Osage Beach, Missouri: the hospital's own report to Medicare
What Lake Regional Health System pays nurses per hour
Average hourly wages in 2022 pay periods, its own and contract staff together, before benefits, from the hospital's report to Medicare: the 54th highest registered nurse average of 62 Missouri hospitals. It is Lake Regional Health System's, hiring on this site.
Lake Regional Health System: common questions
How much does Lake Regional Health System pay registered nurses per hour?
Lake Regional Health System in Osage Beach, MO reported an average of $44.22 per registered nurse hour to Medicare's occupational mix survey (in 2022 pay periods, its own and contract staff together, before benefits): the 54th highest of 62 Missouri hospitals. Missouri's hospitals together averaged $56.39 an hour, all US hospitals $60.42 an hour. An average over every RN hour, staff and travel nurses together, not a starting rate.
What does Lake Regional Health System pay LPNs and nursing aides?
Licensed practical nurse hours averaged $21.79 an hour (Missouri $35.30). Nursing aide hours averaged $17.33 an hour (Missouri $25.47).
What is Lake Regional Health System's Medicare star rating?
3 of 5 stars in Medicare's overall rating; 80% of its patients said their nurses always communicated well, and 69% would definitely recommend it. It was not among the hospitals Medicare penalized for patient harm in fiscal year 2026. It is a non-profit hospital (every Missouri hospital by rating).
Is Lake Regional Health System hiring nurses?
It is Lake Regional Health System's, and Lake Regional Health System's open jobs are on this site, read from its own job board. Every registered nurse job in Missouri.
Sources and method
The hospital's survey wages over its paid hours for each category, its own and contract staff together, before benefits; the state's over all its hospitals' hours. Medicare number 260186. Read 10 Nov 2026.
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare wage index occupational mix survey (FY 2027 April public use file)
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital General Information (Care Compare)
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Patient survey (HCAHPS) - Hospital (Care Compare)
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CareJobs.Now. (2026). What Lake Regional Health System pays nurses per hour. Data as of 10 Nov 2026. https://carejobs.now/hospital-nurse-pay/missouri/lake-regional-health-system