5/100
#2,519 nationally
Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center
3100 Oak Grove Road, Poplar Bluff, MO 63901 · (573) 785-7721
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center billed $11.39 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
- 11.4x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 72
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MO
- #57
- 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 5% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 4% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 6% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 5% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
302 | $150,568 | $14,547 | +131% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
239 | $30,450 | $1,708 | +159% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
148 | $33,199 | $10,157 | -8% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
140 | $138,491 | $12,031 | +152% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
139 | $37,369 | $2,437 | +92% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
136 | $82,879 | $9,334 | +91% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
65 | $50,485 | $2,939 | +100% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
61 | $97,878 | $9,580 | +110% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
52 | $76,882 | $8,550 | +89% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
47 | $118,484 | $8,188 | +183% |
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 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$142,835 | $5,196 | +307% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$81,632 | $2,915 | +301% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$44,872 | $1,739 | +295% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$246,396 | $11,837 | +294% |
|
Level 3 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5303 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$82,613 | $3,449 | +278% |
|
Hip Replacement with Principal Diagnosis of Hip Fracture without Major Complications
MS-DRG 522 · Inpatient stay |
$304,471 | $18,126 | +255% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$38,863 | $1,405 | +246% |
|
Level 5 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5415 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$103,487 | $4,480 | +245% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$33,199 | $10,157 | -8% |
|
Chest Pain
MS-DRG 313 · Inpatient stay |
$43,343 | $5,569 | +28% |
|
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 393 · Inpatient stay |
$88,524 | $11,580 | +38% |
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
$64,504 | $7,585 | +42% |
|
Heart Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 292 · Inpatient stay |
$47,050 | $6,496 | +42% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$111,294 | $13,998 | +46% |
|
Level 4 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5224 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$141,053 | $17,509 | +48% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (uncomplicated)
MS-DRG 310 · Inpatient stay |
$38,291 | $4,445 | +52% |
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.