25/100
#2,035 nationally
Saint Lukes North Hospital
5830 N W Barry Road, Kansas City, MO 64154 · (816) 891-6000
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Saint Lukes North Hospital billed $7.03 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
- 7.0x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 67
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MO
- #50
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 5/5
- 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 18% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 29% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 27% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 31% 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 |
224 | $36,648 | $2,348 | +89% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
138 | $61,920 | $10,341 | +43% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
123 | $60,260 | $11,239 | -4% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
106 | $13,584 | $1,395 | +35% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
84 | $39,666 | $5,039 | +13% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
72 | $14,861 | $1,662 | +26% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
69 | $105,887 | $14,006 | +62% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
68 | $53,759 | $11,486 | +49% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
63 | $28,325 | $2,785 | +12% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
46 | $7,405 | $1,431 | -43% |
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 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$29,115 | $1,482 | +155% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$36,648 | $2,348 | +89% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$90,599 | $10,872 | +87% |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications
MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay |
$57,129 | $6,945 | +83% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$87,879 | $8,757 | +82% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (with complications)
MS-DRG 699 · Inpatient stay |
$67,935 | $7,640 | +80% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$54,769 | $6,066 | +79% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$67,968 | $7,779 | +73% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,405 | $1,431 | -43% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,006 | $2,724 | -37% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$40,795 | $9,320 | -21% |
|
Hip Replacement with Principal Diagnosis of Hip Fracture without Major Complications
MS-DRG 522 · Inpatient stay |
$76,806 | $14,670 | -10% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$37,294 | $6,248 | -6% |
|
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 330 · Inpatient stay |
$94,978 | $16,601 | -6% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,510 | $2,777 | -4% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$60,260 | $11,239 | -4% |
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.