Back Problems Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
Back or spine problems, such as disc disease, spinal narrowing, or severe back pain, treated without surgery. The stay typically involves pain control, medication, and physical therapy.
State average
$40,908
gross charge · DRG 551
Hospitals
17
with published pricing
Price range
$5,405 – $76,549
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Pineville Community Health Center
Pineville, KY
Gross charge $5,405 - 2
Monroe County Medical Center
Tompkinsville, KY
Gross charge $10,392Cash pay $8,625 - 3
Taylor Regional Hospital
Campbellsville, KY
Gross charge $20,804Cash pay $10,402 - 4
UK St. Claire
Morehead, KY
Gross charge $23,930Cash pay $17,948 - 5
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $29,332Cash pay $19,066 - 6
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $29,332Cash pay $19,066 - 7
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $29,332Cash pay $19,066 - 8
Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Acute Care)
Murray, KY
Gross charge $33,545Cash pay $21,804 - 9
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $53,202Cash pay $39,901 - 10
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $53,202Cash pay $39,901 - 11
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $53,202Cash pay $39,901 - 12
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $53,202Cash pay $39,901 - 13
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $53,202Cash pay $39,901 - 14
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $53,202Cash pay $39,901Medicare pays (avg) $8,885 - 15
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $53,202Cash pay $39,901 - 16
Kentucky River Medical Center
Jackson, KY
Gross charge $64,395Cash pay $38,637 - 17
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $76,549Cash pay $30,619 - 18
Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center
Prestonsburg, KY
Gross charge — - 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 —Medicare pays (avg) $12,361 - 31
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 32Gross charge —
- 33
McDowell ARH Hospital
Mc Dowell, KY
Gross charge — - 34
University of Kentucky Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,927 - 35
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,447 - 36
Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital
Paducah, KY
Gross charge — - 37
Whitesburg ARH Hospital
Whitesburg, KY
Gross charge — - 38Gross charge —
- 39
Paintsville ARH Hospital
Paintsville, KY
Gross charge —
17 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for back problems under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $5,405 to $76,549. The cheapest is Pineville Community Health Center in Pineville; the most expensive is Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care) in Somerset. The state average sits at $40,908.
What's listed is each hospital's gross charge — its published price for the inpatient stay, before any insurance discount. 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 back problems at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
If you're scheduling back problems in Kentucky, sort the list below by price, then click each hospital name to see its quality profile — CMS overall star rating, surgical-safety measures, readmission rates, patient-experience scores. The cheapest hospital isn't always the right call. Teaching hospitals often charge more because they take complex cases, and a higher-rated community hospital may deliver equivalent outcomes for a straightforward case at a lower price. Use the price column to narrow the field; use the quality data to make the final call.
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 back problems in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 551 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.