25/100
#2,034 nationally
Saint Francis Medical Center
211 St Francis Dr, Cape Girardeau, MO 63703 · (573) 331-3000
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Saint Francis Medical Center billed $7.13 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
- 7.1x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 97
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MO
- #49
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 3/5
- 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 19% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 28% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 30% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 28% 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 |
433 | $25,308 | $2,480 | +30% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
383 | $81,723 | $14,536 | +25% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
274 | $32,697 | $2,978 | +30% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
257 | $70,879 | $11,984 | +13% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
238 | $11,812 | $1,473 | +17% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
180 | $50,435 | $6,516 | +27% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
179 | $23,135 | $3,161 | +12% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
165 | $35,057 | $4,734 | +28% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
134 | $20,437 | $1,841 | +58% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
131 | $23,774 | $2,887 | +24% |
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 5 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5155 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$107,887 | $6,262 | +180% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$54,805 | $3,359 | +142% |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$298,522 | $30,009 | +101% |
|
Spinal Fusion Except Cervical without Major Complications
MS-DRG 460 · Inpatient stay |
$288,659 | $33,291 | +99% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$99,531 | $9,762 | +93% |
|
Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$214,769 | $27,992 | +91% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$21,297 | $2,132 | +81% |
|
Level 4 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5224 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$172,233 | $17,787 | +80% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Seizures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 101 · Inpatient stay |
$27,274 | $7,423 | -33% |
|
Major Chest Trauma with Complications
MS-DRG 184 · Inpatient stay |
$33,693 | $8,487 | -31% |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 480 · Inpatient stay |
$86,913 | $19,783 | -26% |
|
Level 4 Vascular Procedures
APC 5184 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$27,135 | $5,028 | -25% |
|
Level 5 Gynecologic Procedures
APC 5415 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$23,332 | $4,551 | -22% |
|
Back Problems (severe)
MS-DRG 551 · Inpatient stay |
$55,837 | $11,993 | -20% |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 390 · Inpatient stay |
$20,027 | $5,133 | -17% |
|
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,529 | $1,535 | -16% |
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.