68/100
#704 nationally
Ozarks Healthcare
1100 Kentucky Ave, West Plains, MO 65775 · (417) 256-9111
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Ozarks Healthcare billed $4.02 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
- 4.0x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 44
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MO
- #21
- 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 56% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 72% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 75% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 77% 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 |
141 | $13,515 | $2,465 | -30% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
66 | $4,948 | $1,460 | -51% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
64 | $46,770 | $13,662 | -28% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
62 | $34,654 | $9,230 | -20% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
58 | $23,208 | $6,443 | -42% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
52 | $7,637 | $1,705 | -33% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
49 | $51,650 | $11,837 | -17% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
42 | $20,091 | $2,939 | -20% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
33 | $43,079 | $11,704 | -22% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
31 | $17,176 | $9,794 | -52% |
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 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,852 | $1,442 | +15% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,686 | $1,714 | +8% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$50,975 | $10,583 | -4% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$58,410 | $11,334 | -5% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$61,819 | $9,899 | -9% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$29,623 | $5,147 | -14% |
|
Level 5 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5415 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$24,856 | $4,479 | -17% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$51,650 | $11,837 | -17% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Disorders of Personality and Impulse Control
MS-DRG 883 · Inpatient stay |
$9,852 | $13,080 | -78% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$17,176 | $9,794 | -52% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,948 | $1,460 | -51% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)
MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay |
$24,409 | $8,729 | -48% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,951 | $2,870 | -48% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (with complications)
MS-DRG 309 · Inpatient stay |
$16,147 | $5,723 | -47% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$17,144 | $5,914 | -44% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$23,208 | $6,443 | -42% |
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.