62/100
#880 nationally
Mercy Hospital Springfield
2115 S. Fremont Ave, Springfield, MO 65804 · (417) 820-2000
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Mercy Hospital Springfield billed $4.41 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
- 184
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MO
- #29
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 3/5
- 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 71% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 68% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 81% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
958 | $13,376 | $1,948 | +14% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
768 | $7,904 | $1,582 | -30% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
753 | $37,335 | $10,936 | -40% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
527 | $64,224 | $14,180 | about average |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
449 | $7,409 | $1,349 | -26% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
412 | $24,257 | $2,692 | -4% |
|
Level 2 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5492 · Hospital outpatient visit |
401 | $18,456 | $3,389 | -11% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
315 | $27,795 | $5,933 | -30% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
293 | $6,214 | $1,592 | -47% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
251 | $35,863 | $9,744 | -17% |
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 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,927 | $568 | +57% |
|
Coagulation Disorders
MS-DRG 813 · Inpatient stay |
$78,204 | $22,093 | +17% |
|
Major Chest Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 164 · Inpatient stay |
$124,923 | $17,759 | +15% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,376 | $1,948 | +14% |
|
Diabetes (with complications)
MS-DRG 638 · Inpatient stay |
$39,041 | $7,187 | +13% |
|
Poisoning and Toxic Effects of Drugs with Major Complications
MS-DRG 917 · Inpatient stay |
$75,092 | $14,642 | +11% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$14,126 | $1,697 | +9% |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 812 · Inpatient stay |
$40,021 | $7,310 | +8% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion with Complications
MS-DRG 454 · Inpatient stay |
$96,168 | $45,808 | -57% |
|
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 393 · Inpatient stay |
$30,366 | $11,593 | -53% |
|
Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without Major Complications
MS-DRG 460 · Inpatient stay |
$75,711 | $26,360 | -48% |
|
Stomach, Esophageal and Duodenal Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 327 · Inpatient stay |
$60,780 | $17,264 | -47% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,214 | $1,592 | -47% |
|
Combined Anterior and Posterior Spinal Fusion without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 455 · Inpatient stay |
$94,393 | $32,232 | -47% |
|
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Major Complications
MS-DRG 242 · Inpatient stay |
$74,530 | $23,880 | -46% |
|
Craniotomy with Major Device Implant or Acute Complex Central Nervous System Principal
MS-DRG 023 · Inpatient stay |
$123,834 | $38,509 | -46% |
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.