Ungraded
#1,024 nationally
Bates County Memorial Hospital
615 W Nursery St, Butler, MO 64730 · (660) 200-7000
Not enough published pricing to grade
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Bates County Memorial Hospital billed $4.56 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
- 4.6x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 8
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MO
- #35
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 3/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
105 | $19,196 | $2,560 | about average |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
53 | $17,119 | $2,180 | +46% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
29 | $2,159 | $639 | -31% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
17 | $29,848 | $14,857 | -36% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
12 | $40,327 | $22,049 | -38% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
12 | $8,035 | $1,516 | -20% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
11 | $22,640 | $2,981 | +18% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
11 | $43,151 | $7,371 | +14% |
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 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,119 | $2,180 | +46% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,640 | $2,981 | +18% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$43,151 | $7,371 | +14% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,196 | $2,560 | about average |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,035 | $1,516 | -20% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$2,159 | $639 | -31% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$29,848 | $14,857 | -36% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$40,327 | $22,049 | -38% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$40,327 | $22,049 | -38% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$29,848 | $14,857 | -36% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$2,159 | $639 | -31% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,035 | $1,516 | -20% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,196 | $2,560 | about average |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$43,151 | $7,371 | +14% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,640 | $2,981 | +18% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,119 | $2,180 | +46% |
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.