston18$46,545$10,167
Christian Hospital NortheastSaint Louis24$43,047$10,364
Phelps County Regional Medical CenterRolla28$51,248$10,566
Mosaic Life Care at St JosephSaint Joseph72$33,618$10,905
University of Missouri Health CareColumbia50$40,620$11,455
St Lukes Hospital of Kansas CityKansas City30$72,409$11,767
Moberly Regional Medical CenterMoberly13$52,866$12,159
Ssm Health St Mary's Hospital - St LouisSaint Louis29$26,262$12,870
Research Medical CenterKansas City16$127,352$13,270
Barnes Jewish HospitalSaint Louis40$56,266$14,893
Ssm Health Saint Louis University HospitalSaint Louis21$59,136$17,014

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.