Fluid Around the Lungs Cost in Missouri — Compare All Hospitals
A buildup of fluid in the space between the lung and the chest wall (pleural effusion), which can make breathing difficult. Treatment usually involves draining the fluid and treating the underlying cause.
State average
$25,985
gross charge · DRG 187
Hospitals
11
with published pricing
Price range
$14,837 – $39,370
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Mercy Hospital Springfield
Springfield, MO
Gross charge $14,837 - 2
Christian Hospital
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge $16,212Cash pay $9,727 - 3
Mercy Hospital Southeast
Cape Girardeau, MO
Gross charge $18,019Cash pay $11,712 - 4
Progress West Hospital
Ofallon, MO
Gross charge $20,846Cash pay $12,508 - 5
Fitzgibbon Hospital
Marshall, MO
Gross charge $21,041Cash pay $16,833 - 6
Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital
Sullivan, MO
Gross charge $23,815Cash pay $14,289 - 7
Missouri Baptist Medical Center
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge $26,954Cash pay $16,172 - 8
Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital
Saint Peters, MO
Gross charge $34,595Cash pay $20,757 - 9
Parkland Health Center
Farmington, MO
Gross charge $35,074Cash pay $21,045 - 10
Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital
Creve Coeur, MO
Gross charge $35,078Cash pay $21,047 - 11
Lake Regional Hospital
Osage Beach, MO
Gross charge $39,370Cash pay $14,961 - 12
Mosaic Life Care at St Joseph
Saint Joseph, MO
Gross charge — - 13
Northeast Regional Medical Center
Kirksville, MO
Gross charge — - 14
Research Medical Center (Acute Care)
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge — - 15
Moberly Regional Medical Center
Moberly, MO
Gross charge — - 16
St. Joseph Medical Center
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge —Cash pay $8,803 - 17
Centerpoint Medical Center (Acute Care)
Independence, MO
Gross charge — - 18
Nkc Health
North Kansas City, MO
Gross charge — - 19
Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center
Poplar Bluff, MO
Gross charge — - 20
University of Missouri Health Care
Columbia, MO
Gross charge — - 21
Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare
Clinton, MO
Gross charge — - 22
Liberty Hospital
Liberty, MO
Gross charge — - 23
Lee's Summit Medical Center
Lees Summit, MO
Gross charge — - 24
St. Mary's Medical Center
Blue Springs, MO
Gross charge —Cash pay $8,906 - 25
Citizens Memorial Hospital
Bolivar, MO
Gross charge — - 26
Belton Regional Medical Center
Belton, MO
Gross charge — - 27
Lafayette Regional Health Center
Lexington, MO
Gross charge — - 28
Cass Regional Medical Center
Harrisonville, MO
Gross charge — - 29
Mosaic Medical Center - Albany
Albany, MO
Gross charge — - 30
Mosaic Medical Center Maryville
Maryville, MO
Gross charge — - 31
Ssm Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City
Jefferson City, MO
Gross charge — - 32
Boone Hospital Center (Acute Care)
Columbia, MO
Gross charge — - 33
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge — - 34
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis
Bridgeton, MO
Gross charge — - 35
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge — - 36
Saint Francis Medical Center
Cape Girardeau, MO
Gross charge — - 37
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis
Lake Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge —
Missouri hospitals price fluid around the lungs (Medicare DRG 187) anywhere from $14,837 to $39,370 — a $24,534 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Mercy Hospital Springfield in Springfield; the most expensive is Lake Regional Hospital in Osage Beach. The state average sits at $25,985.
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 fluid around the lungs 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 fluid around the lungs 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 fluid around the lungs in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 187 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.