Sepsis Cost in Missouri — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for septicemia or severe sepsis (no extended ventilator) with major complications — a life-threatening immune response to infection.
State average
$34,617
gross charge · DRG 871
Hospitals
17
with published pricing
Price range
$16,438 – $65,113
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge $16,438Cash pay $9,863Medicare pays (avg) $19,633 - 2
Saint Luke's East Hospital
Lees Summit, MO
Gross charge $16,438Cash pay $9,863Medicare pays (avg) $11,051 - 3
Wright Memorial Hospital
Trenton, MO
Gross charge $16,438Cash pay $9,863 - 4
Hedrick Medical Center
Chillicothe, MO
Gross charge $16,438Cash pay $9,863 - 5
Truman Medical Center Hospital Hill
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge $18,114Cash pay $9,963Medicare pays (avg) $27,664 - 6
University Health Lakewood Medical Center
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge $18,114Cash pay $9,963Medicare pays (avg) $26,986 - 7
Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital
Sullivan, MO
Gross charge $25,341Cash pay $15,204 - 8
Mercy Hospital Springfield
Springfield, MO
Gross charge $29,138Medicare pays (avg) $12,766 - 9
Fitzgibbon Hospital
Marshall, MO
Gross charge $32,795Cash pay $26,236Medicare pays (avg) $15,230 - 10
Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital
Creve Coeur, MO
Gross charge $38,255Cash pay $22,953Medicare pays (avg) $11,654 - 11
Parkland Health Center
Farmington, MO
Gross charge $38,672Cash pay $23,203Medicare pays (avg) $12,814 - 12
Mercy Hospital Southeast
Cape Girardeau, MO
Gross charge $44,280Cash pay $28,782Medicare pays (avg) $12,683 - 13
Progress West Hospital
Ofallon, MO
Gross charge $46,516Cash pay $27,910Medicare pays (avg) $11,715 - 14
Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital
Saint Peters, MO
Gross charge $50,877Cash pay $30,526Medicare pays (avg) $10,303 - 15
Missouri Baptist Medical Center
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge $54,754Cash pay $32,852Medicare pays (avg) $11,092 - 16
Lake Regional Hospital
Osage Beach, MO
Gross charge $60,764Cash pay $23,090Medicare pays (avg) $15,155 - 17
Christian Hospital
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge $65,113Cash pay $39,068Medicare pays (avg) $13,628 - 18
Mosaic Life Care at St Joseph
Saint Joseph, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $17,018 - 19
Northeast Regional Medical Center
Kirksville, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $20,805 - 20
Research Medical Center (Acute Care)
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,881 - 21
Moberly Regional Medical Center
Moberly, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $19,079 - 22
St. Joseph Medical Center
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge —Cash pay $17,205Medicare pays (avg) $11,122 - 23
Centerpoint Medical Center (Acute Care)
Independence, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,977 - 24
Nkc Health
North Kansas City, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,519 - 25
Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center
Poplar Bluff, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,579 - 26
University of Missouri Health Care
Columbia, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $15,931 - 27
Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare
Clinton, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $15,595 - 28
Liberty Hospital
Liberty, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,342 - 29
Lee's Summit Medical Center
Lees Summit, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,950 - 30
Citizens Memorial Hospital
Bolivar, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $15,542 - 31
Belton Regional Medical Center
Belton, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,182 - 32
Lafayette Regional Health Center
Lexington, MO
Gross charge — - 33
Cass Regional Medical Center
Harrisonville, MO
Gross charge — - 34
Mosaic Medical Center - Albany
Albany, MO
Gross charge — - 35
Mosaic Medical Center Maryville
Maryville, MO
Gross charge — - 36
Ssm Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City
Jefferson City, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,881 - 37
Boone Hospital Center (Acute Care)
Columbia, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,825 - 38
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $16,232 - 39
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis
Bridgeton, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,436 - 40
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $18,473 - 41
Saint Francis Medical Center
Cape Girardeau, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,285 - 42
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis
Lake Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,503
Missouri hospitals price sepsis (Medicare DRG 871) anywhere from $16,438 to $65,113 — a $48,675 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City in Kansas City; the most expensive is Christian Hospital in Saint Louis. The state average sits at $34,617.
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 sepsis 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 sepsis 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 sepsis in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 871 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.