Cheapest hospitals in Joplin, MO without insurance
Of 7 hospitals in the Joplin, MO area we can compare, Mercy Hospital Carthage (Carthage) has the lowest cash prices: its typical outpatient price is at the Missouri median across 364 procedures. The ranking compares each hospital's own cash price with the median of all hospitals in its state, procedure by procedure.
Collected Nov 11, 2026 Hospitals with at least 30 comparable procedures
| Hospital | Typical price vs state | Below median | Above median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage | at median | 175 of 364 | 179 of 364 |
| 2. Freeman Health System - Freeman West Joplin | at median | 178 of 359 | 157 of 359 |
| 3. Freeman Neosho Hospital Neosho | at median | 178 of 359 | 157 of 359 |
| 4. Freeman Health System - Freeman West Joplin | at median | 170 of 348 | 155 of 348 |
| 5. Mercy Hospital Columbus Columbus | 11% above | 99 of 282 | 180 of 282 |
| 6. Mercy Hospital Joplin Joplin | 18% above | 135 of 423 | 278 of 423 |
| 7. Mercy Specialty Hospital Southeast Kansas Galena | 40% above | 36 of 249 | 210 of 249 |
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Typical price The median of this hospital's cash prices divided by the state median for the same codes: below means cheaper than a typical hospital in the state.
Below median For how many of the compared procedures this hospital is cheaper than the state median.
Above median For how many of the compared procedures this hospital is more expensive than the state median.
How the ranking works
- For every procedure, we take the hospital's lowest outpatient cash price and compare it with the median of all hospitals in the same state that publish a cash price for the same code (only codes with at least three hospitals in the state).
- "Typical price" is the middle of those comparisons: half of the hospital's procedures are cheaper than that, half are dearer. One expensive surgery does not outweigh a hundred cheap lab tests, and the other way round.
- Hospitals with fewer than 30 comparable procedures are left out: with a handful of codes the place would be decided by chance.
- Prices far below every other hospital are worth a phone call: some price files list only part of a service (for example the facility fee without the doctor's fee), or a discount that depends on income.
- A low rank does not mean every price is low. Open the hospital to see the procedure you need, then ask its billing office for a Good Faith Estimate in writing.