45/100
#1,432 nationally
Mercy Hospital Southeast
1701 Lacey St, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701 · (573) 334-4822
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Mercy Hospital Southeast billed $5.21 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
- 80
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MO
- #40
- 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 40% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 46% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 50% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 45% 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 |
209 | $18,290 | $2,466 | -6% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
185 | $45,982 | $14,424 | -30% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
138 | $8,217 | $1,243 | -18% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
138 | $77,036 | $11,725 | +23% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
123 | $27,912 | $3,169 | +35% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
110 | $18,039 | $1,850 | +40% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
108 | $45,770 | $6,400 | +15% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
98 | $32,499 | $2,927 | +29% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
94 | $30,984 | $9,786 | -29% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
92 | $35,110 | $5,204 | about average |
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 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,497 | $1,766 | +72% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$37,134 | $3,332 | +64% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$33,030 | $2,961 | +62% |
|
Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without Major Complications
MS-DRG 460 · Inpatient stay |
$206,270 | $28,798 | +42% |
|
Level 5 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5155 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$54,345 | $6,262 | +41% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,039 | $1,850 | +40% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$27,912 | $3,169 | +35% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
$166,355 | $22,609 | +34% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Pleural Effusion with Major Complications
MS-DRG 186 · Inpatient stay |
$38,288 | $11,601 | -46% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$31,607 | $9,762 | -39% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$46,865 | $13,737 | -39% |
|
Level 2 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$23,843 | $7,773 | -37% |
|
Sepsis
MS-DRG 870 · Inpatient stay |
$172,502 | $50,612 | -36% |
|
Other Circulatory System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 314 · Inpatient stay |
$51,395 | $15,698 | -34% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
$21,364 | $6,379 | -34% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$26,059 | $7,975 | -34% |
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.