Hip & Knee Replacement Cost in Missouri — Compare All Hospitals
Major joint replacement or reattachment of the lower extremity — most commonly elective hip or knee replacement surgery.
What this hospital charge usually covers
The gross-charge number above is the hospital's facility bill for hip & knee replacement. Here's what's typically inside that price (typical inpatient stay: 1–3 days):
Included in the hospital bill
- Operating room time and surgical-team facility fees
- Inpatient room, nursing, and routine medications during the stay
- Implant-related facility charges (varies by hospital — sometimes itemized separately)
- Recovery-room and immediate post-op monitoring
- On-site physical therapy started during admission
Usually billed separately
- Surgeon and anesthesiologist professional fees (billed separately, often by an unaffiliated practice)
- Pre-surgical imaging (MRI/X-ray) and lab work
- Outpatient physical therapy after discharge
- Home health visits or skilled nursing facility stays if needed
Quality signals to check before picking a hospital
Price alone won't tell you which hospital does hip & knee replacement 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:
Hip/Knee Complications
Tracks how often patients have a serious surgical or medical complication within 90 days — the single most direct quality signal for this surgery.
Hip/Knee Readmissions
How often patients return to the hospital within 30 days of discharge. Lower means better recovery planning and follow-up.
Surgical-Site Infection (SSI)
Joint replacements carry a real infection risk because implants can't fight bacteria the way native tissue can. Lower SIR is better.
Patient Experience (HCAHPS)
Communication with nurses, pain control, and discharge planning directly affect recovery for major orthopedic surgery.
When the cheapest hospital may not be the best fit
The list below sorts by price. For hip & knee replacement, 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.
- For patients with significant heart, lung, or bleeding-disorder risk, complication and rescue rates often matter more than price.
- Revision surgery (replacement of a prior implant) is technically harder and tends to do better at a high-volume center.
- When extensive post-acute rehab is expected, a hospital with an on-site inpatient rehab unit may be worth a higher total cost.
- When a specific surgeon only operates at certain facilities, surgeon experience usually outweighs price differences across facilities.
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:
- Is the surgeon, anesthesiologist, implant, and on-site physical therapy included in this estimate?
- Is the orthopedic surgeon and anesthesia group in-network for my insurance?
- What is the typical out-of-pocket once my deductible and coinsurance apply?
- What is the hospital's surgical-site infection rate for joint replacements?
- Will I be discharged home or to a skilled nursing facility? Is that cost covered?
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Mercy Hospital Springfield
Springfield, MO
Gross charge $28,934Medicare pays (avg) $12,093 - 2
Parkland Health Center
Farmington, MO
Gross charge $48,415Cash pay $29,049 - 3
Fitzgibbon Hospital
Marshall, MO
Gross charge $48,646Cash pay $38,917 - 4
Truman Medical Center Hospital Hill
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge $52,273Cash pay $28,750 - 5
University Health Lakewood Medical Center
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge $52,273Cash pay $28,750 - 6
Progress West Hospital
Ofallon, MO
Gross charge $54,557Cash pay $32,734Medicare pays (avg) $10,299 - 7
Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital
Saint Peters, MO
Gross charge $55,479Cash pay $33,287Medicare pays (avg) $10,721 - 8
Lake Regional Hospital
Osage Beach, MO
Gross charge $56,356Cash pay $21,415 - 9
Christian Hospital
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge $61,663Cash pay $36,998Medicare pays (avg) $12,741 - 10
Missouri Baptist Medical Center
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge $61,953Cash pay $37,172Medicare pays (avg) $10,024 - 11
Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital
Creve Coeur, MO
Gross charge $64,078Cash pay $38,447Medicare pays (avg) $11,664 - 12
Mercy Hospital Southeast
Cape Girardeau, MO
Gross charge $81,293Cash pay $52,840 - 13
Mosaic Life Care at St Joseph
Saint Joseph, MO
Gross charge — - 14
Northeast Regional Medical Center
Kirksville, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $19,520 - 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 $16,533 - 18
Centerpoint Medical Center (Acute Care)
Independence, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,860 - 19
Nkc Health
North Kansas City, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,898 - 20
Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center
Poplar Bluff, MO
Gross charge — - 21
University of Missouri Health Care
Columbia, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,576 - 22
Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare
Clinton, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,083 - 23
Liberty Hospital
Liberty, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,838 - 24
Lee's Summit Medical Center
Lees Summit, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,679 - 25
St. Mary's Medical Center
Blue Springs, MO
Gross charge —Cash pay $16,690 - 26
Citizens Memorial Hospital
Bolivar, MO
Gross charge — - 27
Belton Regional Medical Center
Belton, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,785 - 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
Carroll County Memorial Hospital
Carrollton, MO
Gross charge — - 32
Mosaic Medical Center Maryville
Maryville, MO
Gross charge — - 33
Ssm Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City
Jefferson City, MO
Gross charge — - 34
Boone Hospital Center (Acute Care)
Columbia, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,105 - 35
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,994 - 36
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis
Bridgeton, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,367 - 37
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge — - 38
Saint Francis Medical Center
Cape Girardeau, MO
Gross charge — - 39
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis
Lake Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge —
Missouri hospitals price hip & knee replacement (Medicare DRG 470) anywhere from $28,934 to $81,293 — a $52,359 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Mercy Hospital Springfield in Springfield; the most expensive is Mercy Hospital Southeast in Cape Girardeau. The state average sits at $55,493.
Gross charges are the hospital's list price for the facility part of your stay — the room, operating-room time, nursing, and equipment. 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 hip & knee replacement at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
If you're scheduling hip & knee replacement in Missouri, sort the list below by price, then click each hospital name to see its quality profile — CMS overall star rating, surgical-safety measures, readmission rates, patient-experience scores. The cheapest hospital isn't always the right call. Teaching hospitals often charge more because they take complex cases, and a higher-rated community hospital may deliver equivalent outcomes for a straightforward case at a lower price. Use the price column to narrow the field; use the quality data to make the final call.
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 hip & knee replacement in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 470 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.