12/100
#2,337 nationally
Belton Regional Medical Center
17065 S 71 Highway, Belton, MO 64012 · (816) 348-1200
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Belton Regional Medical Center billed $9.86 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
- 9.9x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 21
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MO
- #55
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 2/5
- 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 9% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 7% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 12% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 32% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
179 | $47,328 | $2,359 | +144% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
90 | $96,956 | $13,274 | +49% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
40 | $103,601 | $11,480 | +66% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
27 | $69,026 | $8,229 | +48% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
25 | $76,492 | $8,427 | +76% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
25 | $61,248 | $6,042 | +86% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
24 | $61,854 | $5,039 | +76% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
17 | $59,953 | $6,801 | +101% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
15 | $83,300 | $9,434 | +57% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
15 | $63,425 | $6,941 | +62% |
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 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$26,613 | $1,416 | +164% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$47,328 | $2,359 | +144% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
$69,120 | $10,702 | +114% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$40,755 | $2,784 | +113% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$81,354 | $6,248 | +104% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$59,953 | $6,801 | +101% |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (with complications)
MS-DRG 481 · Inpatient stay |
$160,525 | $13,533 | +93% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$61,248 | $6,042 | +86% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$74,206 | $11,256 | +35% |
|
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability
MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay |
$73,256 | $10,326 | +47% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$69,026 | $8,229 | +48% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$96,956 | $13,274 | +49% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$73,186 | $8,793 | +51% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$83,300 | $9,434 | +57% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$65,514 | $7,408 | +61% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$63,425 | $6,941 | +62% |
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.