Ear & Upper Respiratory Infections Cost in Missouri — Compare All Hospitals
Hospital treatment for a middle ear infection or an upper respiratory infection, such as a severe sinus or throat infection. The stay typically involves antibiotics, fluids, and monitoring of breathing and other symptoms.
State average
$27,137
gross charge · DRG 152
Hospitals
8
with published pricing
Price range
$14,588 – $33,155
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Truman Medical Center Hospital Hill
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge $14,588Cash pay $8,023 - 2
University Health Lakewood Medical Center
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge $14,588Cash pay $8,023 - 3
Mercy Hospital Southeast
Cape Girardeau, MO
Gross charge $22,147Cash pay $14,395 - 4
Missouri Baptist Medical Center
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge $33,155Cash pay $19,893 - 5
Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital
Creve Coeur, MO
Gross charge $33,155Cash pay $19,893 - 6
Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital
Saint Peters, MO
Gross charge $33,155Cash pay $19,893 - 7
Progress West Hospital
Ofallon, MO
Gross charge $33,155Cash pay $19,893 - 8
Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital
Sullivan, MO
Gross charge $33,155Cash pay $19,893 - 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 $9,950 - 13
Centerpoint Medical Center (Acute Care)
Independence, MO
Gross charge — - 14
Nkc Health
North Kansas City, MO
Gross charge — - 15
Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center
Poplar Bluff, MO
Gross charge — - 16
University of Missouri Health Care
Columbia, MO
Gross charge — - 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 $10,061 - 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 — - 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 — - 33
Saint Francis Medical Center
Cape Girardeau, MO
Gross charge — - 34
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis
Lake Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge —
Missouri hospitals price ear & upper respiratory infections (Medicare DRG 152) anywhere from $14,588 to $33,155 — a $18,567 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Truman Medical Center Hospital Hill in Kansas City; the most expensive is Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital in Sullivan. The state average sits at $27,137.
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 ear & upper respiratory infections 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 ear & upper respiratory infections 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 ear & upper respiratory infections in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 152 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.