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Cash prices St. Louis, MO Outpatient

Cheapest hospitals in St. Louis, MO without insurance

Of 17 hospitals in the St. Louis, MO area we can compare, Touchette Regional Hospital (Cahokia Heights) has the lowest cash prices: its typical outpatient price is 46% below the Illinois median across 342 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

HospitalTypical price vs stateBelow medianAbove median
1. Touchette Regional Hospital Cahokia Heights 46% below 307 of 342 33 of 342
2. Gateway Regional Medical Center Granite City 40% below 223 of 348 124 of 348
3. Ranken Jordan Pediatric Bridge Hospital Maryland Heights 28% below 105 of 163 58 of 163
4. Community Hospital of Staunton Staunton 27% below 265 of 345 77 of 345
5. Mercy Hospital South Saint Louis 13% below 260 of 436 166 of 436
6. Carlinville Area Hospital Carlinville at median 168 of 337 167 of 337
7. Anderson Hospital Maryville 1% above 166 of 351 181 of 351
8. Mercy Hospital Washington Washington 5% above 188 of 435 236 of 435
9. Mercy Hospital St Louis Saint Louis 5% above 191 of 470 267 of 470
10. Jersey Community Hospital Jerseyville 11% above 101 of 288 180 of 288
11. Mercy Hospital Jefferson Festus 11% above 154 of 407 247 of 407
12. Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy 19% above 84 of 366 273 of 366
13. St Josephs Hospital Hospital Sisters Third Order of St Francis Breese 25% above 75 of 315 239 of 315
14. St Josephs Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis Highland 26% above 71 of 317 243 of 317
15. Hshs Holy Family Hospital Greenville 26% above 59 of 317 257 of 317
16. Shriners Childrens - St Louis Saint Louis 26% above 72 of 284 209 of 284
17. St Elizabeths Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis O'Fallon 35% above 69 of 336 262 of 336
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.

Procedure costs in the St. Louis, MO area

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.