61/100
#923 nationally
Mercy Hospital Joplin
100 Mercy Way, Joplin, MO 64804 · (417) 781-2727
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Mercy Hospital Joplin billed $4.38 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
- 4.4x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 91
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MO
- #31
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 1/5
- 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 46% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 65% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 68% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 85% 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 |
369 | $18,164 | $2,295 | -7% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
269 | $6,518 | $1,588 | -45% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
223 | $57,173 | $13,568 | -12% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
183 | $21,630 | $2,698 | -14% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
143 | $32,625 | $9,277 | -25% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
132 | $6,359 | $1,356 | -37% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
101 | $39,797 | $9,579 | -15% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
95 | $13,758 | $2,913 | -33% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
78 | $22,910 | $4,675 | -35% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
75 | $19,310 | $4,313 | -30% |
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 |
$10,514 | $1,137 | +23% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,045 | $1,351 | +16% |
|
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability
MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay |
$54,019 | $11,594 | +8% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,461 | $1,677 | +4% |
|
Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs with Major Complications
MS-DRG 917 · Inpatient stay |
$69,677 | $11,420 | about average |
|
Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications
MS-DRG 948 · Inpatient stay |
$32,812 | $6,334 | about average |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (with complications)
MS-DRG 309 · Inpatient stay |
$29,751 | $6,016 | about average |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$32,694 | $4,806 | -6% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5091 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,727 | $3,103 | -51% |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$73,377 | $27,465 | -51% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$26,186 | $8,975 | -49% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$18,438 | $10,078 | -49% |
|
Major Gastrointestinal Disorders and Peritoneal Infections with Major Complications
MS-DRG 371 · Inpatient stay |
$36,371 | $11,586 | -47% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,518 | $1,588 | -45% |
|
Extracranial Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 039 · Inpatient stay |
$30,244 | $8,520 | -43% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$34,578 | $8,653 | -42% |
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.