Premature Newborn Cost in Missouri — Compare All Hospitals
Hospital care for a baby born early who has serious medical problems, such as trouble breathing or feeding. The stay involves specialized newborn intensive care with warming, breathing support, and feeding help.
State average
$17,014
gross charge · DRG 791
Hospitals
9
with published pricing
Price range
$6,910 – $60,885
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Parkland Health Center
Farmington, MO
Gross charge $6,910Cash pay $4,146 - 2
Truman Medical Center Hospital Hill
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge $7,780Cash pay $4,279 - 3
University Health Lakewood Medical Center
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge $7,780Cash pay $4,279 - 4
Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital
Sullivan, MO
Gross charge $10,304Cash pay $6,182 - 5
Lake Regional Hospital
Osage Beach, MO
Gross charge $10,890Cash pay $4,138 - 6
Mercy Hospital Southeast
Cape Girardeau, MO
Gross charge $14,770Cash pay $9,601 - 7
Progress West Hospital
Ofallon, MO
Gross charge $16,259Cash pay $9,755 - 8
Missouri Baptist Medical Center
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge $17,552Cash pay $10,531 - 9
Mercy Hospital Springfield
Springfield, MO
Gross charge $60,885 - 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 $35,600 - 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 $35,891 - 23
Citizens Memorial Hospital
Bolivar, MO
Gross charge — - 24
Cass Regional Medical Center
Harrisonville, MO
Gross charge — - 25
Mosaic Medical Center - Albany
Albany, MO
Gross charge — - 26
Mosaic Medical Center Maryville
Maryville, MO
Gross charge — - 27
Ssm Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City
Jefferson City, MO
Gross charge — - 28
Boone Hospital Center (Acute Care)
Columbia, MO
Gross charge — - 29
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge — - 30
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis
Bridgeton, MO
Gross charge — - 31
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge — - 32
Saint Francis Medical Center
Cape Girardeau, MO
Gross charge — - 33
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis
Lake Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge —
Missouri hospitals price premature newborn (Medicare DRG 791) anywhere from $6,910 to $60,885 — a $53,975 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Parkland Health Center in Farmington; the most expensive is Mercy Hospital Springfield in Springfield. The state average sits at $17,014.
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 premature newborn at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
For premature newborn in Missouri, the price below is each hospital's gross charge for the facility portion of delivery — your actual out-of-pocket depends on insurance, length of stay, complications, and whether the obstetrician bills separately. Click any hospital name for its full maternity profile, including CMS star rating, patient-experience scores, and (where designated) the CMS Birthing-Friendly Hospital marker — a useful signal of maternity-care quality.
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 premature newborn in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 791 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.