Heart Failure Cost in Missouri — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for heart failure with complications, the most common cardiology admission in the U.S.
What this hospital charge usually covers
The gross-charge number above is the hospital's facility bill for heart failure. Here's what's typically inside that price (typical inpatient stay: 4–6 days):
Included in the hospital bill
- Inpatient cardiac monitoring
- IV diuretics and other heart-failure medications during admission
- Echocardiogram and other cardiac imaging
- Routine labs (BNP, electrolytes, kidney function)
Usually billed separately
- Cardiologist and hospitalist professional fees (billed separately)
- Outpatient cardiology follow-up after discharge
- Cardiac rehab program (if indicated)
- Long-term medications (diuretics, ACE inhibitors, beta-blockers, SGLT2 inhibitors)
Quality signals to check before picking a hospital
Price alone won't tell you which hospital does heart failure best. These are the CMS quality measures that matter most for this specific procedure. Click any hospital below for its full profile, then look for these:
Heart-Failure Mortality (30-day)
How often patients admitted for heart failure survive 30 days. The headline outcome.
Heart-Failure Readmissions
Heart failure is the most-readmitted condition in U.S. hospitals. Lower means better discharge planning and outpatient care coordination.
Patient Experience (HCAHPS)
Clear discharge communication on weight monitoring, fluid limits, and medication timing prevents many readmissions.
When the cheapest hospital may not be the best fit
The list below sorts by price. For heart failure, the lowest price isn't automatically the best fit — these are situations where it's worth weighing additional factors against price. None of the below is medical advice; talk to your doctor about what applies to your specific situation.
- If you have advanced heart failure (low ejection fraction, prior hospitalizations), an advanced heart-failure program may be worth additional cost.
- If you're being considered for an LVAD or heart transplant, an academic medical center with a transplant program is typically the right setting.
Questions to ask your hospital or insurer
The gross charge is the starting point. These are the procedure-specific questions to ask before you commit:
- Will any of my physicians (cardiologist, hospitalist) be out-of-network?
- What outpatient cardiology follow-up is scheduled? Is it in-network?
- Is there a heart-failure transitions-of-care program at this hospital?
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge $10,417Cash pay $6,250 - 2
Saint Luke's East Hospital
Lees Summit, MO
Gross charge $10,417Cash pay $6,250Medicare pays (avg) $4,316 - 3
Wright Memorial Hospital
Trenton, MO
Gross charge $10,417Cash pay $6,250 - 4
Hedrick Medical Center
Chillicothe, MO
Gross charge $10,417Cash pay $6,250 - 5
Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital
Sullivan, MO
Gross charge $10,448Cash pay $6,269 - 6
Mercy Hospital Springfield
Springfield, MO
Gross charge $12,735 - 7
Truman Medical Center Hospital Hill
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge $17,409Cash pay $9,575 - 8
University Health Lakewood Medical Center
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge $17,409Cash pay $9,575 - 9
Fitzgibbon Hospital
Marshall, MO
Gross charge $19,743Cash pay $15,794 - 10
Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital
Creve Coeur, MO
Gross charge $21,431Cash pay $12,858 - 11
Lake Regional Hospital
Osage Beach, MO
Gross charge $23,748Cash pay $9,024 - 12
Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital
Saint Peters, MO
Gross charge $24,377Cash pay $14,626 - 13
Mercy Hospital Southeast
Cape Girardeau, MO
Gross charge $24,694Cash pay $16,051 - 14
Parkland Health Center
Farmington, MO
Gross charge $24,724Cash pay $14,834 - 15
Christian Hospital
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge $31,029Cash pay $18,618 - 16
Missouri Baptist Medical Center
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge $34,887Cash pay $20,932Medicare pays (avg) $4,485 - 17
Progress West Hospital
Ofallon, MO
Gross charge $36,186Cash pay $21,712 - 18
Mosaic Life Care at St Joseph
Saint Joseph, MO
Gross charge — - 19
Northeast Regional Medical Center
Kirksville, MO
Gross charge — - 20
Research Medical Center (Acute Care)
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge — - 21
Moberly Regional Medical Center
Moberly, MO
Gross charge — - 22
St. Joseph Medical Center
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge —Cash pay $7,551 - 23
Centerpoint Medical Center (Acute Care)
Independence, MO
Gross charge — - 24
Nkc Health
North Kansas City, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,678 - 25
Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center
Poplar Bluff, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,535 - 26
University of Missouri Health Care
Columbia, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,845 - 27
Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare
Clinton, MO
Gross charge — - 28
Liberty Hospital
Liberty, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,679 - 29
Lee's Summit Medical Center
Lees Summit, MO
Gross charge — - 30
St. Mary's Medical Center
Blue Springs, MO
Gross charge —Cash pay $7,645 - 31
Citizens Memorial Hospital
Bolivar, MO
Gross charge — - 32
Belton Regional Medical Center
Belton, MO
Gross charge — - 33
Lafayette Regional Health Center
Lexington, MO
Gross charge — - 34
Cass Regional Medical Center
Harrisonville, MO
Gross charge — - 35
Mosaic Medical Center - Albany
Albany, MO
Gross charge — - 36
Mosaic Medical Center Maryville
Maryville, MO
Gross charge — - 37
Ssm Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City
Jefferson City, MO
Gross charge — - 38
Boone Hospital Center (Acute Care)
Columbia, MO
Gross charge — - 39
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge — - 40
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis
Bridgeton, MO
Gross charge — - 41
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge — - 42
Saint Francis Medical Center
Cape Girardeau, MO
Gross charge — - 43
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis
Lake Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge —
Missouri hospitals price heart failure (Medicare DRG 292) anywhere from $10,417 to $36,186 — a $25,769 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City in Kansas City; the most expensive is Progress West Hospital in Ofallon. The state average sits at $20,029.
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 heart failure 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 heart failure 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 heart failure in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 292 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.