75/100
#499 nationally
Ssm St Clare Health Center
1015 Bowles, Fenton, MO 63026 · (636) 496-2000
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Ssm St Clare Health Center billed $3.67 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
- 3.7x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 66
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MO
- #13
- 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 65% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 75% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 81% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 92% 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 |
283 | $14,661 | $2,368 | -25% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
268 | $41,356 | $13,431 | -37% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
177 | $46,175 | $11,066 | -26% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
139 | $31,247 | $8,998 | -28% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
99 | $7,812 | $1,366 | -22% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
89 | $12,168 | $1,688 | +7% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
63 | $51,839 | $16,256 | -38% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
62 | $33,494 | $11,798 | -39% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
61 | $11,579 | $1,734 | -10% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
55 | $27,697 | $6,163 | -31% |
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 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,168 | $1,688 | +7% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,266 | $1,400 | -4% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,579 | $1,734 | -10% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (with complications)
MS-DRG 309 · Inpatient stay |
$26,863 | $5,670 | -12% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,113 | $1,360 | -19% |
|
Pulmonary Embolism without Major Complications
MS-DRG 176 · Inpatient stay |
$27,292 | $6,062 | -22% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,812 | $1,366 | -22% |
|
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$30,077 | $5,397 | -24% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Cranial and Peripheral Nerve Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 074 · Inpatient stay |
$19,115 | $7,555 | -60% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$22,545 | $9,156 | -54% |
|
Skin Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 602 · Inpatient stay |
$23,900 | $10,128 | -53% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,489 | $1,663 | -53% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$27,449 | $10,870 | -52% |
|
Hip Replacement with Principal Diagnosis of Hip Fracture without Major Complications
MS-DRG 522 · Inpatient stay |
$43,976 | $13,750 | -49% |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (with complications)
MS-DRG 481 · Inpatient stay |
$43,502 | $14,018 | -48% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$94,172 | $30,037 | -47% |
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.