DRG 004 · Respiratory

Tracheostomy with Long-Term Ventilation Cost in Missouri — Compare All Hospitals

Placement of a breathing tube in the neck (tracheostomy) for patients who need a ventilator for an extended period. These are long, intensive stays with around-the-clock care, usually in an intensive care unit.

State average
$493,588
gross charge · DRG 004
Hospitals
7
with published pricing
Price range
$194,743 – $543,396
low to high
Lowest $194,743 Highest $543,396

Missouri hospitals price tracheostomy with long-term ventilation (Medicare DRG 004) anywhere from $194,743 to $543,396 — a $348,653 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Lake Regional Hospital in Osage Beach; the most expensive is Christian Hospital in Saint Louis. The state average sits at $493,588.

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 tracheostomy with long-term ventilation 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 tracheostomy with long-term ventilation 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 tracheostomy with long-term ventilation in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 004 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

    Lake Regional Hospital

    Osage Beach, MO

    Gross charge $194,743
    Cash pay $74,002
  2. 2

    Missouri Baptist Medical Center

    Saint Louis, MO

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $543,396
    Cash pay $326,038
    Medicare pays (avg) $74,019
  3. 3

    Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital

    Creve Coeur, MO

    Gross charge $543,396
    Cash pay $326,038
  4. 4

    Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital

    Saint Peters, MO

    Gross charge $543,396
    Cash pay $326,038
  5. 5

    Progress West Hospital

    Ofallon, MO

    Gross charge $543,396
    Cash pay $326,038
  6. 6

    Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital

    Sullivan, MO

    Gross charge $543,396
    Cash pay $326,038
  7. 7

    Christian Hospital

    Saint Louis, MO

    Gross charge $543,396
    Cash pay $326,038
  8. 8

    Mosaic Life Care at St Joseph

    Saint Joseph, MO

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  9. 9

    Northeast Regional Medical Center

    Kirksville, MO

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  10. 10

    Moberly Regional Medical Center

    Moberly, MO

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  11. 11

    St. Joseph Medical Center

    Kansas City, MO

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $123,903
  12. 12

    Centerpoint Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Independence, MO

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  13. 13

    Nkc Health

    North Kansas City, MO

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  14. 14

    Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center

    Poplar Bluff, MO

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  15. 15

    University of Missouri Health Care

    Columbia, MO

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $91,486
  16. 16

    Golden Valley Memorial Healthcare

    Clinton, MO

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  17. 17

    Liberty Hospital

    Liberty, MO

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  18. 18

    Lee's Summit Medical Center

    Lees Summit, MO

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  19. 19

    St. Mary's Medical Center

    Blue Springs, MO

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $124,814
  20. 20

    Citizens Memorial Hospital

    Bolivar, MO

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  21. 21

    Belton Regional Medical Center

    Belton, MO

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  22. 22

    Lafayette Regional Health Center

    Lexington, MO

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  23. 23

    Cass Regional Medical Center

    Harrisonville, MO

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  26. 26

    Ssm Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City

    Jefferson City, MO

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  27. 27

    Research Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Kansas City, MO

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  28. 28

    SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis

    Saint Louis, MO

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  29. 29

    SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis

    Bridgeton, MO

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $93,452
  30. 30

    SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital

    Saint Louis, MO

    12 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $105,916
  31. 31

    Saint Francis Medical Center

    Cape Girardeau, MO

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  32. 32

    SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis

    Lake Saint Louis, MO

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