DRG 354 · Digestive

Abdominal Hernia Repair Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals

Surgery to repair a hernia in the abdominal wall, such as an umbilical or incisional hernia (not a groin hernia). The stay includes the operation, pain control, and monitoring during early recovery.

State average
$69,928
gross charge · DRG 354
Hospitals
20
with published pricing
Price range
$11,645 – $149,341
low to high
Lowest $11,645 Highest $149,341

20 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for abdominal hernia repair under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $11,645 to $149,341. The cheapest is Russell County Hospital in Russell Springs; the most expensive is UK St. Claire in Morehead. The state average sits at $69,928.

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 354 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

    Russell County Hospital

    Russell Springs, KY

    Gross charge $11,645
    Cash pay $9,316
  2. 2

    Taylor Regional Hospital

    Campbellsville, KY

    Gross charge $43,295
    Cash pay $21,648
  3. 3

    Norton Hospitals, Inc

    Louisville, KY

    Gross charge $44,301
  4. 4

    Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital

    Greenville, KY

    Gross charge $51,425
    Cash pay $33,426
  5. 5

    Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)

    Owensboro, KY

    Gross charge $51,425
    Cash pay $33,426
  6. 6

    Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center

    Leitchfield, KY

    Gross charge $51,425
    Cash pay $33,426
  7. 7
    Gross charge $55,956
    Cash pay $36,371
  8. 8

    Baptist Health Hardin

    Elizabethtown, KY

    Gross charge $67,011
    Cash pay $50,258
  9. 9

    Baptist Health Richmond

    Richmond, KY

    Gross charge $67,011
    Cash pay $50,258
  10. 10

    Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)

    Corbin, KY

    Gross charge $67,011
    Cash pay $50,258
  11. 11

    Baptist Health Lexington

    Lexington, KY

    Gross charge $67,011
    Cash pay $50,258
  12. 12

    Baptist Health Paducah

    Paducah, KY

    Gross charge $67,011
    Cash pay $50,258
  13. 13

    Baptist Health Louisville

    Louisville, KY

    Gross charge $67,011
    Cash pay $50,258
  14. 14

    Baptist Health La Grange

    La Grange, KY

    Gross charge $67,011
    Cash pay $50,258
  15. 15

    Jackson Purchase Medical Center

    Mayfield, KY

    Gross charge $70,301
    Cash pay $28,120
  16. 16

    Spring View Hospital

    Lebanon, KY

    Gross charge $72,007
    Cash pay $28,803
  17. 17

    Meadowview Regional Medical Center

    Maysville, KY

    Gross charge $101,022
    Cash pay $40,409
  18. 18

    Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)

    Somerset, KY

    Gross charge $105,677
    Cash pay $42,271
  19. 19

    Three Rivers Medical Center

    Louisa, KY

    Gross charge $121,655
    Cash pay $72,993
  20. 20

    UK St. Claire

    Morehead, KY

    Gross charge $149,341
    Cash pay $112,006
  21. 21

    UK King's Daughters Medical Center

    Ashland, KY

    Gross charge
  22. 22

    Saint Joseph Hospital

    Lexington, KY

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  23. 23
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  24. 24

    UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital

    Shelbyville, KY

    Gross charge
  25. 25
    Gross charge
  26. 26

    UofL Health – Jewish Hospital

    Louisville, KY

    Gross charge
  27. 27

    Jennie Stuart Medical Center

    Hopkinsville, KY

    Gross charge
  28. 28

    Deaconess Henderson Hospital

    Henderson, KY

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  29. 29

    CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling

    Mount Sterling, KY

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  30. 30

    Harrison Memorial Hospital

    Cynthiana, KY

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  31. 31

    Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)

    Madisonville, KY

    Gross charge
  32. 32

    Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital

    Paducah, KY

    Gross charge
  33. 33

    University of Louisville Hospital

    Louisville, KY

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  34. 34

    CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East

    Lexington, KY

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  35. 35
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  36. 36

    University of Kentucky Hospital

    Lexington, KY

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