Medical Billing & Coding Salary in Missouri - MO

By Jennifer Williams, allied health world Contributing Writer
Published: December, 8 2010

In Missouri, there is an elderly population of 774,200, which accounts for roughly 13% of the state’s total population. The reason that this is important to know when considering the career outlook for billing and coding professionals is that the elderly population in Missouri is faced with an array of chronic medical conditions, including hypertension, arthritis, heart disease, cancer, diabetes, stroke, kidney disease, liver disease, and COPD.  Medical conditions like these are just one of the reasons that the demand for healthcare is growing in Minnesota.   

As a medical billing or coding professional in Missouri, you can expect that your average salary will be somewhere around $31,630; or an average of $15.21 per hour. The key to earning more money in this field, however, is time. With each year of experience that you gain, you can expect to see your income rise. In fact, the highest reported average salary in Missouri is $47,020; and even the professionals in the top 25% make more than $36,910 every year.

Medical coding and billing salaries listed by city in Missouri:

• Springfield: $33,530
• Columbia: $31,680
• Jefferson City: $36,920
• Joplin: $27,420
• Kansas City: $33,960
• St. Louis: $31,780
• Fayetteville: $30,750

Annual income figures provided by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics