DRG 545 · Musculoskeletal

Connective Tissue Disorders Cost in Missouri — Compare All Hospitals

Hospital care for autoimmune and connective tissue conditions such as lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, or vasculitis. The stay usually involves medications to control inflammation and treatment of any organs affected.

State average
$47,633
gross charge · DRG 545
Hospitals
6
with published pricing
Price range
$22,243 – $94,836
low to high
Lowest $22,243 Highest $94,836

Missouri hospitals price connective tissue disorders (Medicare DRG 545) anywhere from $22,243 to $94,836 — a $72,593 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Lake Regional Hospital in Osage Beach; the most expensive is Christian Hospital in Saint Louis. The state average sits at $47,633.

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 connective tissue disorders at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.

If you're scheduling connective tissue disorders 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 connective tissue disorders in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 545 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.

Hospitals ranked by gross charge

  1. 1

    Lake Regional Hospital

    Osage Beach, MO

    Gross charge $22,243
    Cash pay $8,452
  2. 2

    Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital

    Saint Peters, MO

    Gross charge $35,524
    Cash pay $21,315
  3. 3

    Mercy Hospital Springfield

    Springfield, MO

    Gross charge $37,226
  4. 4

    Missouri Baptist Medical Center

    Saint Louis, MO

    Gross charge $40,614
    Cash pay $24,368
  5. 5

    Mercy Hospital Southeast

    Cape Girardeau, MO

    Gross charge $55,357
    Cash pay $35,982
  6. 6

    Christian Hospital

    Saint Louis, MO

    Gross charge $94,836
    Cash pay $56,902
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    Mosaic Life Care at St Joseph

    Saint Joseph, MO

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    Northeast Regional Medical Center

    Kirksville, MO

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    Research Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Kansas City, MO

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    Moberly Regional Medical Center

    Moberly, MO

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    St. Joseph Medical Center

    Kansas City, MO

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    Cash pay $22,157
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    Centerpoint Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Independence, MO

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    Nkc Health

    North Kansas City, MO

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    Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center

    Poplar Bluff, MO

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    University of Missouri Health Care

    Columbia, MO

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    Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare

    Clinton, MO

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    Liberty Hospital

    Liberty, MO

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    Lee's Summit Medical Center

    Lees Summit, MO

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    St. Mary's Medical Center

    Blue Springs, MO

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    Cash pay $22,354
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    Citizens Memorial Hospital

    Bolivar, MO

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    Belton Regional Medical Center

    Belton, MO

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    Lafayette Regional Health Center

    Lexington, MO

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    Cass Regional Medical Center

    Harrisonville, MO

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    Ssm Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City

    Jefferson City, MO

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    Boone Hospital Center (Acute Care)

    Columbia, MO

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    SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis

    Saint Louis, MO

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    SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis

    Bridgeton, MO

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    SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital

    Saint Louis, MO

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    Saint Francis Medical Center

    Cape Girardeau, MO

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    SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis

    Lake Saint Louis, MO

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