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Hospitals in Missouri with the lowest medicare spending per patient

62 Missouri hospitals ranked by medicare spending per patient in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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62 hospitals ranked in Missouri by medicare spending per patient; 58 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalMedicare spending per patientlower is betterOverall star ratinghigher is betterPatient survey star ratinghigher is betterHeart attack death ratelower is betterHeart failure death ratelower is betterHospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 dataSerious complicationslower is betterTime in emergency departmentlower is betterTotal beds
National average1.003.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min
T49SSM St Joseph Hospital WestLake Saint Louis, MO · Acute care1.023312.1%10.2%14.3%0.97215 min100Compare
T49Mercy Hospital SouthSaint Louis, MO · Acute care1.02229.6%11.3%15.8%0.80254 min767Compare
T53NKC HealthNorth Kansas City, MO · Acute care1.034313.5%11.0%15.4%1.21180 min451Compare
T53Saint Luke's East HospitalLees Summit, MO · Acute care1.034412.3%8.8%14.3%0.85247 min240Compare
T55St Lukes Hospital Of Kansas CityKansas City, MO · Acute care1.055412.0%9.8%14.5%1.12226 min538Compare
T55Mosaic Life Care At St JosephSaint Joseph, MO · Acute care1.054311.7%11.7%15.5%1.12153 min353Compare
T55Centerpoint Medical CenterIndependence, MO · Acute care1.05329.9%11.1%15.3%0.98170 min366Compare
T55Liberty HospitalLiberty, MO · Acute care1.052311.9%11.0%16.8%0.84194 min250Compare
T59SSM Health St Mary's Hospital - St LouisSaint Louis, MO · Acute care1.063211.8%8.7%16.3%1.15166 min690Compare
T59SSM Health Saint Louis University HospitalSaint Louis, MO · Acute care1.061212.8%11.5%15.6%1.14335 min438Compare
61SSM Health DePaul Hospital St LouisBridgeton, MO · Acute care1.084210.5%10.8%15.1%0.81213 min538Compare
62Research Medical CenterKansas City, MO · Acute care1.092211.8%9.8%15.9%0.9690 min545Compare

About these rankings

Rankings use the 2026 release of CMS Care Compare data. Hospitals share a rank (“T”) when their values are equal, and only hospitals with a reported value for the sorted measure are ranked. Shading compares each value with every hospital in the country, so it doesn’t change with your filters. Small differences are often not statistically meaningful; use the methodology and glossary for context.

Medicare spending per patient
Medicare spending per beneficiary episode relative to the national median (1.0 = national median).
Overall star rating
CMS overall hospital quality star rating (1-5).
Patient survey star rating
HCAHPS summary star rating (1-5).
Heart attack death rate
30-day death rate for heart attack patients.
Heart failure death rate
30-day death rate for heart failure patients.
Hospital-wide readmission rate
Rate of unplanned readmission within 30 days, all conditions. From 2025 CMS reports the Hybrid Hospital-Wide Readmission measure (claims plus EHR data), which replaced the claims-only measure; values are close but not strictly comparable across the change. CMS suppressed it for 2026.. Latest available: 2025 release.
Serious complications
Patient safety and adverse events composite (PSI 90; 1.0 = national value).
Time in emergency department
Median time patients spent in the emergency department before leaving.
Total beds
Total beds reported to CMS (Provider of Services file).