Mercy Hospital Washington

901 East 5Th Street, Washington, MO 63090 · (636) 239-8000

Charges moderately above what care is paid for

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Mercy Hospital Washington billed $3.55 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.

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Charge-to-payment: 3.5x; volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced: 55; inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in MO: #9; 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 23.1/35

Better than 66% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 21.1/25

Better than 84% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 24.8/30

Better than 83% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 9.4/10

Better than 94% 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	244	$17,381	$2,398	-11%
Level 1 Nerve Procedures APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit	151	$5,988	$1,718	-47%
Sepsis (severe) MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay	133	$49,757	$14,016	-24%
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit	115	$8,104	$2,028	-31%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit	103	$6,985	$1,424	-31%
Heart Failure (severe) MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay	95	$28,416	$9,783	-35%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit	92	$35,872	$11,588	-43%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit	76	$20,734	$2,877	-18%
Respiratory Infection (severe) MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay	67	$41,121	$12,676	-25%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit	62	$8,792	$2,837	-54%

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
Comprehensive Observation Services APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit	$17,381	$2,398	-11%
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit	$20,734	$2,877	-18%
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications) MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay	$24,488	$6,638	-20%
Irregular Heartbeat (with complications) MS-DRG 309 · Inpatient stay	$23,557	$6,408	-23%
Sepsis (severe) MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay	$49,757	$14,016	-24%
Diabetes with Major Complications MS-DRG 637 · Inpatient stay	$42,853	$11,053	-24%
Stroke (with complications) MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay	$34,387	$8,692	-25%
Respiratory Infection (severe) MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay	$41,121	$12,676	-25%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure	Charged	Actually paid	vs national
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit	$9,843	$3,079	-58%
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit	$14,867	$5,015	-58%
Level 3 Vascular Procedures APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit	$8,792	$2,837	-54%
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Major Complications MS-DRG 329 · Inpatient stay	$85,924	$29,710	-52%
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit	$24,863	$9,497	-52%
Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures APC 5414 · Hospital outpatient visit	$8,776	$2,782	-52%
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (severe) MS-DRG 480 · Inpatient stay	$58,230	$19,206	-50%
Level 1 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures APC 5091 · Hospital outpatient visit	$12,012	$3,392	-50%

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.

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2.5x · Warrensburg, MO
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The record

CMS provider number: 260052
Type: Acute Care Hospitals
Ownership: Voluntary non-profit - Private
Emergency department: Yes
Setting: Micropolitan area core: primary flow within an urban cluster of 10,000 to 49,999

Source: CMS Medicare Inpatient and Outpatient utilisation files and Hospital General Information. See the files.