Charges for common procedures at area hospitals

190 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease with MCC

Southeast Hospital

Average covered charges: $30,983

Average total payments: $6,944

Discharges per year: 75

Saint Francis Medical Center

Average covered charges: $34,610

Average total payments: $8,301

Discharges per year: 54

Missouri Delta Medical Center, Sikeston, Mo.

Average covered charges: $26,317

Average total payments: $7,786

Discharges per year: 77

Missouri Southern Healthcare, Dexter, Mo.

Average covered charges: $16,258

Average total payments: $7,088

Discharges per year: 30

Pemiscot Memorial Hospital, Hayti, Mo.

Average covered charges: $13,660

Average total payments: $6,628

Discharges per year: 11

Poplar Bluff Medical Center, Poplar Bluff, Mo.

Average covered charges: $39,239

Average total payments: $7,598

Discharges per year: 113

Lourdes Hospital, Paducah, Ky.*

Average covered charges: $16,481

Average total payments: $6,042

Discharges per year: 64

Christian Hospital, St. Louis*

Average covered charges: $28,112

Average total payments: $7,078

Discharges per year: 81

238 Major Cardiovascular procedures without MCC

Southeast Hospital

$128,520

$20,881

30

Saint Francis Medical Center

$95,715

$19,185

42

Poplar Bluff Medical Center

$129,553

$22,568

15

Lourdes Hospital

$60,072

$17,524

28

243 Permanent cardiac pacemaker implant with CC

Southeast Hospital

$71,897

$15,254

20

Saint Francis Medical Center

$106,095

$18,032

23

Lourdes Hospital

$78,136

$14,359

29

Christian Hospital

$65,913

$15,732

22

470 Major Joint replacement or reattachment of lower extremity without MCC

Southeast Hospital

$61,592

$11,780

132

Saint Francis Medical Center

$65,168

$13,418

347

Poplar Bluff Medical Center

$64,421

$13,647

103

Lourdes Hospital

$50,682

$11,697

309

Christian Hospital

$44,668

$12,162

24

603 Cellulitis without MCC

Southeast Hospital

$16,213

$4,758

55

Saint Francis Medical Center

$20,704

$5,079

63

Missouri Delta Medical Center

$16,630

$5,601

22

Pemiscot Memorial Hospital

$9,878

$4,756

28

Poplar Bluff Medical Center

$ 28,820

$5,267

44

Lourdes Hospital

$9,130

$4,291

49

Christian Hospital

$17,941

$4,802

51

* Not-for-profit hospitals with a similar number of beds as Southeast Hospital and Saint Francis Medical Center.

CC = Complications or Comorbidities

MCC = Major Complications or Comorbidities

Complications are medical issues that arise connected to treatment.

Comorbidities are existing conditions that increase the chances of complications.

Treatments included in the graphic were selected to offer a sampling of common treatments offered. The original selections were amended to more accurately reflect the overall pricing discrepancy ratio between Southeast Hospital and Saint Francis Medical Center. Of the inpatient procedures for which both facilities were listed in the report, Saint Francis was shown as charging more for 61 of the 76. The complete report is available at cms.gov and at www.semissourian.com. When facilities discharged fewer than 11 patients per year, per procedure, procedure data was not included in the report.