Joint Infection Cost in Missouri — Compare All Hospitals
A hospital stay for a bacterial infection inside a joint, such as the knee or hip, which causes severe pain and swelling. Treatment typically combines IV antibiotics with a procedure to drain or wash out the joint.
State average
$35,133
gross charge · DRG 549
Hospitals
9
with published pricing
Price range
$18,108 – $76,068
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Mercy Hospital Springfield
Springfield, MO
Gross charge $18,108 - 2
Christian Hospital
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge $21,405Cash pay $12,843 - 3
Missouri Baptist Medical Center
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge $21,853Cash pay $13,112 - 4
Parkland Health Center
Farmington, MO
Gross charge $21,867Cash pay $13,120 - 5
Fitzgibbon Hospital
Marshall, MO
Gross charge $28,368Cash pay $22,694 - 6
Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital
Saint Peters, MO
Gross charge $36,027Cash pay $21,616 - 7
Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital
Creve Coeur, MO
Gross charge $38,311Cash pay $22,987 - 8
Lake Regional Hospital
Osage Beach, MO
Gross charge $54,189Cash pay $20,592 - 9
Mercy Hospital Southeast
Cape Girardeau, MO
Gross charge $76,068Cash pay $49,444 - 10
Mosaic Life Care at St Joseph
Saint Joseph, MO
Gross charge — - 11
Northeast Regional Medical Center
Kirksville, MO
Gross charge — - 12
Research Medical Center (Acute Care)
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge — - 13
Moberly Regional Medical Center
Moberly, MO
Gross charge — - 14
St. Joseph Medical Center
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge —Cash pay $10,567 - 15
Centerpoint Medical Center (Acute Care)
Independence, MO
Gross charge — - 16
Nkc Health
North Kansas City, MO
Gross charge — - 17
Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center
Poplar Bluff, MO
Gross charge — - 18
University of Missouri Health Care
Columbia, MO
Gross charge — - 19
Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare
Clinton, MO
Gross charge — - 20
Liberty Hospital
Liberty, MO
Gross charge — - 21
Lee's Summit Medical Center
Lees Summit, MO
Gross charge — - 22
St. Mary's Medical Center
Blue Springs, MO
Gross charge —Cash pay $10,682 - 23
Citizens Memorial Hospital
Bolivar, MO
Gross charge — - 24
Belton Regional Medical Center
Belton, MO
Gross charge — - 25
Lafayette Regional Health Center
Lexington, MO
Gross charge — - 26
Cass Regional Medical Center
Harrisonville, MO
Gross charge — - 27
Mosaic Medical Center - Albany
Albany, MO
Gross charge — - 28
Mosaic Medical Center Maryville
Maryville, MO
Gross charge — - 29
Ssm Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City
Jefferson City, MO
Gross charge — - 30
Boone Hospital Center (Acute Care)
Columbia, MO
Gross charge — - 31
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge — - 32
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis
Bridgeton, MO
Gross charge — - 33
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge — - 34
Saint Francis Medical Center
Cape Girardeau, MO
Gross charge — - 35
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis
Lake Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge —
Missouri hospitals price joint infection (Medicare DRG 549) anywhere from $18,108 to $76,068 — a $57,960 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 $35,133.
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 joint infection at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
If you're scheduling joint infection 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 joint infection in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 549 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.