23/100
#2,097 nationally
Saint Luke's South Hospital
12300 Metcalf Avenue, Overland Park, KS 66213 · (913) 317-7000
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Saint Luke's South Hospital billed $7.83 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
- 7.8x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 80
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in KS
- #33
- 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 11% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 32% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 27% 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 |
543 | $37,000 | $2,373 | +90% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
172 | $61,828 | $8,877 | +42% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
157 | $55,575 | $11,354 | -11% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
135 | $16,266 | $1,416 | +61% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
111 | $12,882 | $1,638 | +10% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
104 | $32,461 | $5,039 | -8% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
92 | $50,642 | $5,233 | +70% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
79 | $115,397 | $13,328 | +77% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
71 | $26,052 | $2,850 | +3% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
51 | $80,056 | $10,869 | +46% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$111,790 | $8,172 | +131% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,368 | $1,308 | +114% |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications
MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay |
$66,304 | $5,110 | +112% |
|
Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications
MS-DRG 948 · Inpatient stay |
$61,828 | $5,031 | +91% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$37,000 | $2,373 | +90% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$33,280 | $2,440 | +88% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$57,001 | $5,501 | +87% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$61,309 | $8,041 | +86% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 468 · Inpatient stay |
$63,733 | $16,989 | -41% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,674 | $2,784 | -28% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$39,330 | $9,320 | -24% |
|
Level 5 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5465 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$96,955 | $27,041 | -14% |
|
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$34,286 | $5,695 | -13% |
|
Hip Replacement with Principal Diagnosis of Hip Fracture without Major Complications
MS-DRG 522 · Inpatient stay |
$75,328 | $13,507 | -12% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$55,575 | $11,354 | -11% |
|
Hip Replacement with Principal Diagnosis of Hip Fracture with Major Complications
MS-DRG 521 · Inpatient stay |
$102,145 | $18,392 | -9% |
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.