CostGrade
B

64/100

#807 nationally

Barnes-Jewish St Peters Hospital

10 Hospital Dr, Saint Peters, MO 63376 · (636) 916-9000

Charges moderately above what care is paid for

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Barnes-Jewish St Peters Hospital billed $4.41 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
4.4x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
66
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in MO
#27
lower markup ranks higher
CMS quality stars
3/5
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.

Inpatient charge markup 16.1/35

Better than 46% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 17.7/25

Better than 71% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 21.2/30

Better than 71% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 9.1/10

Better than 91% 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 1 Intraocular Procedures

APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit

171 $9,488 $2,045 -19%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

164 $17,028 $2,377 -12%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

130 $43,137 $8,718 about average
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

129 $42,601 $11,542 -32%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

118 $50,544 $13,198 -23%
Level 5 Urology and Related Services

APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit

115 $21,971 $4,511 -20%
Level 4 Urology and Related Services

APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit

107 $16,529 $3,058 -20%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

97 $8,664 $1,443 -14%
Respiratory Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay

78 $53,326 $10,837 -3%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

75 $12,939 $1,794 about average

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
Level 4 Vascular Procedures

APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit

$38,266 $4,582 +6%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

$12,939 $1,794 about average
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

$43,137 $8,718 about average
Respiratory Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay

$53,326 $10,837 -3%
Respiratory Infection (with complications)

MS-DRG 178 · Inpatient stay

$35,254 $6,344 -5%
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

$41,566 $9,228 -11%
Pulmonary Embolism with Major Complications or Acute Cor Pulmonale

MS-DRG 175 · Inpatient stay

$48,167 $9,726 -12%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

$17,028 $2,377 -12%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

$11,434 $2,837 -55%
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability

MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay

$23,533 $9,139 -53%
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (with complications)

MS-DRG 699 · Inpatient stay

$19,860 $6,607 -47%
Level 5 Airway Endoscopy

APC 5155 · Hospital outpatient visit

$21,518 $6,091 -44%
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Complications

MS-DRG 330 · Inpatient stay

$56,444 $17,645 -44%
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)

MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay

$33,491 $11,040 -41%
Hip or Knee Replacement (without major complications)

MS-DRG 470 · Inpatient stay

$47,591 $12,300 -40%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures

APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit

$11,387 $2,837 -40%

What this page cannot tell you

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  • 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.
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