Gallbladder Removal Cost in Missouri — Compare All Hospitals
Removal of the gallbladder through small incisions (laparoscopic surgery), usually because of gallstones, in patients who also have other serious health problems. The stay covers the operation and monitoring until eating and moving comfortably again.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Truman Medical Center Hospital Hill
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge $34,799Cash pay $19,139 - 2
University Health Lakewood Medical Center
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge $34,799Cash pay $19,139 - 3
Mercy Hospital Springfield
Springfield, MO
Gross charge $35,796Medicare pays (avg) $15,024 - 4
Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital
Sullivan, MO
Gross charge $42,878Cash pay $25,727 - 5
Parkland Health Center
Farmington, MO
Gross charge $49,651Cash pay $29,791 - 6
Mercy Hospital Southeast
Cape Girardeau, MO
Gross charge $58,023Cash pay $37,715 - 7
Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital
Creve Coeur, MO
Gross charge $62,208Cash pay $37,325 - 8
Missouri Baptist Medical Center
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge $63,033Cash pay $37,820Medicare pays (avg) $13,445 - 9
Progress West Hospital
Ofallon, MO
Gross charge $67,414Cash pay $40,449 - 10
Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital
Saint Peters, MO
Gross charge $68,936Cash pay $41,362 - 11
Lake Regional Hospital
Osage Beach, MO
Gross charge $70,981Cash pay $26,973 - 12
Christian Hospital
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge $76,703Cash pay $46,022 - 13
Mosaic Life Care at St Joseph
Saint Joseph, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $21,263 - 14
Northeast Regional Medical Center
Kirksville, MO
Gross charge — - 15
Research Medical Center (Acute Care)
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge — - 16
Moberly Regional Medical Center
Moberly, MO
Gross charge — - 17
St. Joseph Medical Center
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge —Cash pay $20,839 - 18
Centerpoint Medical Center (Acute Care)
Independence, MO
Gross charge — - 19
Nkc Health
North Kansas City, MO
Gross charge — - 20
Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center
Poplar Bluff, MO
Gross charge — - 21
University of Missouri Health Care
Columbia, MO
Gross charge — - 22
Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare
Clinton, MO
Gross charge — - 23
Liberty Hospital
Liberty, MO
Gross charge — - 24
Lee's Summit Medical Center
Lees Summit, MO
Gross charge — - 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 —Medicare pays (avg) $13,266 - 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 gallbladder removal (Medicare DRG 417) anywhere from $34,799 to $76,703 — a $41,904 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Truman Medical Center Hospital Hill in Kansas City; the most expensive is Christian Hospital in Saint Louis. The state average sits at $55,435.
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 gallbladder removal 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 gallbladder removal 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 gallbladder removal in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 417 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.