46/100
#1,378 nationally
Cox Medical Center Branson
525 Branson Landing Blvd, Po Box 650, Branson, MO 65615 · (417) 335-7000
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Cox Medical Center Branson billed $5.22 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
- 5.2x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 55
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MO
- #38
- 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 37% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 46% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 49% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 69% 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 |
167 | $19,000 | $2,427 | about average |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
126 | $69,073 | $14,299 | +6% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
109 | $23,028 | $2,900 | -9% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
101 | $8,095 | $1,711 | -29% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
79 | $61,388 | $11,837 | about average |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
70 | $45,717 | $5,079 | +30% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
49 | $10,928 | $1,460 | +8% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
44 | $43,422 | $9,967 | about average |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
40 | $20,065 | $10,549 | -44% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
40 | $47,238 | $6,153 | +18% |
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 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,987 | $1,835 | +55% |
|
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,745 | $1,528 | +38% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$51,274 | $7,651 | +35% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$45,717 | $5,079 | +30% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$26,060 | $3,139 | +26% |
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (severe)
MS-DRG 321 · Inpatient stay |
$176,397 | $26,172 | +23% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$47,238 | $6,153 | +18% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$80,088 | $9,899 | +18% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$20,065 | $10,549 | -44% |
|
Coagulation Disorders
MS-DRG 813 · Inpatient stay |
$43,013 | $11,422 | -36% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,095 | $1,711 | -29% |
|
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization with Major
MS-DRG 286 · Inpatient stay |
$63,309 | $15,530 | -28% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$28,338 | $8,259 | -28% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,340 | $1,447 | -26% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$39,518 | $9,610 | -23% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,596 | $2,466 | -23% |
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.