49/100
#1,277 nationally
Barnes Jewish Hospital
One Barnes-Jewish Hospital Plaza, Saint Louis, MO 63110 · (314) 747-3000
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Barnes Jewish Hospital billed $3.91 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 3.9x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 334
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MO
- #37
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 4/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 57% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 54% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 40% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 38% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
851 | $11,907 | $1,406 | +18% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
659 | $11,351 | $2,056 | -3% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
606 | $9,289 | $1,663 | -21% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
526 | $14,352 | $2,797 | -25% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
442 | $20,240 | $2,352 | +14% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
421 | $116,515 | $27,754 | +79% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
365 | $14,697 | $3,268 | -35% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
360 | $16,859 | $1,695 | +49% |
|
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit |
345 | $18,818 | $3,543 | -9% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
330 | $11,577 | $1,730 | -10% |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Coagulation Disorders
MS-DRG 813 · Inpatient stay |
$201,475 | $59,219 | +201% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$102,376 | $22,639 | +111% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$70,766 | $22,390 | +96% |
|
Major Hematological and Immunological Diagnoses Except Sickle Cell Crisis and Coagulatio
MS-DRG 809 · Inpatient stay |
$102,452 | $31,325 | +86% |
|
Pulmonary Embolism with Major Complications or Acute Cor Pulmonale
MS-DRG 175 · Inpatient stay |
$101,306 | $22,664 | +86% |
|
Pathological Fractures and Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue Malignancy with Major
MS-DRG 542 · Inpatient stay |
$125,062 | $28,257 | +82% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$116,515 | $27,754 | +79% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$83,047 | $19,831 | +78% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Myeloproliferative Disorders or Poorly Differentiated Neoplasms with Other Procedures Wi
MS-DRG 829 · Inpatient stay |
$82,941 | $34,889 | -55% |
|
Cardiac Congenital and Valvular Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 307 · Inpatient stay |
$45,127 | $12,402 | -45% |
|
Other Multiple Significant Trauma with Complications
MS-DRG 964 · Inpatient stay |
$39,993 | $16,341 | -44% |
|
Level 8 Urology and Related Services
APC 5378 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$50,193 | $17,405 | -42% |
|
Complex GI Procedures
APC 5331 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,691 | $4,130 | -38% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$32,129 | $9,251 | -38% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,697 | $3,268 | -35% |
|
Other Myeloproliferative Disorders or Poorly Differentiated Neoplastic Diagnoses with Mc
MS-DRG 843 · Inpatient stay |
$99,305 | $21,760 | -35% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.