Gastric bypass surgery cost in Missouri
In Missouri, 11 hospitals publish a cash price for laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, standard limb length: from $1,656.50 to $50,187.98, with a median of $25,495.50. The lowest price is at Ste. Genevieve County Memorial Hospital (Ste. Genevieve). The highest price is 30.3× the lowest.
- The median here, $25,495.50, is 86% above the US median of $13,694.46.
- Missouri ranks 9th of 12 states by median, cheapest first.
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 43644. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Sep 29, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$1,656.50Ste. Genevieve County Memorial Hospital
Median$25,495.50half of hospitals charge less
Highest$50,187.98in Missouri
Lowest saves$23,839.00vs the median
Hospitals in Missouri, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ste. Genevieve County Memorial Hospital lowest Ste. Genevieve · Ste. Genevieve, MO Lapgastric bypass/rouv-en-y | $1,656.50 | $3,313.00 | May 19, 2026 source file |
| Phelps Health Rolla · Rolla, MO BYPASS OF STOMACH USING AN ENDOSCOPE | $8,082.86 | $11,546.94 | Feb 26, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage · Joplin, MO-KS Lap Gstr Rstcv W/Byp Roux-en-Y Lmb <150 Cm | $8,328.45 | $12,813.00 | Jun 9, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Hospital Joplin Joplin · Joplin, MO-KS Laps Gstr Rstcv Px W/Byp Roux-en-Y Limb <150 Cm | $23,814.34 | $36,637.44 | Jun 9, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Hospital South Saint Louis · St. Louis, MO-IL Laps Gstr Rstcv Px W/Byp Roux-en-Y Limb <150 Cm | $24,982.72 | $38,434.96 | Jun 10, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Hospital Washington Washington · St. Louis, MO-IL Laps Gstr Rstcv Px W/Byp Roux-en-Y Limb <150 Cm | $25,495.50 | $39,223.84 | Jun 10, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Hospital St Louis Saint Louis · St. Louis, MO-IL Laps Gstr Rstcv Px W/Byp Roux-en-Y Limb <150 Cm | $26,540.42 | $40,831.42 | Jun 4, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Hospital Springfield Springfield · Springfield, MO Laps Gstr Rstcv Px W/Byp Roux-en-Y Limb <150 Cm | $29,191.76 | $44,910.40 | Jun 4, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Orthopedic Hospital Springfield Ozark · Springfield, MO Laps Gstr Rstcv Px W/Byp Roux-en-Y Limb <150 Cm | $29,191.76 | $44,910.40 | Jun 4, 2026 source file |
| Mercy Hospital Jefferson Festus · St. Louis, MO-IL Laps Gstr Rstcv Px W/Byp Roux-en-Y Limb <150 Cm | $33,595.60 | $51,685.54 | Jun 10, 2026 source file |
| Poplar Bluff Regional Medical Center Poplar Bluff · Poplar Bluff, MO LAP GASTRIC BYPASS/ROUX-EN-Y | $50,187.98 | $238,990.39 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| St. Louis, MO-IL | 4 | $24,982.72 | $26,017.96 |
| Joplin, MO-KS | 2 | $8,328.45 | $16,071.40 |
| Springfield, MO | 2 | $29,191.76 | $29,191.76 |
| Poplar Bluff, MO | 1 | $50,187.98 | $50,187.98 |
| Rolla, MO | 1 | $8,082.86 | $8,082.86 |
| Ste. Genevieve, MO | 1 | $1,656.50 | $1,656.50 |
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More
What gastric bypass surgery is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Gastric bypass surgery explained.
Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, standard limb length in other states
- Alabama$31,183.33, 1 hospital
- Arizona$38,269.58, 1 hospital
- Arkansas$14,234.10, 4 hospitals
- California$14,743.40, 2 hospitals
- Colorado$17,169.05, 1 hospital
- Connecticut$9,955.00, 2 hospitals
- Delaware$10,425.53, 1 hospital
- Florida$30,771.11
- Idaho$9,450.47, 3 hospitals
- Illinois$66,571.39
- Indiana$40,104.98, 4 hospitals
- Kansas$3,289.15, 1 hospital
- Kentucky$10,783.08, 1 hospital
- Louisiana$14,342.68, 4 hospitals
- Maryland$21,284.97, 1 hospital
- Michigan$2,098.86
- Minnesota$11,997.11, 2 hospitals
- Mississippi$23,271.73, 2 hospitals
- Montana$4,357.32, 1 hospital
- Nebraska$4,652.28, 1 hospital
- New Jersey$5,110.00
- New Mexico$5,291.00, 3 hospitals
- New York$24,876.89
- North Carolina$13,011.29, 2 hospitals
- Ohio$23,769.18
- Oklahoma$10,860.32, 2 hospitals
- Pennsylvania$18,515.33
- Puerto Rico$1,702.74, 1 hospital
- South Carolina$48,653.77, 3 hospitals
- South Dakota$16,906.73, 2 hospitals
- Tennessee$10,278.29
- Texas$5,172.57
- Virginia$47,690.63
- Washington$23,339.37, 2 hospitals
- West Virginia$33,206.25, 2 hospitals
- Wisconsin$7,401.46
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.