Major Chest Surgery Cost in Missouri — Compare All Hospitals
Major surgery inside the chest, such as removing part of a lung. The stay includes the operation, a chest tube while the lungs heal, and closely monitored recovery.
State average
$86,522
gross charge · DRG 164
Hospitals
5
with published pricing
Price range
$37,860 – $117,212
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Mercy Hospital Springfield
Springfield, MO
Gross charge $37,860Medicare pays (avg) $16,375 - 2
Lake Regional Hospital
Osage Beach, MO
Gross charge $91,758Cash pay $34,868 - 3
Missouri Baptist Medical Center
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge $92,004Cash pay $55,203Medicare pays (avg) $14,059 - 4
Mercy Hospital Southeast
Cape Girardeau, MO
Gross charge $93,777Cash pay $60,955 - 5
Christian Hospital
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge $117,212Cash pay $70,327Medicare pays (avg) $17,619 - 6
Mosaic Life Care at St Joseph
Saint Joseph, MO
Gross charge — - 7
Northeast Regional Medical Center
Kirksville, MO
Gross charge — - 8
Research Medical Center (Acute Care)
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge — - 9
Moberly Regional Medical Center
Moberly, MO
Gross charge — - 10
St. Joseph Medical Center
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge —Cash pay $22,071 - 11
Centerpoint Medical Center (Acute Care)
Independence, MO
Gross charge — - 12
Nkc Health
North Kansas City, MO
Gross charge — - 13
Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center
Poplar Bluff, MO
Gross charge — - 14
University of Missouri Health Care
Columbia, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $17,101 - 15
Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare
Clinton, MO
Gross charge — - 16
Liberty Hospital
Liberty, MO
Gross charge — - 17
Lee's Summit Medical Center
Lees Summit, MO
Gross charge — - 18
St. Mary's Medical Center
Blue Springs, MO
Gross charge —Cash pay $22,267 - 19
Citizens Memorial Hospital
Bolivar, MO
Gross charge — - 20
Belton Regional Medical Center
Belton, MO
Gross charge — - 21
Lafayette Regional Health Center
Lexington, MO
Gross charge — - 22
Cass Regional Medical Center
Harrisonville, MO
Gross charge — - 23
Mosaic Medical Center - Albany
Albany, MO
Gross charge — - 24
Mosaic Medical Center Maryville
Maryville, MO
Gross charge — - 25
Ssm Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City
Jefferson City, MO
Gross charge — - 26
Boone Hospital Center (Acute Care)
Columbia, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,230 - 27
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge — - 28
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis
Bridgeton, MO
Gross charge — - 29
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $24,188 - 30
Saint Francis Medical Center
Cape Girardeau, MO
Gross charge — - 31
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis
Lake Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge —
Missouri hospitals price major chest surgery (Medicare DRG 164) anywhere from $37,860 to $117,212 — a $79,352 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Mercy Hospital Springfield in Springfield; the most expensive is Christian Hospital in Saint Louis. The state average sits at $86,522.
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 major chest surgery 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 major chest surgery 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 major chest surgery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 164 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.