28/100
#1,942 nationally
St Mary's Medical Center
201 Nw R D Mize Rd, Blue Springs, MO 64014 · (816) 228-5900
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, St Mary's Medical Center billed $6.12 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
- 6.1x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 21
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in MO
- #46
- 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 23% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 18% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 38% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 43% 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 |
126 | $84,860 | $13,921 | +30% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
43 | $54,647 | $8,827 | +26% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
33 | $60,374 | $11,972 | +10% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
31 | $49,532 | $8,450 | about average |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
24 | $43,766 | $10,065 | -17% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
21 | $44,799 | $9,023 | -8% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (severe)
MS-DRG 377 · Inpatient stay |
19 | $62,271 | $11,977 | -12% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
19 | $116,360 | $11,480 | +86% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
18 | $10,990 | $1,416 | +9% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
18 | $108,761 | $9,601 | +61% |
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 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$116,360 | $11,480 | +86% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$108,761 | $9,601 | +61% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$38,771 | $5,598 | +30% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$84,860 | $13,921 | +30% |
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
$57,598 | $7,237 | +26% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$54,647 | $8,827 | +26% |
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,764 | $1,687 | +21% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
$39,748 | $6,026 | +21% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (severe)
MS-DRG 321 · Inpatient stay |
$112,783 | $22,033 | -22% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$19,983 | $2,850 | -21% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$25,036 | $5,375 | -18% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$43,766 | $10,065 | -17% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (severe)
MS-DRG 377 · Inpatient stay |
$62,271 | $11,977 | -12% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$54,407 | $12,946 | -11% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$161,735 | $28,404 | -9% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 640 · Inpatient stay |
$44,799 | $9,023 | -8% |
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.