DRG 353 · Digestive

Abdominal Hernia Repair Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals

Surgery to repair a hernia of the abdominal wall, such as an umbilical or incisional hernia, where tissue pushes through a weak spot. The stay includes the repair operation and monitoring while the digestive system recovers.

State average
$103,979
gross charge · DRG 353
Hospitals
15
with published pricing
Price range
$48,805 – $155,231
low to high
Lowest $48,805 Highest $155,231

15 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for abdominal hernia repair under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $48,805 to $155,231. The cheapest is Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care) in Somerset; the most expensive is Kentucky River Medical Center in Jackson. The state average sits at $103,979.

What's published is the gross charge — the starting point, not what you'd actually owe. Insurance plans negotiate substantial discounts, Medicare and Medicaid pay fixed federal rates, and uninsured patients can usually qualify for a cash-pay discount. But the gross charge still works as a useful benchmark: a hospital that lists abdominal hernia repair at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.

You usually don't choose a hospital during an urgent abdominal hernia repair admission. This page is for the planning side: patients with chronic conditions weighing their options, caregivers picking ahead of time, or employers comparing in-network facilities. Click any hospital name for its full quality profile — CMS overall star rating, mortality and readmission rates, patient-experience scores. When two nearby hospitals look similar on quality, the one with lower published charges is the safer default for routine medical admissions.

Pricing comes from each hospital's Machine-Readable File (MRF), published under the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule. Kentucky hospitals missing from the list either don't perform abdominal hernia repair in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 353 in their most recent MRF, or fell below our data-quality thresholds (we filter out clearly erroneous entries like $0 charges). The list refreshes as hospitals update their files.

Hospitals ranked by gross charge

  1. 1

    Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)

    Somerset, KY

    Gross charge $48,805
    Cash pay $19,522
  2. 2

    Taylor Regional Hospital

    Campbellsville, KY

    Gross charge $51,668
    Cash pay $25,834
  3. 3
    Gross charge $71,703
    Cash pay $46,607
  4. 4

    Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital

    Greenville, KY

    Gross charge $78,680
    Cash pay $51,142
  5. 5

    Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)

    Owensboro, KY

    Gross charge $78,680
    Cash pay $51,142
  6. 6

    Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center

    Leitchfield, KY

    Gross charge $78,680
    Cash pay $51,142
  7. 7

    Jackson Purchase Medical Center

    Mayfield, KY

    Gross charge $82,680
    Cash pay $33,072
  8. 8

    Baptist Health Hardin

    Elizabethtown, KY

    Gross charge $130,509
    Cash pay $97,882
  9. 9

    Baptist Health Richmond

    Richmond, KY

    Gross charge $130,509
    Cash pay $97,882
  10. 10

    Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)

    Corbin, KY

    Gross charge $130,509
    Cash pay $97,882
  11. 11

    Baptist Health Lexington

    Lexington, KY

    Gross charge $130,509
    Cash pay $97,882
  12. 12

    Baptist Health Paducah

    Paducah, KY

    Gross charge $130,509
    Cash pay $97,882
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    Baptist Health Louisville

    Louisville, KY

    Gross charge $130,509
    Cash pay $97,882
  14. 14

    Baptist Health La Grange

    La Grange, KY

    Gross charge $130,509
    Cash pay $97,882
  15. 15
    Gross charge $155,231
    Cash pay $93,139
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    UK King's Daughters Medical Center

    Ashland, KY

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    Saint Joseph Hospital

    Lexington, KY

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    UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital

    Shelbyville, KY

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    UofL Health – Jewish Hospital

    Louisville, KY

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    Jennie Stuart Medical Center

    Hopkinsville, KY

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    Deaconess Henderson Hospital

    Henderson, KY

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    CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling

    Mount Sterling, KY

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    Harrison Memorial Hospital

    Cynthiana, KY

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    Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)

    Madisonville, KY

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    University of Louisville Hospital

    Louisville, KY

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    CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East

    Lexington, KY

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    University of Kentucky Hospital

    Lexington, KY

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    Norton Hospitals, Inc

    Louisville, KY

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