C-Section Cost in Missouri — Compare All Hospitals
Delivery of a baby through a surgical incision in the abdomen. The stay includes the operation and a few days of recovery care for mother and baby.
State average
$18,486
gross charge · DRG 788
Hospitals
10
with published pricing
Price range
$11,590 – $32,567
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Fitzgibbon Hospital
Marshall, MO
Gross charge $11,590Cash pay $9,272 - 2
Truman Medical Center Hospital Hill
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge $12,213Cash pay $6,717 - 3
University Health Lakewood Medical Center
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge $12,213Cash pay $6,717 - 4
Mercy Hospital Springfield
Springfield, MO
Gross charge $14,382 - 5
Progress West Hospital
Ofallon, MO
Gross charge $15,618Cash pay $9,371 - 6
Lake Regional Hospital
Osage Beach, MO
Gross charge $16,787Cash pay $6,379 - 7
Missouri Baptist Medical Center
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge $18,180Cash pay $10,908 - 8
Parkland Health Center
Farmington, MO
Gross charge $24,276Cash pay $14,565 - 9
Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital
Sullivan, MO
Gross charge $27,034Cash pay $16,220 - 10
Mercy Hospital Southeast
Cape Girardeau, MO
Gross charge $32,567Cash pay $21,168 - 11
Mosaic Life Care at St Joseph
Saint Joseph, MO
Gross charge — - 12
Northeast Regional Medical Center
Kirksville, MO
Gross charge — - 13
Research Medical Center (Acute Care)
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge — - 14
Moberly Regional Medical Center
Moberly, MO
Gross charge — - 15
St. Joseph Medical Center
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge —Cash pay $7,933 - 16
Centerpoint Medical Center (Acute Care)
Independence, MO
Gross charge — - 17
Nkc Health
North Kansas City, MO
Gross charge — - 18
Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center
Poplar Bluff, MO
Gross charge — - 19
University of Missouri Health Care
Columbia, MO
Gross charge — - 20
Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare
Clinton, MO
Gross charge — - 21
Liberty Hospital
Liberty, MO
Gross charge — - 22
Lee's Summit Medical Center
Lees Summit, MO
Gross charge — - 23
St. Mary's Medical Center
Blue Springs, MO
Gross charge —Cash pay $8,029 - 24
Citizens Memorial Hospital
Bolivar, MO
Gross charge — - 25
Belton Regional Medical Center
Belton, MO
Gross charge — - 26
Lafayette Regional Health Center
Lexington, MO
Gross charge — - 27
Cass Regional Medical Center
Harrisonville, MO
Gross charge — - 28
Mosaic Medical Center - Albany
Albany, MO
Gross charge — - 29
Mosaic Medical Center Maryville
Maryville, MO
Gross charge — - 30
Ssm Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City
Jefferson City, MO
Gross charge — - 31
Boone Hospital Center (Acute Care)
Columbia, MO
Gross charge — - 32
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge — - 33
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis
Bridgeton, MO
Gross charge — - 34
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge — - 35
Saint Francis Medical Center
Cape Girardeau, MO
Gross charge — - 36
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis
Lake Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge —
Missouri hospitals price c-section (Medicare DRG 788) anywhere from $11,590 to $32,567 — a $20,976 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Fitzgibbon Hospital in Marshall; the most expensive is Mercy Hospital Southeast in Cape Girardeau. The state average sits at $18,486.
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 c-section at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
For c-section in Missouri, the price below is each hospital's gross charge for the facility portion of delivery — your actual out-of-pocket depends on insurance, length of stay, complications, and whether the obstetrician bills separately. Click any hospital name for its full maternity profile, including CMS star rating, patient-experience scores, and (where designated) the CMS Birthing-Friendly Hospital marker — a useful signal of maternity-care quality.
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 c-section in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 788 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.