51/100
#1,224 nationally
Liberty Hospital
2525 Glenn Hendren Dr, Liberty, MO 64068 · (816) 781-7200
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Liberty Hospital billed $5.24 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
- 76
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MO
- #36
- 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 37% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 49% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 59% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 82% 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 |
788 | $17,975 | $2,358 | -8% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
156 | $59,560 | $11,380 | -5% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
126 | $24,843 | $2,850 | about average |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
111 | $32,765 | $6,203 | -18% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
111 | $16,127 | $3,045 | -22% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
110 | $34,771 | $8,682 | -20% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
109 | $9,580 | $1,387 | -5% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
106 | $9,217 | $1,673 | -19% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
95 | $25,746 | $4,519 | -6% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
73 | $58,986 | $13,304 | -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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,526 | $1,399 | +34% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,499 | $2,744 | +18% |
|
Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without Major Complications
MS-DRG 460 · Inpatient stay |
$170,598 | $26,510 | +18% |
|
Pulmonary Embolism without Major Complications
MS-DRG 176 · Inpatient stay |
$40,426 | $5,869 | +15% |
|
Level 1 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5091 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$27,302 | $3,253 | +14% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$64,046 | $11,256 | +13% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$89,157 | $16,241 | +7% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$55,236 | $9,320 | +7% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 4 ENT Procedures
APC 5164 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,023 | $2,812 | -47% |
|
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 057 · Inpatient stay |
$30,051 | $8,804 | -37% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)
MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay |
$29,781 | $8,441 | -37% |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications
MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay |
$20,367 | $5,832 | -35% |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 480 · Inpatient stay |
$77,218 | $19,244 | -34% |
|
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <=96 Hours
MS-DRG 208 · Inpatient stay |
$76,889 | $18,189 | -32% |
|
Bronchitis and Asthma with Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 202 · Inpatient stay |
$26,877 | $6,873 | -32% |
|
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 329 · Inpatient stay |
$123,223 | $29,220 | -31% |
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.