Pneumonia Cost in Missouri — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for simple pneumonia and pleurisy with complications — one of the most common medical admissions.
What this hospital charge usually covers
The gross-charge number above is the hospital's facility bill for pneumonia. Here's what's typically inside that price (typical inpatient stay: 3–5 days):
Included in the hospital bill
- Inpatient room and respiratory monitoring
- IV antibiotics and oxygen therapy
- Chest imaging, blood cultures, and routine labs
- Respiratory treatments (nebulizers, etc.) during the stay
Usually billed separately
- Hospitalist and infectious-disease consultant professional fees
- Pulmonologist consultation if required
- Outpatient antibiotics after discharge
- Follow-up chest imaging
Quality signals to check before picking a hospital
Price alone won't tell you which hospital does pneumonia 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:
Pneumonia Mortality (30-day)
How often patients hospitalized for pneumonia survive 30 days. The headline pneumonia outcome.
Pneumonia Readmissions
Strong discharge planning, the right outpatient antibiotic, and follow-up reduce returns to the hospital.
Sepsis Care Bundle
Severe pneumonia can become sepsis. Hospitals with strong sepsis-bundle compliance catch and treat it early.
When the cheapest hospital may not be the best fit
The list below sorts by price. For pneumonia, 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 weakened immunity (chemotherapy, transplant, HIV), a hospital with infectious-disease specialists on staff may handle complex cases better.
- For severe pneumonia that may require ICU care, a hospital with a closed-staffed ICU is generally better equipped.
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:
- Will any of my physicians be out-of-network?
- What outpatient antibiotic is prescribed, and is it covered?
- When is the follow-up chest X-ray, and where will it be done?
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
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Truman Medical Center Hospital Hill
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge $11,065Cash pay $6,086 - 2
University Health Lakewood Medical Center
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge $11,065Cash pay $6,086 - 3
Mercy Hospital Springfield
Springfield, MO
Gross charge $12,089Medicare pays (avg) $5,498 - 4
Madison Medical Center
Fredericktown, MO
Gross charge $15,392Cash pay $12,940 - 5
Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital
Sullivan, MO
Gross charge $16,200Cash pay $9,720 - 6
Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge $20,187Cash pay $12,112Medicare pays (avg) $5,502 - 7
Saint Luke's East Hospital
Lees Summit, MO
Gross charge $20,187Cash pay $12,112Medicare pays (avg) $3,801 - 8
Wright Memorial Hospital
Trenton, MO
Gross charge $20,187Cash pay $12,112 - 9
Hedrick Medical Center
Chillicothe, MO
Gross charge $20,187Cash pay $12,112 - 10
Fitzgibbon Hospital
Marshall, MO
Gross charge $21,036Cash pay $16,829Medicare pays (avg) $7,234 - 11
Parkland Health Center
Farmington, MO
Gross charge $21,468Cash pay $12,881Medicare pays (avg) $5,470 - 12
Mercy Hospital Southeast
Cape Girardeau, MO
Gross charge $23,131Cash pay $15,035Medicare pays (avg) $5,123 - 13
Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital
Creve Coeur, MO
Gross charge $25,028Cash pay $15,017 - 14
Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital
Saint Peters, MO
Gross charge $26,046Cash pay $15,628Medicare pays (avg) $3,475 - 15
Missouri Baptist Medical Center
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge $26,614Cash pay $15,969Medicare pays (avg) $3,931 - 16
Progress West Hospital
Ofallon, MO
Gross charge $28,577Cash pay $17,146 - 17
Christian Hospital
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge $28,909Cash pay $17,346 - 18
Lake Regional Hospital
Osage Beach, MO
Gross charge $64,613Cash pay $24,553 - 19
Mosaic Life Care at St Joseph
Saint Joseph, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,026 - 20
Northeast Regional Medical Center
Kirksville, MO
Gross charge — - 21
Research Medical Center (Acute Care)
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge — - 22
Moberly Regional Medical Center
Moberly, MO
Gross charge — - 23
St. Joseph Medical Center
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge —Cash pay $7,190 - 24
Centerpoint Medical Center (Acute Care)
Independence, MO
Gross charge — - 25
Nkc Health
North Kansas City, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,924 - 26
Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center
Poplar Bluff, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,840 - 27
University of Missouri Health Care
Columbia, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,609 - 28
Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare
Clinton, MO
Gross charge — - 29
Liberty Hospital
Liberty, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,665 - 30
Lee's Summit Medical Center
Lees Summit, MO
Gross charge — - 31
St. Mary's Medical Center
Blue Springs, MO
Gross charge —Cash pay $7,281 - 32
Citizens Memorial Hospital
Bolivar, MO
Gross charge — - 33
Belton Regional Medical Center
Belton, MO
Gross charge — - 34
Lafayette Regional Health Center
Lexington, MO
Gross charge — - 35
Cass Regional Medical Center
Harrisonville, MO
Gross charge — - 36
Mosaic Medical Center - Albany
Albany, MO
Gross charge — - 37
Mosaic Medical Center Maryville
Maryville, MO
Gross charge — - 38
Ssm Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City
Jefferson City, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,872 - 39
Boone Hospital Center (Acute Care)
Columbia, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $3,811 - 40
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge — - 41
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis
Bridgeton, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,445 - 42
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge — - 43
Saint Francis Medical Center
Cape Girardeau, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,586 - 44
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis
Lake Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,603
Missouri hospitals price pneumonia (Medicare DRG 194) anywhere from $11,065 to $64,613 — a $53,548 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Truman Medical Center Hospital Hill in Kansas City; the most expensive is Lake Regional Hospital in Osage Beach. The state average sits at $22,888.
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 pneumonia 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 pneumonia 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 pneumonia in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 194 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.