47/100
#1,350 nationally
Hshs St Elizabeth's Hospital
One St Elizabeth Boulevard, O Fallon, IL 62269 · (618) 234-2120
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Hshs St Elizabeth's Hospital billed $5.01 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
- 5.0x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 100
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in IL
- #55
- 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 41% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 49% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 47% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 64% 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 |
435 | $23,522 | $2,479 | +21% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
297 | $63,231 | $15,528 | -3% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
234 | $16,507 | $2,979 | -35% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
231 | $48,049 | $9,866 | +11% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
155 | $11,204 | $1,458 | +11% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
151 | $127,096 | $21,893 | -4% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
133 | $21,901 | $3,148 | +6% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
125 | $53,522 | $12,062 | -14% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
115 | $11,501 | $1,760 | about average |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
108 | $25,863 | $4,711 | -6% |
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 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$34,726 | $3,461 | +53% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,591 | $1,436 | +47% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$51,352 | $5,166 | +46% |
|
Fainting
MS-DRG 312 · Inpatient stay |
$52,599 | $8,935 | +44% |
|
Diabetes with Major Complications
MS-DRG 637 · Inpatient stay |
$80,465 | $11,530 | +43% |
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$33,010 | $3,197 | +42% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)
MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay |
$66,851 | $9,125 | +41% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$40,210 | $5,960 | +32% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Kidney and Ureter Procedures for Non-neoplasm with Complications
MS-DRG 660 · Inpatient stay |
$31,781 | $9,977 | -43% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,507 | $2,979 | -35% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$50,451 | $13,666 | -34% |
|
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <=96 Hours
MS-DRG 208 · Inpatient stay |
$76,036 | $19,739 | -33% |
|
Level 6 Urology and Related Services
APC 5376 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$29,904 | $8,512 | -33% |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (with complications)
MS-DRG 481 · Inpatient stay |
$56,288 | $15,305 | -32% |
|
Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without Major Complications
MS-DRG 460 · Inpatient stay |
$105,468 | $31,404 | -27% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$129,527 | $35,189 | -27% |
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.