67/100
#742 nationally
Ssm Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City
2505 Mission Drive, Jefferson City, MO 65109 · (573) 681-3000
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Ssm Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City billed $3.90 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
- 3.9x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 50
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MO
- #24
- 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 67% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 64% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 73% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 58% 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 |
102 | $43,999 | $13,124 | -33% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
97 | $13,030 | $2,279 | -33% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
95 | $26,247 | $2,853 | +27% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
82 | $13,239 | $1,724 | about average |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
61 | $25,060 | $10,087 | -31% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
57 | $4,016 | $1,634 | -65% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
56 | $35,621 | $6,001 | -11% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
53 | $9,271 | $1,610 | -21% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
46 | $33,931 | $9,239 | -27% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
45 | $13,136 | $1,331 | +30% |
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 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,136 | $1,331 | +30% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,608 | $2,404 | +28% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$26,247 | $2,853 | +27% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,273 | $2,578 | +9% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$26,025 | $2,762 | +3% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,239 | $1,724 | about average |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$26,766 | $4,378 | about average |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$80,068 | $15,738 | -4% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,016 | $1,634 | -65% |
|
Level 2 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5462 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,458 | $3,360 | -60% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$21,826 | $9,032 | -58% |
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
$13,999 | $6,700 | -54% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$87,075 | $30,467 | -51% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,787 | $4,837 | -46% |
|
Back Problems (without major complications)
MS-DRG 552 · Inpatient stay |
$21,287 | $7,233 | -46% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$29,664 | $10,248 | -44% |
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.