Headache Cost in Missouri — Compare All Hospitals
Severe or persistent headaches, such as migraine, that need hospital care for relief. The stay typically involves IV medications and tests to rule out more serious causes.
State average
$23,564
gross charge · DRG 103
Hospitals
13
with published pricing
Price range
$9,742 – $45,394
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital
Sullivan, MO
Gross charge $9,742Cash pay $5,845 - 2
Mercy Hospital Springfield
Springfield, MO
Gross charge $12,545 - 3
Truman Medical Center Hospital Hill
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge $13,064Cash pay $7,185 - 4
University Health Lakewood Medical Center
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge $13,064Cash pay $7,185 - 5
Fitzgibbon Hospital
Marshall, MO
Gross charge $16,874Cash pay $13,499 - 6
Parkland Health Center
Farmington, MO
Gross charge $21,901Cash pay $13,140 - 7
Mercy Hospital Southeast
Cape Girardeau, MO
Gross charge $26,203Cash pay $17,032 - 8
Missouri Baptist Medical Center
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge $26,562Cash pay $15,937 - 9
Progress West Hospital
Ofallon, MO
Gross charge $27,745Cash pay $16,647 - 10
Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital
Creve Coeur, MO
Gross charge $29,540Cash pay $17,724 - 11
Christian Hospital
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge $31,122Cash pay $18,673 - 12
Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital
Saint Peters, MO
Gross charge $32,576Cash pay $19,546 - 13
Lake Regional Hospital
Osage Beach, MO
Gross charge $45,394Cash pay $17,250 - 14
Mosaic Life Care at St Joseph
Saint Joseph, MO
Gross charge — - 15
Northeast Regional Medical Center
Kirksville, MO
Gross charge — - 16
Research Medical Center (Acute Care)
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge — - 17
Moberly Regional Medical Center
Moberly, MO
Gross charge — - 18
St. Joseph Medical Center
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge —Cash pay $7,455 - 19
Centerpoint Medical Center (Acute Care)
Independence, MO
Gross charge — - 20
Nkc Health
North Kansas City, MO
Gross charge — - 21
Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center
Poplar Bluff, MO
Gross charge — - 22
University of Missouri Health Care
Columbia, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,251 - 23
Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare
Clinton, MO
Gross charge — - 24
Liberty Hospital
Liberty, MO
Gross charge — - 25
Lee's Summit Medical Center
Lees Summit, MO
Gross charge — - 26
Citizens Memorial Hospital
Bolivar, MO
Gross charge — - 27
Belton Regional Medical Center
Belton, MO
Gross charge — - 28
Lafayette Regional Health Center
Lexington, MO
Gross charge — - 29
Cass Regional Medical Center
Harrisonville, MO
Gross charge — - 30
Mosaic Medical Center - Albany
Albany, MO
Gross charge — - 31
Mosaic Medical Center Maryville
Maryville, MO
Gross charge — - 32
Ssm Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City
Jefferson City, MO
Gross charge — - 33
Boone Hospital Center (Acute Care)
Columbia, MO
Gross charge — - 34
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge — - 35
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis
Bridgeton, MO
Gross charge — - 36
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge — - 37
Saint Francis Medical Center
Cape Girardeau, MO
Gross charge — - 38
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis
Lake Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge —
Missouri hospitals price headache (Medicare DRG 103) anywhere from $9,742 to $45,394 — a $35,652 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital in Sullivan; the most expensive is Lake Regional Hospital in Osage Beach. The state average sits at $23,564.
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 headache 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 headache 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 headache in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 103 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.