CostGrade
B

67/100

#733 nationally

Mercy Hospital Jefferson

1400 Us Highway 61, Crystal City, MO 63019 · (636) 933-1000

Charges moderately above what care is paid for

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Mercy Hospital Jefferson billed $3.78 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
3.8x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
73
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in MO
#23
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.

Inpatient charge markup 21.3/35

Better than 61% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 15.8/25

Better than 63% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 22.5/30

Better than 75% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 7.2/10

Better than 72% 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

272 $50,817 $13,747 -22%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

225 $17,148 $2,402 -12%
Psychoses

MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay

159 $18,677 $10,187 -48%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

127 $34,532 $9,480 -20%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

123 $8,462 $1,429 -16%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

109 $26,678 $2,847 +6%
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

75 $37,508 $10,018 -19%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures

APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit

75 $12,271 $2,807 -36%
Level 4 Urology and Related Services

APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit

69 $13,797 $3,007 -33%
Respiratory Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay

58 $40,169 $11,844 -27%

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 (uncomplicated)

MS-DRG 310 · Inpatient stay

$44,067 $5,499 +75%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit

$26,678 $2,847 +6%
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit

$32,269 $5,087 -7%
Heart Attack (severe)

MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay

$55,471 $11,064 -10%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

$17,148 $2,402 -12%
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit

$58,760 $9,783 -13%
Heart Attack (with complications)

MS-DRG 281 · Inpatient stay

$37,748 $6,947 -14%
Stroke (with complications)

MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay

$39,027 $7,701 -14%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services

APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit

$15,082 $4,936 -57%
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (severe)

MS-DRG 480 · Inpatient stay

$51,790 $18,874 -56%
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications

MS-DRG 057 · Inpatient stay

$22,085 $9,705 -54%
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability

MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay

$23,692 $12,045 -53%
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)

MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay

$88,441 $29,663 -50%
Cirrhosis and Alcoholic Hepatitis with Major Complications

MS-DRG 432 · Inpatient stay

$40,139 $13,723 -50%
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Major Complications

MS-DRG 388 · Inpatient stay

$29,434 $10,757 -49%
Psychoses

MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay

$18,677 $10,187 -48%

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