Encephalitis & Other Brain Infections Cost in Missouri — Compare All Hospitals
A serious nervous system infection not caused by common bacteria, such as viral encephalitis or a fungal infection of the brain, in patients who also have major complicating conditions. The stay typically involves IV medicines, brain imaging, a spinal tap, and close monitoring.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital
Saint Peters, MO
Gross charge $35,984Cash pay $21,590 - 2
Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital
Sullivan, MO
Gross charge $46,729Cash pay $28,038 - 3
Mercy Hospital Springfield
Springfield, MO
Gross charge $54,177 - 4
Christian Hospital
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge $63,807Cash pay $38,284 - 5
Progress West Hospital
Ofallon, MO
Gross charge $78,595Cash pay $47,157 - 6
Mercy Hospital Southeast
Cape Girardeau, MO
Gross charge $79,552Cash pay $51,709 - 7
Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital
Creve Coeur, MO
Gross charge $101,584Cash pay $60,950 - 8
Lake Regional Hospital
Osage Beach, MO
Gross charge $123,991Cash pay $47,117 - 9
Missouri Baptist Medical Center
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge $140,022Cash pay $84,013 - 10
Mosaic Life Care at St Joseph
Saint Joseph, MO
Gross charge — - 11
Northeast Regional Medical Center
Kirksville, MO
Gross charge — - 12
Research Medical Center (Acute Care)
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge — - 13
Moberly Regional Medical Center
Moberly, MO
Gross charge — - 14
St. Joseph Medical Center
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge —Cash pay $31,432 - 15
Centerpoint Medical Center (Acute Care)
Independence, MO
Gross charge — - 16
Nkc Health
North Kansas City, MO
Gross charge — - 17
Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center
Poplar Bluff, MO
Gross charge — - 18
University of Missouri Health Care
Columbia, MO
Gross charge — - 19
Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare
Clinton, MO
Gross charge — - 20
Liberty Hospital
Liberty, MO
Gross charge — - 21
Lee's Summit Medical Center
Lees Summit, MO
Gross charge — - 22
St. Mary's Medical Center
Blue Springs, MO
Gross charge —Cash pay $31,694 - 23
Citizens Memorial Hospital
Bolivar, MO
Gross charge — - 24
Belton Regional Medical Center
Belton, MO
Gross charge — - 25
Lafayette Regional Health Center
Lexington, MO
Gross charge — - 26
Cass Regional Medical Center
Harrisonville, MO
Gross charge — - 27
Mosaic Medical Center - Albany
Albany, MO
Gross charge — - 28
Mosaic Medical Center Maryville
Maryville, MO
Gross charge — - 29
Ssm Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City
Jefferson City, MO
Gross charge — - 30
Boone Hospital Center (Acute Care)
Columbia, MO
Gross charge — - 31
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge — - 32
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis
Bridgeton, MO
Gross charge — - 33
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge — - 34
Saint Francis Medical Center
Cape Girardeau, MO
Gross charge — - 35
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis
Lake Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge —
Missouri hospitals price encephalitis & other brain infections (Medicare DRG 097) anywhere from $35,984 to $140,022 — a $104,039 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital in Saint Peters; the most expensive is Missouri Baptist Medical Center in Saint Louis. The state average sits at $80,493.
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 encephalitis & other brain 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 encephalitis & other brain 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 encephalitis & other brain infections in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 097 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.