Medical Back Problems Cost in Missouri — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for medical (non-surgical) back conditions including herniated discs, severe radiculopathy, and chronic pain crises.
State average
$21,373
gross charge · DRG 552
Hospitals
17
with published pricing
Price range
$7,593 – $37,856
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge $7,593Cash pay $4,556Medicare pays (avg) $6,422 - 2
Saint Luke's East Hospital
Lees Summit, MO
Gross charge $7,593Cash pay $4,556Medicare pays (avg) $4,888 - 3
Wright Memorial Hospital
Trenton, MO
Gross charge $7,593Cash pay $4,556 - 4
Hedrick Medical Center
Chillicothe, MO
Gross charge $7,593Cash pay $4,556 - 5
Fitzgibbon Hospital
Marshall, MO
Gross charge $14,078Cash pay $11,263 - 6
Mercy Hospital Springfield
Springfield, MO
Gross charge $14,420Medicare pays (avg) $6,053 - 7
Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital
Sullivan, MO
Gross charge $16,624Cash pay $9,974 - 8
Parkland Health Center
Farmington, MO
Gross charge $22,262Cash pay $13,357 - 9
Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital
Creve Coeur, MO
Gross charge $23,233Cash pay $13,940 - 10
Truman Medical Center Hospital Hill
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge $24,404Cash pay $13,422 - 11
University Health Lakewood Medical Center
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge $24,404Cash pay $13,422 - 12
Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital
Saint Peters, MO
Gross charge $25,718Cash pay $15,431Medicare pays (avg) $4,729 - 13
Progress West Hospital
Ofallon, MO
Gross charge $29,374Cash pay $17,624 - 14
Missouri Baptist Medical Center
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge $31,323Cash pay $18,794Medicare pays (avg) $4,795 - 15
Mercy Hospital Southeast
Cape Girardeau, MO
Gross charge $33,088Cash pay $21,507Medicare pays (avg) $6,444 - 16
Christian Hospital
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge $36,193Cash pay $21,716 - 17
Lake Regional Hospital
Osage Beach, MO
Gross charge $37,856Cash pay $14,385 - 18
Mosaic Life Care at St Joseph
Saint Joseph, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,110 - 19
Northeast Regional Medical Center
Kirksville, MO
Gross charge — - 20
Research Medical Center (Acute Care)
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,482 - 21
Moberly Regional Medical Center
Moberly, MO
Gross charge — - 22
St. Joseph Medical Center
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge —Cash pay $8,451Medicare pays (avg) $5,057 - 23
Centerpoint Medical Center (Acute Care)
Independence, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,782 - 24
Nkc Health
North Kansas City, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,630 - 25
Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center
Poplar Bluff, MO
Gross charge — - 26
University of Missouri Health Care
Columbia, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,803 - 27
Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare
Clinton, MO
Gross charge — - 28
Liberty Hospital
Liberty, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,531 - 29
Lee's Summit Medical Center
Lees Summit, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,143 - 30
St. Mary's Medical Center
Blue Springs, MO
Gross charge —Cash pay $8,551 - 31
Citizens Memorial Hospital
Bolivar, MO
Gross charge — - 32
Belton Regional Medical Center
Belton, MO
Gross charge — - 33
Lafayette Regional Health Center
Lexington, MO
Gross charge — - 34
Cass Regional Medical Center
Harrisonville, MO
Gross charge — - 35
Mosaic Medical Center - Albany
Albany, MO
Gross charge — - 36
Mosaic Medical Center Maryville
Maryville, MO
Gross charge — - 37
Ssm Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City
Jefferson City, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,985 - 38
Boone Hospital Center (Acute Care)
Columbia, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,667 - 39
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,453 - 40
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis
Bridgeton, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,681 - 41
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,438 - 42
Saint Francis Medical Center
Cape Girardeau, MO
Gross charge — - 43
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis
Lake Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,678
Missouri hospitals price medical back problems (Medicare DRG 552) anywhere from $7,593 to $37,856 — a $30,263 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City in Kansas City; the most expensive is Lake Regional Hospital in Osage Beach. The state average sits at $21,373.
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 medical 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 medical 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 medical back problems in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 552 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.