Major Chest Surgery Cost in Missouri — Compare All Hospitals
Major surgery inside the chest, most often removing part of a lung for cancer or other disease, in patients with serious complicating conditions. Recovery typically involves chest tubes, breathing exercises, and several days in the hospital.
State average
$134,245
gross charge · DRG 163
Hospitals
6
with published pricing
Price range
$54,732 – $150,147
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Lake Regional Hospital
Osage Beach, MO
Gross charge $54,732Cash pay $20,798 - 2
Missouri Baptist Medical Center
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge $150,147Cash pay $90,088 - 3
Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital
Creve Coeur, MO
Gross charge $150,147Cash pay $90,088 - 4
Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital
Saint Peters, MO
Gross charge $150,147Cash pay $90,088 - 5
Progress West Hospital
Ofallon, MO
Gross charge $150,147Cash pay $90,088 - 6
Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital
Sullivan, MO
Gross charge $150,147Cash pay $90,088 - 7
Mosaic Life Care at St Joseph
Saint Joseph, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $41,516 - 8
Northeast Regional Medical Center
Kirksville, MO
Gross charge — - 9
Moberly Regional Medical Center
Moberly, MO
Gross charge — - 10
St. Joseph Medical Center
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge —Cash pay $40,417 - 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) $36,490 - 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 $40,742 - 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
Research Medical Center (Acute Care)
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $28,769 - 27
Boone Hospital Center (Acute Care)
Columbia, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $29,155 - 28
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge — - 29
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis
Bridgeton, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $37,869 - 30
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $44,538 - 31
Saint Francis Medical Center
Cape Girardeau, MO
Gross charge — - 32
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis
Lake Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge —
Missouri hospitals price major chest surgery (Medicare DRG 163) anywhere from $54,732 to $150,147 — a $95,415 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Lake Regional Hospital in Osage Beach; the most expensive is Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital in Sullivan. The state average sits at $134,245.
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 163 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.