CostGrade
A

91/100

#80 nationally

Western Missouri Medical Center

403 Burkarth Road, Warrensburg, MO 64093 · (660) 747-2500

Charges close to what care is actually paid for

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Western Missouri Medical Center billed $2.53 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
2.5x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
22
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in MO
#2
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.

Inpatient charge markup 31.5/35

Better than 90% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 23.0/25

Better than 92% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 26.9/30

Better than 90% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 9.4/10

Better than 94% 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
Level 1 Nerve Procedures

APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit

260 $3,661 $1,739 -68%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

158 $12,129 $2,453 -38%
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit

62 $21,127 $6,360 -47%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

50 $37,409 $11,837 -40%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

42 $40,438 $21,109 -38%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

38 $27,363 $13,863 -37%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

37 $3,705 $1,460 -63%
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

36 $24,709 $13,955 -47%
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit

33 $10,810 $2,915 -47%
Respiratory Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay

24 $32,759 $17,891 -40%

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 3 Vascular Procedures

APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit

$13,351 $2,870 -30%
Kidney Failure (with complications)

MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay

$21,324 $9,732 -35%
Heart Failure (severe)

MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay

$27,363 $13,863 -37%
Skin Infection (without major complications)

MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay

$19,213 $9,487 -37%
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

$12,129 $2,453 -38%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

$40,438 $21,109 -38%
Sepsis (without major complications)

MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay

$23,585 $10,991 -40%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

$37,409 $11,837 -40%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Level 1 Nerve Procedures

APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit

$3,661 $1,739 -68%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

$4,190 $1,834 -68%
Level 2 Urology and Related Services

APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit

$1,032 $615 -67%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

$3,705 $1,460 -63%
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures

APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit

$5,817 $1,713 -51%
Level 4 Gynecologic Procedures

APC 5414 · Hospital outpatient visit

$9,606 $2,815 -47%
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit

$21,127 $6,360 -47%
Pneumonia (severe)

MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay

$24,709 $13,955 -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.
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