44/100
#1,473 nationally
Nkc Health
2800 Clay Edwards Drive, North Kansas City, MO 64116 · (816) 691-2000
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Nkc Health billed $5.42 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
- 5.4x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 152
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MO
- #41
- 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 28% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 53% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 49% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 60% 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 |
1,075 | $21,124 | $2,355 | +9% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
556 | $52,360 | $11,391 | -16% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
320 | $77,985 | $13,860 | +20% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
275 | $11,839 | $1,672 | +4% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
273 | $34,382 | $6,163 | -14% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
260 | $52,834 | $9,503 | +22% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
202 | $68,014 | $11,927 | +24% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
168 | $32,535 | $2,797 | +29% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
161 | $9,936 | $1,402 | about average |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
156 | $50,893 | $9,577 | +9% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 057 · Inpatient stay |
$103,760 | $14,464 | +117% |
|
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 056 · Inpatient stay |
$140,206 | $24,513 | +63% |
|
Heart Attack (uncomplicated)
MS-DRG 282 · Inpatient stay |
$58,700 | $5,816 | +53% |
|
Organic Disturbances and Intellectual Disability
MS-DRG 884 · Inpatient stay |
$72,557 | $16,129 | +45% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$32,535 | $2,797 | +29% |
|
COPD (with complications)
MS-DRG 191 · Inpatient stay |
$42,571 | $6,687 | +28% |
|
Digestive Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 391 · Inpatient stay |
$65,053 | $10,805 | +27% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$52,884 | $8,338 | +26% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
O.r. Procedures for Obesity without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 621 · Inpatient stay |
$29,024 | $11,523 | -56% |
|
Back and Neck Procedures Except Spinal Fusion with Complications
MS-DRG 519 · Inpatient stay |
$40,911 | $13,957 | -52% |
|
Back Problems (severe)
MS-DRG 551 · Inpatient stay |
$37,540 | $11,258 | -46% |
|
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 331 · Inpatient stay |
$47,192 | $12,025 | -37% |
|
Hip or Knee Replacement (severe)
MS-DRG 469 · Inpatient stay |
$89,672 | $19,709 | -36% |
|
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy without C.d.e. with Complications
MS-DRG 418 · Inpatient stay |
$53,537 | $12,145 | -35% |
|
Transurethral Prostatectomy with Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 713 · Inpatient stay |
$45,263 | $10,587 | -32% |
|
Level 2 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5362 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$40,907 | $8,644 | -32% |
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.