ECMO or Tracheostomy with Ventilation Cost in Missouri — Compare All Hospitals
The most intensive level of life support: a heart-lung bypass machine (ECMO) or a surgically placed breathing tube (tracheostomy) with a ventilator for an extended period. These are long intensive-care stays for critically ill patients whose heart or lungs are failing.
State average
$676,212
gross charge · DRG 003
Hospitals
7
with published pricing
Price range
$223,558 – $751,654
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Lake Regional Hospital
Osage Beach, MO
Gross charge $223,558Cash pay $84,952 - 2
Missouri Baptist Medical Center
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge $751,654Cash pay $450,993Medicare pays (avg) $148,691 - 3
Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital
Creve Coeur, MO
Gross charge $751,654Cash pay $450,993 - 4
Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital
Saint Peters, MO
Gross charge $751,654Cash pay $450,993 - 5
Progress West Hospital
Ofallon, MO
Gross charge $751,654Cash pay $450,993 - 6
Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital
Sullivan, MO
Gross charge $751,654Cash pay $450,993 - 7
Christian Hospital
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge $751,654Cash pay $450,993 - 8
Mosaic Life Care at St Joseph
Saint Joseph, MO
Gross charge — - 9
Northeast Regional Medical Center
Kirksville, MO
Gross charge — - 10
Moberly Regional Medical Center
Moberly, MO
Gross charge — - 11
St. Joseph Medical Center
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge —Cash pay $187,929 - 12
Centerpoint Medical Center (Acute Care)
Independence, MO
Gross charge — - 13
Nkc Health
North Kansas City, MO
Gross charge — - 14
Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center
Poplar Bluff, MO
Gross charge — - 15
University of Missouri Health Care
Columbia, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $161,619 - 16
Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare
Clinton, MO
Gross charge — - 17
Liberty Hospital
Liberty, MO
Gross charge — - 18
Lee's Summit Medical Center
Lees Summit, MO
Gross charge — - 19
St. Mary's Medical Center
Blue Springs, MO
Gross charge —Cash pay $189,290 - 20
Citizens Memorial Hospital
Bolivar, MO
Gross charge — - 21
Belton Regional Medical Center
Belton, MO
Gross charge — - 22
Lafayette Regional Health Center
Lexington, MO
Gross charge — - 23
Cass Regional Medical Center
Harrisonville, MO
Gross charge — - 24
Mosaic Medical Center - Albany
Albany, MO
Gross charge — - 25
Mosaic Medical Center Maryville
Maryville, MO
Gross charge — - 26
Ssm Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City
Jefferson City, MO
Gross charge — - 27
Research Medical Center (Acute Care)
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge — - 28
Boone Hospital Center (Acute Care)
Columbia, MO
Gross charge — - 29
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge — - 30
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis
Bridgeton, MO
Gross charge — - 31
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $165,842 - 32
Saint Francis Medical Center
Cape Girardeau, MO
Gross charge — - 33
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis
Lake Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge —
Missouri hospitals price ecmo or tracheostomy with ventilation (Medicare DRG 003) anywhere from $223,558 to $751,654 — a $528,097 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 $676,212.
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 ecmo or tracheostomy with ventilation 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 ecmo or tracheostomy with ventilation 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 ecmo or tracheostomy with ventilation in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 003 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.