Cellulitis Cost in Missouri — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for cellulitis — a bacterial skin infection typically requiring IV antibiotics.
State average
$18,322
gross charge · DRG 603
Hospitals
17
with published pricing
Price range
$9,851 – $34,656
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Truman Medical Center Hospital Hill
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge $9,851Cash pay $5,418 - 2
University Health Lakewood Medical Center
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge $9,851Cash pay $5,418 - 3
Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital
Sullivan, MO
Gross charge $10,942Cash pay $6,565 - 4
Fitzgibbon Hospital
Marshall, MO
Gross charge $13,050Cash pay $10,440 - 5
Mercy Hospital Springfield
Springfield, MO
Gross charge $13,064Medicare pays (avg) $5,794 - 6
Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge $15,793Cash pay $9,476Medicare pays (avg) $5,558 - 7
Saint Luke's East Hospital
Lees Summit, MO
Gross charge $15,793Cash pay $9,476Medicare pays (avg) $4,433 - 8
Wright Memorial Hospital
Trenton, MO
Gross charge $15,793Cash pay $9,476 - 9
Hedrick Medical Center
Chillicothe, MO
Gross charge $15,793Cash pay $9,476 - 10
Parkland Health Center
Farmington, MO
Gross charge $19,312Cash pay $11,587Medicare pays (avg) $5,497 - 11
Mercy Hospital Southeast
Cape Girardeau, MO
Gross charge $20,280Cash pay $13,182Medicare pays (avg) $5,299 - 12
Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital
Saint Peters, MO
Gross charge $21,507Cash pay $12,904Medicare pays (avg) $4,087 - 13
Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital
Creve Coeur, MO
Gross charge $21,849Cash pay $13,109 - 14
Missouri Baptist Medical Center
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge $21,935Cash pay $13,161Medicare pays (avg) $4,339 - 15
Progress West Hospital
Ofallon, MO
Gross charge $25,210Cash pay $15,126Medicare pays (avg) $4,497 - 16
Christian Hospital
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge $26,796Cash pay $16,077Medicare pays (avg) $6,587 - 17
Lake Regional Hospital
Osage Beach, MO
Gross charge $34,656Cash pay $13,169 - 18
Mosaic Life Care at St Joseph
Saint Joseph, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,815 - 19
Northeast Regional Medical Center
Kirksville, MO
Gross charge — - 20
Research Medical Center (Acute Care)
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge — - 21
Moberly Regional Medical Center
Moberly, MO
Gross charge — - 22
St. Joseph Medical Center
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge —Cash pay $7,723Medicare pays (avg) $4,014 - 23
Centerpoint Medical Center (Acute Care)
Independence, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,327 - 24
Nkc Health
North Kansas City, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,314 - 25
Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center
Poplar Bluff, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,238 - 26
University of Missouri Health Care
Columbia, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,369 - 27
Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare
Clinton, MO
Gross charge — - 28
Liberty Hospital
Liberty, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,905 - 29
Lee's Summit Medical Center
Lees Summit, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $3,625 - 30
St. Mary's Medical Center
Blue Springs, MO
Gross charge —Cash pay $7,818 - 31
Citizens Memorial Hospital
Bolivar, MO
Gross charge — - 32
Belton Regional Medical Center
Belton, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,298 - 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) $5,319 - 38
Boone Hospital Center (Acute Care)
Columbia, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,420 - 39
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,636 - 40
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis
Bridgeton, MO
Gross charge — - 41
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,399 - 42
Saint Francis Medical Center
Cape Girardeau, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,877 - 43
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis
Lake Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,989
Missouri hospitals price cellulitis (Medicare DRG 603) anywhere from $9,851 to $34,656 — a $24,805 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Truman Medical Center Hospital Hill in Kansas City; the most expensive is Lake Regional Hospital in Osage Beach. The state average sits at $18,322.
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 cellulitis 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 cellulitis 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 cellulitis in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 603 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.