Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Cost in Missouri
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Missouri Medicare physician rate (2026)
-2.8% vs nationalAverage of 3 localities. Office range $601.79–$622.44.
Your ZIP in Missouri
Enter a ZIP code to see which Missouri locality covers you: metro St. Louis, metro Kansas City, or rest-of-state areas like Springfield, Columbia, Joplin, and the Bootheel.
What this number is
The figures on this page are 2026 Medicare physician allowed amounts for a specific CPT code: the professional fee, adjusted by geographic practice-cost indices. They are not a hospital chargemaster price, not your insurer's contracted rate, and not a quote. Hospital facility fees, anesthesia, implants, imaging reads, and pathology are billed separately when they apply.
National vs Missouri
Where Missouri ranks for this CPT
CPT 47562 by Missouri locality
| Locality | Office |
|---|---|
| metropolitan st. louis | $622.44 |
| metropolitan kansas city | $617.59 |
| rest of missouri | $601.79 |
PE GPCI ranges from 0.862 to 0.952 in Missouri. That index is why the same CPT is not one price statewide.
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy and how Missouri is priced
Missouri is a three-locality state: metropolitan St. Louis and metropolitan Kansas City are each priced separately, and everywhere else falls into a rest-of-state locality with lower geographic adjustments. Both metro localities approve higher amounts than outstate Missouri, and the Kansas City locality applies only to the Missouri side of that metro, since the Kansas side prices under Kansas's statewide locality. Springfield, Columbia, and the rural counties all share rest-of-state factors. The metro-versus-outstate gap is the main pricing story here.
St. Louis and Kansas City hold the state's academic medical centers and most of its specialty depth, drawing patients from far beyond Missouri's borders, including southern Illinois and eastern Kansas. Outstate Missouri is served by regional hubs in Springfield, Columbia, and Cape Girardeau, with the Ozarks and Bootheel among the harder places to reach specialty care. Rural hospital viability has been a persistent concern across the state.
This procedure: Laparoscopic cholecystectomy removes the gallbladder through four small abdominal incisions using a camera and long instruments, most often for painful gallstones or gallbladder inflammation. It is one of the most frequently performed general surgeries in the country. Under general anesthesia the operation takes about an hour, and most planned cases go home the same day, returning to normal activity within one to two weeks.
What Is Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy?
Laparoscopic cholecystectomy removes the gallbladder through four small abdominal incisions using a camera and long instruments, most often for painful gallstones or gallbladder inflammation. It is one of the most frequently performed general surgeries in the country. Under general anesthesia the operation takes about an hour, and most planned cases go home the same day, returning to normal activity within one to two weeks.
What Affects the Cost
- Whether the surgery is planned and outpatient or done urgently during a hospital admission for a gallbladder attack changes the total dramatically.
- An intraoperative cholangiogram, an X-ray of the bile ducts during surgery, adds imaging and radiology charges when performed.
- Conversion from laparoscopic to open surgery, needed in a small percentage of difficult cases, changes the code, extends recovery, and usually means a hospital stay.
- The gallbladder is routinely sent to pathology after removal, adding a lab fee.
- Anesthesia bills separately by time, and pre-operative labs and imaging carry their own charges.
- Ambulatory surgery centers, where available for this operation, undercut hospital outpatient pricing.
Questions to Ask Before Booking
- 1.Can my surgery be done as a scheduled outpatient case, and at which facility is it cheapest?
- 2.Do you routinely perform a cholangiogram, and what does it add to the bill?
- 3.What happens to the cost if you need to convert to open surgery?
- 4.Are the anesthesia group and the pathology lab in my network?
- 5.Has prior authorization been approved for both the procedure and the facility?
Other featured procedures in Missouri
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in other states
Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy in Missouri: questions
How much does laparoscopic cholecystectomy cost in Missouri?
The 2026 Medicare physician office rate for CPT 47562 averages $613.94 across 3 Missouri localities, from $601.79 in REST OF MISSOURI to $622.44 in METROPOLITAN ST. LOUIS. The hospital physician rate averages $613.94. Enter a ZIP for the exact locality.
Does the rate change inside Missouri?
Yes. CMS splits Missouri into 3 payment localities. For this CPT the office physician fee spans $20.65 from the lowest to highest locality. Enter a ZIP code to see which Missouri locality covers you: metro St. Louis, metro Kansas City, or rest-of-state areas like Springfield, Columbia, Joplin, and the Bootheel.
What will a Medicare patient owe for the physician fee?
After the Part B deductible, coinsurance is usually 20% of the allowed amount: about $123 for the office physician line or $123 for the hospital physician line in Missouri. Medigap may cover that 20%. This is not the hospital facility fee.
Is this the full laparoscopic cholecystectomy bill in Missouri?
No. $613.94 is the Medicare physician allowed amount for CPT 47562. Anesthesia, facility fees, implants, and other CPT codes billed the same day are extra. Missouri ranks #24 of 51 states on this physician line (3% below the national office rate of $631.95).