8/100
#2,432 nationally
Centerpoint Medical Center
19600 East 39Th Street, Independence, MO 64057 · (816) 698-7000
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Centerpoint Medical Center billed $11.07 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
- 11.1x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 104
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MO
- #56
- 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.
Better than 5% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 7% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 8% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 19% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
297 | $140,406 | $14,227 | +115% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
163 | $45,172 | $2,332 | +132% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
102 | $88,431 | $9,536 | +104% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
102 | $115,151 | $11,480 | +84% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
89 | $309,428 | $20,262 | +133% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
88 | $94,319 | $9,769 | +102% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
82 | $14,418 | $1,416 | +43% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
81 | $59,407 | $2,850 | +135% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
68 | $78,214 | $7,333 | +107% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
57 | $105,698 | $11,263 | +100% |
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 5 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5155 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$132,965 | $5,977 | +246% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$175,545 | $9,320 | +241% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$62,197 | $2,745 | +226% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$74,387 | $3,021 | +220% |
|
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Complications
MS-DRG 243 · Inpatient stay |
$295,181 | $19,547 | +215% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (with complications)
MS-DRG 309 · Inpatient stay |
$86,698 | $5,999 | +183% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$23,962 | $1,348 | +179% |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$412,914 | $28,647 | +178% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Cirrhosis and Alcoholic Hepatitis with Major Complications
MS-DRG 432 · Inpatient stay |
$91,551 | $13,751 | +14% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,259 | $2,482 | +26% |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 811 · Inpatient stay |
$77,143 | $10,327 | +37% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,418 | $1,416 | +43% |
|
Other Major Cardiovascular Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 270 · Inpatient stay |
$325,464 | $39,935 | +45% |
|
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$141,463 | $15,284 | +48% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$89,353 | $8,986 | +50% |
|
Chest Pain
MS-DRG 313 · Inpatient stay |
$50,544 | $5,833 | +50% |
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.