19/100
#2,196 nationally
Saint Luke's East Hospital
100 N E Saint Luke's Boulevard, Lees Summit, MO 64086 · (816) 347-5000
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Saint Luke's East Hospital billed $8.42 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
- 8.4x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 120
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MO
- #53
- 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 9% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 27% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 22% 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 |
686 | $39,438 | $2,347 | +103% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
315 | $62,647 | $8,645 | +44% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
201 | $15,851 | $1,416 | +57% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
193 | $63,220 | $11,480 | about average |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
153 | $125,796 | $14,896 | +93% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
141 | $51,990 | $5,339 | +75% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
126 | $34,774 | $4,462 | +27% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
115 | $28,000 | $2,850 | +11% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
96 | $80,204 | $8,473 | +72% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
89 | $16,563 | $2,763 | -13% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Disorders of Pancreas Except Malignancy with Complications
MS-DRG 439 · Inpatient stay |
$93,353 | $6,641 | +160% |
|
Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Major Complications
MS-DRG 393 · Inpatient stay |
$160,375 | $17,182 | +150% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$107,046 | $7,877 | +121% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$85,805 | $8,549 | +111% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$86,934 | $7,412 | +108% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$39,438 | $2,347 | +103% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$78,744 | $8,676 | +101% |
|
Extracranial Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 038 · Inpatient stay |
$132,671 | $10,331 | +97% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures
APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,479 | $3,021 | -33% |
|
Level 4 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5224 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$71,094 | $16,980 | -26% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$39,161 | $9,320 | -24% |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$113,620 | $27,521 | -24% |
|
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Complications
MS-DRG 243 · Inpatient stay |
$77,189 | $18,338 | -18% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,258 | $1,399 | -15% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,563 | $2,763 | -13% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$72,998 | $16,241 | -12% |
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.