Appendix Removal Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
Surgery to remove the appendix, usually for appendicitis, in otherwise straightforward cases. Most stays are short, covering the operation and a brief recovery.
State average
$51,406
gross charge · DRG 399
Hospitals
18
with published pricing
Price range
$12,980 – $114,282
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Russell County Hospital
Russell Springs, KY
Gross charge $12,980Cash pay $10,384 - 2
UK St. Claire
Morehead, KY
Gross charge $23,992Cash pay $17,994 - 3
Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Acute Care)
Murray, KY
Gross charge $37,214Cash pay $24,189 - 4
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $39,586Cash pay $25,731 - 5
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $39,586Cash pay $25,731 - 6
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $39,586Cash pay $25,731 - 7
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $45,412Cash pay $34,059 - 8
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $45,412Cash pay $34,059 - 9
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $45,412Cash pay $34,059 - 10
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $45,412Cash pay $34,059 - 11
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $45,412Cash pay $34,059 - 12
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $45,412Cash pay $34,059 - 13
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $45,412Cash pay $34,059 - 14
Jackson Purchase Medical Center
Mayfield, KY
Gross charge $71,302Cash pay $28,521 - 15
Spring View Hospital
Lebanon, KY
Gross charge $73,891Cash pay $29,556 - 16
Meadowview Regional Medical Center
Maysville, KY
Gross charge $77,406Cash pay $30,962 - 17
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $77,592Cash pay $31,037 - 18
Three Rivers Medical Center
Louisa, KY
Gross charge $114,282Cash pay $68,569 - 19
UK King's Daughters Medical Center
Ashland, KY
Gross charge — - 20
Saint Joseph Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 21Gross charge —
- 22
UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital
Shelbyville, KY
Gross charge — - 23
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital
Bardstown, KY
Gross charge — - 24
UofL Health – Jewish Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 25
Jennie Stuart Medical Center
Hopkinsville, KY
Gross charge — - 26
Deaconess Henderson Hospital
Henderson, KY
Gross charge — - 27
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling
Mount Sterling, KY
Gross charge — - 28
Harrison Memorial Hospital
Cynthiana, KY
Gross charge — - 29
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)
Madisonville, KY
Gross charge — - 30
University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 31
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 32Gross charge —
- 33
University of Kentucky Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 34
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 35
Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital
Paducah, KY
Gross charge — - 36
Whitesburg ARH Hospital
Whitesburg, KY
Gross charge — - 37Gross charge —
- 38
Harlan ARH Hospital
Harlan, KY
Gross charge —
18 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for appendix removal under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $12,980 to $114,282. The cheapest is Russell County Hospital in Russell Springs; the most expensive is Three Rivers Medical Center in Louisa. The state average sits at $51,406.
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 appendix removal 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 appendix removal 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 appendix removal in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 399 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.