Back Problems Cost in Missouri — Compare All Hospitals
Back or spine problems, such as disc disease, spinal narrowing, or severe back pain, treated without surgery. The stay typically involves pain control, medication, and physical therapy.
State average
$35,643
gross charge · DRG 551
Hospitals
8
with published pricing
Price range
$34,292 – $38,126
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Mercy Hospital Southeast
Cape Girardeau, MO
Gross charge $34,292Cash pay $22,290 - 2
Missouri Baptist Medical Center
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge $34,920Cash pay $20,952Medicare pays (avg) $9,971 - 3
Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital
Creve Coeur, MO
Gross charge $34,920Cash pay $20,952 - 4
Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital
Saint Peters, MO
Gross charge $34,920Cash pay $20,952 - 5
Progress West Hospital
Ofallon, MO
Gross charge $34,920Cash pay $20,952 - 6
Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital
Sullivan, MO
Gross charge $34,920Cash pay $20,952 - 7
Truman Medical Center Hospital Hill
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge $38,126Cash pay $20,969 - 8
University Health Lakewood Medical Center
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge $38,126Cash pay $20,969 - 9
Mosaic Life Care at St Joseph
Saint Joseph, MO
Gross charge — - 10
Northeast Regional Medical Center
Kirksville, MO
Gross charge — - 11
Moberly Regional Medical Center
Moberly, MO
Gross charge — - 12
St. Joseph Medical Center
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge —Cash pay $14,963 - 13
Centerpoint Medical Center (Acute Care)
Independence, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,428 - 14
Nkc Health
North Kansas City, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,027 - 15
Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center
Poplar Bluff, MO
Gross charge — - 16
University of Missouri Health Care
Columbia, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,511 - 17
Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare
Clinton, MO
Gross charge — - 18
Liberty Hospital
Liberty, MO
Gross charge — - 19
Lee's Summit Medical Center
Lees Summit, MO
Gross charge — - 20
St. Mary's Medical Center
Blue Springs, MO
Gross charge —Cash pay $15,109 - 21
Citizens Memorial Hospital
Bolivar, MO
Gross charge — - 22
Belton Regional Medical Center
Belton, MO
Gross charge — - 23
Lafayette Regional Health Center
Lexington, MO
Gross charge — - 24
Cass Regional Medical Center
Harrisonville, MO
Gross charge — - 25
Mosaic Medical Center - Albany
Albany, MO
Gross charge — - 26
Mosaic Medical Center Maryville
Maryville, MO
Gross charge — - 27
Ssm Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City
Jefferson City, MO
Gross charge — - 28
Research Medical Center (Acute Care)
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,645 - 29
Boone Hospital Center (Acute Care)
Columbia, MO
Gross charge — - 30
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge — - 31
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis
Bridgeton, MO
Gross charge — - 32
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $15,604 - 33
Saint Francis Medical Center
Cape Girardeau, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,905 - 34
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis
Lake Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge —
Missouri hospitals price back problems (Medicare DRG 551) anywhere from $34,292 to $38,126 — a $3,833 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Mercy Hospital Southeast in Cape Girardeau; the most expensive is University Health Lakewood Medical Center in Kansas City. The state average sits at $35,643.
Gross charges are the hospital's list price for the facility part of your stay — the room, operating-room time, nursing, and equipment. 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 back problems at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
If you're scheduling back problems in Missouri, sort the list below by price, then click each hospital name to see its quality profile — CMS overall star rating, surgical-safety measures, readmission rates, patient-experience scores. The cheapest hospital isn't always the right call. Teaching hospitals often charge more because they take complex cases, and a higher-rated community hospital may deliver equivalent outcomes for a straightforward case at a lower price. Use the price column to narrow the field; use the quality data to make the final call.
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 back problems in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 551 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.