72/100
#593 nationally
Ssm St Joseph Health Center
300 1St Capitol Dr, Saint Charles, MO 63301 · (636) 947-5000
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Ssm St Joseph Health Center billed $3.82 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
- 3.8x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 62
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MO
- #17
- 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 63% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 76% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 77% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 84% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
170 | $33,515 | $12,180 | -7% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
146 | $14,958 | $2,341 | -23% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
127 | $17,987 | $2,821 | -29% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
101 | $10,011 | $1,766 | -23% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
92 | $36,094 | $9,927 | -17% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
91 | $12,944 | $3,021 | -37% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
88 | $8,100 | $1,967 | -31% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
84 | $16,853 | $4,438 | -39% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
74 | $8,008 | $1,383 | -21% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
71 | $53,613 | $14,501 | -18% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$59,868 | $15,221 | +5% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,550 | $1,037 | about average |
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
$45,364 | $8,137 | about average |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$33,515 | $12,180 | -7% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$37,684 | $8,756 | -8% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (severe)
MS-DRG 377 · Inpatient stay |
$65,424 | $13,342 | -8% |
|
Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Complications
MS-DRG 389 · Inpatient stay |
$28,653 | $6,653 | -8% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$25,944 | $6,513 | -15% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5303 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,374 | $3,348 | -62% |
|
Level 2 Neurostimulator and Related Procedures
APC 5462 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,402 | $4,690 | -53% |
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
$14,876 | $6,833 | -51% |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$74,039 | $26,991 | -50% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,911 | $1,663 | -50% |
|
Hip or Thigh Bone Surgery (with complications)
MS-DRG 481 · Inpatient stay |
$43,683 | $15,038 | -48% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,005 | $3,273 | -47% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$27,448 | $9,329 | -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.