Appendix Removal Cost in Missouri — Compare All Hospitals
Surgery to remove the appendix, usually for appendicitis, in otherwise straightforward cases. Most stays are short, covering the operation and a brief recovery.
State average
$33,222
gross charge · DRG 399
Hospitals
12
with published pricing
Price range
$17,171 – $43,183
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Mercy Hospital Springfield
Springfield, MO
Gross charge $17,171 - 2
Truman Medical Center Hospital Hill
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge $23,835Cash pay $13,109 - 3
University Health Lakewood Medical Center
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge $23,835Cash pay $13,109 - 4
Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital
Sullivan, MO
Gross charge $28,987Cash pay $17,392 - 5
Parkland Health Center
Farmington, MO
Gross charge $30,228Cash pay $18,137 - 6
Progress West Hospital
Ofallon, MO
Gross charge $36,400Cash pay $21,840 - 7
Lake Regional Hospital
Osage Beach, MO
Gross charge $36,518Cash pay $13,877 - 8
Christian Hospital
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge $37,542Cash pay $22,525 - 9
Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital
Creve Coeur, MO
Gross charge $39,467Cash pay $23,680 - 10
Mercy Hospital Southeast
Cape Girardeau, MO
Gross charge $40,290Cash pay $26,188 - 11
Missouri Baptist Medical Center
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge $41,209Cash pay $24,725 - 12
Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital
Saint Peters, MO
Gross charge $43,183Cash pay $25,910 - 13
Mosaic Life Care at St Joseph
Saint Joseph, MO
Gross charge — - 14
Northeast Regional Medical Center
Kirksville, MO
Gross charge — - 15
Research Medical Center (Acute Care)
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge — - 16
Moberly Regional Medical Center
Moberly, MO
Gross charge — - 17
St. Joseph Medical Center
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge —Cash pay $9,854 - 18
Centerpoint Medical Center (Acute Care)
Independence, MO
Gross charge — - 19
Nkc Health
North Kansas City, MO
Gross charge — - 20
Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center
Poplar Bluff, MO
Gross charge — - 21
University of Missouri Health Care
Columbia, MO
Gross charge — - 22
Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare
Clinton, MO
Gross charge — - 23
Liberty Hospital
Liberty, MO
Gross charge — - 24
Lee's Summit Medical Center
Lees Summit, MO
Gross charge — - 25
St. Mary's Medical Center
Blue Springs, MO
Gross charge —Cash pay $9,964 - 26
Citizens Memorial Hospital
Bolivar, MO
Gross charge — - 27
Belton Regional Medical Center
Belton, MO
Gross charge — - 28
Lafayette Regional Health Center
Lexington, MO
Gross charge — - 29
Cass Regional Medical Center
Harrisonville, MO
Gross charge — - 30
Mosaic Medical Center - Albany
Albany, MO
Gross charge — - 31
Mosaic Medical Center Maryville
Maryville, MO
Gross charge — - 32
Ssm Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City
Jefferson City, MO
Gross charge — - 33
Boone Hospital Center (Acute Care)
Columbia, MO
Gross charge — - 34
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge — - 35
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis
Bridgeton, MO
Gross charge — - 36
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge — - 37
Saint Francis Medical Center
Cape Girardeau, MO
Gross charge — - 38
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis
Lake Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge —
Missouri hospitals price appendix removal (Medicare DRG 399) anywhere from $17,171 to $43,183 — a $26,013 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Mercy Hospital Springfield in Springfield; the most expensive is Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital in Saint Peters. The state average sits at $33,222.
Gross charges are list prices, not what most patients pay. Insurance plans negotiate substantial discounts, Medicare and Medicaid pay fixed federal rates, and uninsured patients can usually qualify for a cash-pay discount. But the gross charge still works as a useful benchmark: a hospital that lists appendix removal at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
You usually don't choose a hospital during an urgent appendix removal admission. This page is for the planning side: patients with chronic conditions weighing their options, caregivers picking ahead of time, or employers comparing in-network facilities. Click any hospital name for its full quality profile — CMS overall star rating, mortality and readmission rates, patient-experience scores. When two nearby hospitals look similar on quality, the one with lower published charges is the safer default for routine medical admissions.
Pricing comes from each hospital's Machine-Readable File (MRF), published under the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule. Missouri hospitals missing from the list either don't perform appendix removal in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 399 in their most recent MRF, or fell below our data-quality thresholds (we filter out clearly erroneous entries like $0 charges). The list refreshes as hospitals update their files.