Vaginal Delivery Cost in Missouri — Compare All Hospitals
Vaginal delivery without sterilization, dilatation, or curettage — the most common inpatient procedure in the United States.
What this hospital charge usually covers
The gross-charge number above is the hospital's facility bill for vaginal delivery. Here's what's typically inside that price (typical inpatient stay: 1–2 days):
Included in the hospital bill
- Labor and delivery room
- Nursing and routine medications during labor and recovery
- Postpartum mother and baby room
- Routine newborn care (Apgar, vitamin K, eye prophylaxis, hearing screen)
- Standard lab work for mother and baby
Usually billed separately
- Obstetrician, midwife, and any anesthesiologist (epidural) professional fees
- Neonatologist or pediatrician fees
- Lactation consultant (sometimes included, sometimes not)
- Postpartum follow-up visits
- Circumcision (often a separate facility fee)
Quality signals to check before picking a hospital
Price alone won't tell you which hospital does vaginal delivery 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:
Patient Experience (HCAHPS)
Communication during labor, nursing responsiveness, and discharge planning shape the whole birth experience.
Birthing-Friendly Hospital designation
CMS marks hospitals committed to evidence-based maternal care and support of physiologic birth.
C-Section Rate (NTSV)
For low-risk first-time mothers, an unusually high C-section rate may signal a hospital quick to escalate to surgical delivery.
When the cheapest hospital may not be the best fit
The list below sorts by price. For vaginal delivery, 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 high-risk pregnancies (multiples, prior C-section, preeclampsia, diabetes), a hospital with a Level III or IV NICU is generally the safer setting regardless of price.
- For a specific birth plan (water birth, midwife-led, doula support), matching the hospital's protocols and amenities is usually more important than the price gap.
- When an obstetrician only delivers at certain hospitals, provider continuity usually matters more than price differences across facilities.
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:
- Are both my obstetrician and the anesthesiologist (if I want an epidural) in-network?
- Is the pediatrician/neonatologist who will see my baby in-network?
- Is there a separate facility fee for the labor room versus the postpartum room?
- Does this estimate include a lactation consultant visit?
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Fitzgibbon Hospital
Marshall, MO
Gross charge $6,455Cash pay $5,164 - 2
Truman Medical Center Hospital Hill
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge $10,372Cash pay $5,704 - 3
University Health Lakewood Medical Center
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge $10,372Cash pay $5,704 - 4
Missouri Baptist Medical Center
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge $12,078Cash pay $7,247 - 5
Barnes-Jewish West County Hospital
Creve Coeur, MO
Gross charge $12,078Cash pay $7,247 - 6
Barnes-Jewish St. Peters Hospital
Saint Peters, MO
Gross charge $12,078Cash pay $7,247 - 7
Progress West Hospital
Ofallon, MO
Gross charge $12,078Cash pay $7,247 - 8
Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital
Sullivan, MO
Gross charge $12,078Cash pay $7,247 - 9
Lake Regional Hospital
Osage Beach, MO
Gross charge $13,981Cash pay $5,313 - 10
Mercy Hospital Southeast
Cape Girardeau, MO
Gross charge $18,737Cash pay $12,179 - 11
Mosaic Life Care at St Joseph
Saint Joseph, MO
Gross charge — - 12
Northeast Regional Medical Center
Kirksville, MO
Gross charge — - 13
Moberly Regional Medical Center
Moberly, MO
Gross charge — - 14
St. Joseph Medical Center
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge —Cash pay $5,588 - 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 $5,668 - 23
Citizens Memorial Hospital
Bolivar, MO
Gross charge — - 24
Belton Regional Medical Center
Belton, MO
Gross charge — - 25
Lafayette Regional Health Center
Lexington, MO
Gross charge — - 26
Cass Regional Medical Center
Harrisonville, MO
Gross charge — - 27
Mosaic Medical Center - Albany
Albany, MO
Gross charge — - 28
Mosaic Medical Center Maryville
Maryville, MO
Gross charge — - 29
Ssm Health St. Mary's Hospital - Jefferson City
Jefferson City, MO
Gross charge — - 30
Research Medical Center (Acute Care)
Kansas City, MO
Gross charge — - 31
Boone Hospital Center (Acute Care)
Columbia, MO
Gross charge — - 32
SSM Health St. Mary's Hospital - St. Louis
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge — - 33
SSM Health DePaul Hospital - St. Louis
Bridgeton, MO
Gross charge — - 34
SSM Health Saint Louis University Hospital
Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge — - 35
Saint Francis Medical Center
Cape Girardeau, MO
Gross charge — - 36
SSM Health St. Joseph Hospital - Lake Saint Louis
Lake Saint Louis, MO
Gross charge —
Missouri hospitals price vaginal delivery (Medicare DRG 807) anywhere from $6,455 to $18,737 — a $12,282 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Fitzgibbon Hospital in Marshall; the most expensive is Mercy Hospital Southeast in Cape Girardeau. The state average sits at $12,031.
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 vaginal delivery at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
For vaginal delivery 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 vaginal delivery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 807 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.