23/100
#2,098 nationally
St Joseph Medical Center
1000 Carondelet Dr, Kansas City, MO 64114 · (816) 942-4400
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, St Joseph Medical Center billed $7.69 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
- 7.7x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 51
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MO
- #51
- 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 18% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 18% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 33% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 24% 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 |
190 | $86,293 | $12,159 | +32% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
173 | $102,519 | $11,423 | +64% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
64 | $179,597 | $20,630 | +44% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
61 | $57,277 | $8,377 | +32% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
48 | $32,118 | $2,850 | +27% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
46 | $47,715 | $9,862 | -10% |
|
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit |
46 | $197,758 | $15,284 | +107% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
42 | $70,756 | $10,174 | +29% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
38 | $28,968 | $8,167 | -40% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
38 | $10,631 | $3,045 | -49% |
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 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$80,106 | $7,419 | +112% |
|
Level 4 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5194 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$197,758 | $15,284 | +107% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$131,733 | $9,601 | +95% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,712 | $1,399 | +83% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$34,968 | $2,784 | +83% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$33,592 | $2,338 | +73% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$87,789 | $9,320 | +70% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$34,301 | $2,752 | +68% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$10,631 | $3,045 | -49% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$28,968 | $8,167 | -40% |
|
Digestive Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 391 · Inpatient stay |
$31,505 | $8,234 | -39% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$29,505 | $7,328 | -28% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$139,489 | $28,845 | -22% |
|
Chest Pain
MS-DRG 313 · Inpatient stay |
$27,243 | $4,650 | -19% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay |
$46,011 | $10,402 | -19% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$62,746 | $12,323 | -18% |
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.