36/100
#1,708 nationally
Freeman Health System - Freeman West
1102 West 32Nd Street, Joplin, MO 64804 · (417) 347-1111
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Freeman Health System - Freeman West billed $6.28 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
- 6.3x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 131
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MO
- #45
- 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 21% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 39% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 42% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 59% 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 |
591 | $20,148 | $2,278 | +4% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
283 | $8,493 | $1,347 | -16% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
283 | $8,138 | $1,610 | -28% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
281 | $68,604 | $10,819 | +10% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
210 | $53,073 | $9,760 | +22% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
170 | $32,124 | $2,675 | +27% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
163 | $96,227 | $14,980 | +47% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
147 | $87,946 | $9,055 | +30% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
141 | $27,919 | $4,726 | -20% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
113 | $20,947 | $2,661 | +10% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)
MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay |
$84,862 | $9,207 | +79% |
|
Pulmonary Embolism with Major Complications or Acute Cor Pulmonale
MS-DRG 175 · Inpatient stay |
$86,899 | $10,926 | +59% |
|
Seizures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 101 · Inpatient stay |
$61,224 | $7,174 | +50% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$96,227 | $14,980 | +47% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$74,327 | $8,975 | +44% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$49,552 | $4,671 | +43% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$57,422 | $8,432 | +37% |
|
Heart Attack (with complications)
MS-DRG 281 · Inpatient stay |
$59,779 | $7,560 | +37% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$21,343 | $9,819 | -41% |
|
Level 3 ENT Procedures
APC 5163 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$3,869 | $1,282 | -40% |
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,219 | $4,621 | -39% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,231 | $1,277 | -36% |
|
Level 5 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5155 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,302 | $5,663 | -34% |
|
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,793 | $1,427 | -32% |
|
Depressive Neuroses
MS-DRG 881 · Inpatient stay |
$15,084 | $7,111 | -32% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,138 | $1,610 | -28% |
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.