Respiratory Failure Cost in Missouri — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for pulmonary edema and respiratory failure, often requiring ventilator support.
State average
$28,959
gross charge · DRG 189
Hospitals
13
with published pricing
Price range
$12,700 – $46,684
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Truman Medical Center Hospital Hill
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge $12,700Cash pay $6,985 - 2
University Health Lakewood Medical Center
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge $12,700Cash pay $6,985 - 3
Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital
Sullivan, MO
Gross charge $18,455Cash pay $11,073 - 4
Mercy Hospital Springfield
Springfield, MO
Gross charge $18,531Medicare pays (avg) $8,230 - 5
Parkland Health Center
Farmington, MO
Gross charge $26,565Cash pay $15,939Medicare pays (avg) $8,558 - 6
Progress West Hospital
Ofallon, MO
Gross charge $26,889Cash pay $16,133Medicare pays (avg) $7,681 - 7
Fitzgibbon Hospital
Marshall, MO
Gross charge $29,011Cash pay $23,209 - 8
Mercy Hospital Southeast
Cape Girardeau, MO
Gross charge $32,532Cash pay $21,146Medicare pays (avg) $7,808 - 9
Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital
Creve Coeur, MO
Gross charge $34,643Cash pay $20,786 - 10
Missouri Baptist Medical Center
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge $35,000Cash pay $21,000Medicare pays (avg) $7,188 - 11
Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital
Saint Peters, MO
Gross charge $38,471Cash pay $23,083Medicare pays (avg) $6,720 - 12
Christian Hospital
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge $44,287Cash pay $26,572Medicare pays (avg) $9,301 - 13
Lake Regional Hospital
Osage Beach, MO
Gross charge $46,684Cash pay $17,740Medicare pays (avg) $9,423 - 14
Mosaic Life Care at St Joseph
Saint Joseph, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,848 - 15
Northeast Regional Medical Center
Kirksville, MO
Gross charge — - 16
Research Medical Center (Acute Care)
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,411 - 17
Moberly Regional Medical Center
Moberly, MO
Gross charge — - 18
St. Joseph Medical Center
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge —Cash pay $10,850Medicare pays (avg) $6,745 - 19
Centerpoint Medical Center (Acute Care)
Independence, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,863 - 20
Nkc Health
North Kansas City, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,915 - 21
Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center
Poplar Bluff, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,303 - 22
University of Missouri Health Care
Columbia, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,221 - 23
Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare
Clinton, MO
Gross charge — - 24
Liberty Hospital
Liberty, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,739 - 25
Lee's Summit Medical Center
Lees Summit, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,174 - 26
St. Mary's Medical Center
Blue Springs, MO
Gross charge —Cash pay $10,967Medicare pays (avg) $6,725 - 27
Citizens Memorial Hospital
Bolivar, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,505 - 28
Belton Regional Medical Center
Belton, MO
Gross charge — - 29
Lafayette Regional Health Center
Lexington, MO
Gross charge — - 30
Cass Regional Medical Center
Harrisonville, MO
Gross charge — - 31
Mosaic Medical Center - Albany
Albany, MO
Gross charge — - 32
Mosaic Medical Center Maryville
Maryville, MO
Gross charge — - 33
Ssm Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City
Jefferson City, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,198 - 34
Boone Hospital Center (Acute Care)
Columbia, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,432 - 35
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,824 - 36
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis
Bridgeton, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,273 - 37
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,249 - 38
Saint Francis Medical Center
Cape Girardeau, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,609 - 39
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis
Lake Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,301
Missouri hospitals price respiratory failure (Medicare DRG 189) anywhere from $12,700 to $46,684 — a $33,984 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 $28,959.
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 respiratory failure 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 respiratory failure 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 respiratory failure in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 189 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.