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Cash prices Missouri Outpatient

Cheapest hospitals in Missouri without insurance

Of 32 hospitals in Missouri we can compare, St Joseph Medical Center (Kansas City) has the lowest cash prices: its typical outpatient price is 64% below the Missouri median across 300 procedures. The ranking compares each hospital's own cash price with the median of all Missouri hospitals, procedure by procedure.

Collected Sep 25, 2026 Hospitals with at least 30 comparable procedures

Hospital Typical priceBelow median Above median
1. St Joseph Medical Center Kansas City 64% below 246 of 300 50 of 300
2. Western Missouri Medical Center Warrensburg 61% below 130 of 142 11 of 142
3. Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau 56% below 230 of 295 58 of 295
4. Mercy Hospital Stoddard Bernie 39% below 177 of 213 28 of 213
5. Mercy Hospital Stoddard Dexter 39% below 177 of 213 28 of 213
6. NKC Health North Kansas City 38% below 155 of 199 41 of 199
7. Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City 35% below 236 of 293 53 of 293
8. Boone Hospital Center Columbia 29% below 257 of 340 69 of 340
9. Mercy Hospital Lincoln Elsberry 17% below 93 of 144 38 of 144
10. Mercy Hospitals East Communities Washington 17% below 93 of 144 38 of 144
11. Fitzgibbon Hospital Marshall 11% below 160 of 280 119 of 280
12. Mercy Perry Perryville 10% below 202 of 322 101 of 322
13. Mercy Hospital Perry Perryville 7% below 171 of 287 100 of 287
14. Mercy Hospital South Saint Louis 6% below 208 of 366 139 of 366
15. Mercy Hospital Carthage Carthage 1% below 160 of 311 134 of 311
16. Mercy Hospital St Louis Saint Louis at median 178 of 397 194 of 397
17. Freeman Health System - Freeman West Joplin at median 131 of 277 140 of 277
18. Ranken Jordan Home for Convalescent Crippled Children Hospital Maryland Heights 1% above 64 of 133 69 of 133
19. Mercy Hospital Washington Washington 2% above 150 of 367 190 of 367
20. Curators of the University of Missouri Columbia 4% above 141 of 337 185 of 337
21. Mercy Hospital Cassville Cassville 5% above 79 of 284 175 of 284
22. Mercy Hospital Aurora Aurora 5% above 80 of 294 183 of 294
23. Mercy St. Francis Hospital Mountain View 7% above 70 of 278 189 of 278
24. Mercy Hospital Lincoln Troy 7% above 114 of 307 185 of 307
25. Mercy Hospital Stoddard Dexter 10% above 97 of 237 131 of 237
26. Mercy Hospital Jefferson Festus 11% above 135 of 339 198 of 339
27. Mercy Hospital Joplin Joplin 22% above 105 of 355 242 of 355
28. Mercy Hospital Lebanon Lebanon 23% above 70 of 295 214 of 295
29. Mercy Hospital Springfield Springfield 41% above 58 of 377 298 of 377
30. Mercy Hospital Springfield Ozark 41% above 58 of 377 298 of 377
31. Shriners Childrens - St Louis Saint Louis 43% above 22 of 205 176 of 205
32. Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau 44% above 87 of 339 246 of 339

Cheapest hospitals by metro area in Missouri

How the ranking works

  • For every procedure, we take the hospital's lowest outpatient cash price and compare it with the median of all Missouri hospitals 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.