DRG 271 · Cardiovascular

Major Heart & Blood Vessel Surgery Cost in Missouri — Compare All Hospitals

Major surgery on the heart or blood vessels, such as repairing an aneurysm or implanting a device, that does not fall into a more specific category. The stay includes the operation and closely monitored recovery.

State average
$95,290
gross charge · DRG 271
Hospitals
8
with published pricing
Price range
$53,345 – $137,770
low to high
Lowest $53,345 Highest $137,770

Missouri hospitals price major heart & blood vessel surgery (Medicare DRG 271) anywhere from $53,345 to $137,770 — a $84,425 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 $95,290.

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 heart & blood vessel 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 heart & blood vessel 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 heart & blood vessel surgery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 271 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.

Hospitals ranked by gross charge

  1. 1

    Mercy Hospital Springfield

    Springfield, MO

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $53,345
    Medicare pays (avg) $18,072
  2. 2

    Lake Regional Hospital

    Osage Beach, MO

    Gross charge $54,550
    Cash pay $20,729
  3. 3

    Progress West Hospital

    Ofallon, MO

    Gross charge $87,758
    Cash pay $52,655
  4. 4

    Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital

    Creve Coeur, MO

    Gross charge $88,546
    Cash pay $53,127
  5. 5

    Missouri Baptist Medical Center

    Saint Louis, MO

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $103,908
    Cash pay $62,345
    Medicare pays (avg) $23,320
  6. 6

    Parkland Health Center

    Farmington, MO

    Gross charge $106,041
    Cash pay $63,625
  7. 7

    Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital

    Saint Peters, MO

    Gross charge $130,402
    Cash pay $78,241
  8. 8

    Christian Hospital

    Saint Louis, MO

    Gross charge $137,770
    Cash pay $82,662
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    Mosaic Life Care at St Joseph

    Saint Joseph, MO

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    Northeast Regional Medical Center

    Kirksville, MO

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    Research Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Kansas City, MO

    12 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $25,818
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    Moberly Regional Medical Center

    Moberly, MO

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    St. Joseph Medical Center

    Kansas City, MO

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    Cash pay $30,203
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    Centerpoint Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Independence, MO

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    Nkc Health

    North Kansas City, MO

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    Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center

    Poplar Bluff, MO

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    University of Missouri Health Care

    Columbia, MO

    22 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $26,431
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    Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare

    Clinton, MO

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    Liberty Hospital

    Liberty, MO

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    Lee's Summit Medical Center

    Lees Summit, MO

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    St. Mary's Medical Center

    Blue Springs, MO

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    Cash pay $30,456
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    Citizens Memorial Hospital

    Bolivar, MO

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    Belton Regional Medical Center

    Belton, MO

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    Lafayette Regional Health Center

    Lexington, MO

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    Cass Regional Medical Center

    Harrisonville, MO

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    Ssm Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City

    Jefferson City, MO

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    Boone Hospital Center (Acute Care)

    Columbia, MO

    11 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $20,891
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    SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis

    Saint Louis, MO

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    SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis

    Bridgeton, MO

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    SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital

    Saint Louis, MO

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    Saint Francis Medical Center

    Cape Girardeau, MO

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    SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis

    Lake Saint Louis, MO

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