76/100
#466 nationally
Mosaic Life Care At St Joseph
5325 Faraon Street, Saint Joseph, MO 64506 · (816) 271-6000
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Mosaic Life Care At St Joseph billed $3.27 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
- 3.3x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 147
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MO
- #11
- 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.
Better than 72% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 82% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 75% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 80% 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 |
945 | $16,113 | $2,563 | -17% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
485 | $56,665 | $18,610 | -13% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
322 | $7,511 | $1,506 | -25% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
275 | $8,085 | $1,785 | -31% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
239 | $22,237 | $3,042 | -12% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
227 | $39,261 | $11,903 | -10% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
222 | $34,791 | $12,363 | -44% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
185 | $18,720 | $5,381 | -47% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
176 | $43,663 | $12,387 | -6% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
168 | $4,787 | $1,808 | -58% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
COPD (uncomplicated)
MS-DRG 192 · Inpatient stay |
$25,964 | $5,903 | +17% |
|
Respiratory Infection (with complications)
MS-DRG 178 · Inpatient stay |
$42,705 | $8,997 | +15% |
|
Level 3 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5303 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,035 | $3,603 | +14% |
|
Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications
MS-DRG 948 · Inpatient stay |
$35,412 | $7,286 | +9% |
|
Pulmonary Embolism with Major Complications or Acute Cor Pulmonale
MS-DRG 175 · Inpatient stay |
$58,887 | $12,837 | +8% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$55,172 | $15,836 | about average |
|
Disorders of the Biliary Tract with Complications
MS-DRG 445 · Inpatient stay |
$51,354 | $9,901 | about average |
|
Pulmonary Embolism without Major Complications
MS-DRG 176 · Inpatient stay |
$34,553 | $7,966 | about average |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5462 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,823 | $4,679 | -70% |
|
Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 025 · Inpatient stay |
$79,760 | $40,135 | -59% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,787 | $1,808 | -58% |
|
Pathological Fractures and Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue Malignancy with Major
MS-DRG 542 · Inpatient stay |
$29,257 | $16,662 | -57% |
|
Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5414 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,755 | $2,941 | -57% |
|
Other Major Cardiovascular Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 270 · Inpatient stay |
$99,187 | $46,485 | -56% |
|
Coronary Bypass without Cardiac Catheterization without Major Complications
MS-DRG 236 · Inpatient stay |
$88,657 | $36,714 | -52% |
|
Level 7 Radiation Therapy
APC 5627 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$29,410 | $7,325 | -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.