26/100
#2,007 nationally
St Lukes Hospital Of Kansas City
4401 Wornall Road, Kansas City, MO 64111 · (816) 932-2000
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, St Lukes Hospital Of Kansas City billed $5.98 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
- 6.0x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 172
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MO
- #48
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 5/5
- 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 26% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 30% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 23% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 21% 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 |
336 | $40,630 | $2,347 | +109% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
300 | $13,887 | $1,653 | +18% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
275 | $19,775 | $2,784 | +3% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
275 | $174,478 | $20,343 | +32% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
213 | $16,629 | $1,400 | +65% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
181 | $27,592 | $2,820 | +9% |
|
Percutaneous and Other Intracardiac Procedures without Major Complications
MS-DRG 274 · Inpatient stay |
180 | $108,857 | $26,815 | -13% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
162 | $81,730 | $13,203 | +88% |
|
Level 5 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5155 · Hospital outpatient visit |
152 | $46,061 | $5,919 | +20% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
138 | $42,485 | $6,176 | +7% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$188,874 | $26,638 | +189% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$124,678 | $15,611 | +158% |
|
Respiratory System Diagnosis with Ventilator Support <=96 Hours
MS-DRG 208 · Inpatient stay |
$278,777 | $35,339 | +146% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$426,821 | $70,974 | +140% |
|
Seizures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 100 · Inpatient stay |
$192,520 | $30,142 | +139% |
|
COPD (severe)
MS-DRG 190 · Inpatient stay |
$95,369 | $13,484 | +128% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
$72,116 | $9,201 | +124% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$67,546 | $8,553 | +121% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5303 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,641 | $3,305 | -42% |
|
Level 2 Vascular Procedures
APC 5182 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,839 | $1,365 | -32% |
|
Level 7 Radiation Therapy
APC 5627 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$41,038 | $6,530 | -31% |
|
Traumatic Stupor and Coma <1 Hour without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 087 · Inpatient stay |
$41,443 | $8,666 | -25% |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$118,655 | $27,497 | -20% |
|
Cardiac Valve and Other Major Cardiothoracic Procedures with Cardiac Catheterization Wit
MS-DRG 216 · Inpatient stay |
$372,464 | $90,177 | -16% |
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures without Major
MS-DRG 267 · Inpatient stay |
$159,397 | $38,330 | -16% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$43,917 | $9,030 | -15% |
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.