Broken foot treatment cost in St. Louis, MO
In St. Louis, MO-IL, 8 hospitals list a cash price for broken foot (metatarsal) treatment without surgery or setting: from $333.36 to $976.26, with a median of $408.45. The lowest listed price is at St Josephs Hospital Hospital Sisters Third Order of St Francis — $75.09 less than the median here. Across Missouri, the median is $397.15 at 18 hospitals.
Cash prices at 8 facilities across 7 cities for code 28470, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in St. Louis, MO-IL.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Josephs Hospital Hospital Sisters Third Order of St Francis lowest Breese, IL · (618) 526-4511 HC CLSD METATARSAL W/O MANIP | $333.36 | $463.00 | $129.64–$660.83 | 28% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Washington Washington, MO Cl Tx Metatarsal Fx WO Man Mlp | $364.65 | $561.00 | $36.47–$504.90 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital St Louis Saint Louis, MO Cl Tx Metatarsal Fx WO Man Mlp | $364.65 | $561.00 | $36.47–$561.00 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital St Louis Saint Louis, MO Cl Tx Metatarsal Fx WO Man | $369.85 | $569.00 | $36.99–$569.00 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy, MO · (636) 528-8551 Cl Tx Metatarsal Fx WO Man Mlp | $370.50 | $570.00 | $37.05–$570.00 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital St Louis Saint Louis, MO Cl Tx Metatarsal Fx WO Man Pf | $429.00 | $660.00 | $204.50–$1,199.00 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Washington Washington, MO Cl Tx Metatarsal Fx WO Man Pf | $429.00 | $660.00 | $204.50–$1,106.00 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Washington Washington, MO Cl Tx Metatarsal Fx WO Man | $435.50 | $670.00 | $239.00–$292.00 | 35% | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy, MO · (636) 528-8551 Cl Tx Metatarsal Fx WO Man Pf | $436.15 | $671.00 | $204.50–$314.93 | 35% | — source file |
| St Josephs Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis Highland, IL · (618) 651-2600 HC CLSD METATARSAL W/O MANIP | $446.40 | $620.00 | $124.00–$972.02 | 28% | — source file |
| Gateway Regional Medical Center Granite City, IL · (618) 798-3000 TREATMENT METATARSAL FRACTURE | $499.18 | $831.96 | $831.96 | 40% | — source file |
| St Elizabeths Hospital of the Hospital Sisters of the Third Order of St Francis O'Fallon, IL HC CLSD METATARSAL W/O MANIP | $645.12 | $896.00 | $250.88–$896.00 | 28% | — source file |
| Shriners Childrens - St Louis Saint Louis, MO · (314) 432-3600 TREAT METATARSAL FRACTURE | $976.26 | $976.26 | $179.55–$407.80 | — | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $333.36, median $408.45, highest $976.26 — a 2.9× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $472.79. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 7 of 8 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 it is below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
What it is
This code covers treating a fracture of one of the long bones of the foot (a metatarsal) without surgery or setting, usually with a stiff shoe or boot.
What the price covers
The price usually covers the fracture care and routine follow-up. X-rays and the shoe or boot may be billed separately.