Medical Back Problems Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for medical (non-surgical) back conditions including herniated discs, severe radiculopathy, and chronic pain crises.
State average
$34,058
gross charge · DRG 552
Hospitals
23
with published pricing
Price range
$2,215 – $60,986
low to high
Data notes for Kentucky
- The lowest published charge ($2,215 at Pineville Community Health Center) is unusually low for an inpatient stay. This may reflect a data-quality issue in the hospital's MRF rather than an actual price — verify directly with the hospital before relying on it.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Pineville Community Health Center
Pineville, KY
Gross charge $2,215 - 2
Monroe County Medical Center
Tompkinsville, KY
Gross charge $5,146Cash pay $4,271 - 3
TJ Health Columbia Hospital
Columbia, KY
Gross charge $7,781Cash pay $5,058 - 4
Taylor Regional Hospital
Campbellsville, KY
Gross charge $9,807Cash pay $4,903 - 5
Russell County Hospital
Russell Springs, KY
Gross charge $15,317Cash pay $12,253 - 6
Three Rivers Medical Center
Louisa, KY
Gross charge $16,491Cash pay $9,895 - 7
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $24,326Cash pay $15,812 - 8
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $24,326Cash pay $15,812Medicare pays (avg) $6,641 - 9
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $24,326Cash pay $15,812 - 10
Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Acute Care)
Murray, KY
Gross charge $26,716Cash pay $17,365Medicare pays (avg) $5,776 - 11
Meadowview Regional Medical Center
Maysville, KY
Gross charge $26,848Cash pay $10,739 - 12
Kentucky River Medical Center
Jackson, KY
Gross charge $27,620Cash pay $16,572 - 13
UK St. Claire
Morehead, KY
Gross charge $31,318Cash pay $23,489 - 14
Spring View Hospital
Lebanon, KY
Gross charge $34,385Cash pay $13,754 - 15
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $39,390Cash pay $15,756 - 16
Jackson Purchase Medical Center
Mayfield, KY
Gross charge $40,415Cash pay $16,166 - 17
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $60,986Cash pay $45,740Medicare pays (avg) $5,315 - 18
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $60,986Cash pay $45,740 - 19
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $60,986Cash pay $45,740 - 20
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $60,986Cash pay $45,740Medicare pays (avg) $5,118 - 21
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $60,986Cash pay $45,740Medicare pays (avg) $4,852 - 22
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $60,986Cash pay $45,740Medicare pays (avg) $4,829 - 23
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $60,986Cash pay $45,740 - 24
Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center
Prestonsburg, KY
Gross charge — - 25
UK King's Daughters Medical Center
Ashland, KY
Gross charge — - 26
Saint Joseph Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 27Gross charge —
- 28
UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital
Shelbyville, KY
Gross charge — - 29
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital
Bardstown, KY
Gross charge — - 30
UofL Health – Jewish Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,879 - 31
Jennie Stuart Medical Center
Hopkinsville, KY
Gross charge — - 32
Deaconess Henderson Hospital
Henderson, KY
Gross charge — - 33
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling
Mount Sterling, KY
Gross charge — - 34
Harrison Memorial Hospital
Cynthiana, KY
Gross charge — - 35
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)
Madisonville, KY
Gross charge — - 36
University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,366 - 37
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 38
Marcum and Wallace Memorial Hospital
Irvine, KY
Gross charge — - 39Gross charge —
- 40
McDowell ARH Hospital
Mc Dowell, KY
Gross charge — - 41
University of Kentucky Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,474 - 42
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,501 - 43
Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital
Paducah, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,526 - 44
Whitesburg ARH Hospital
Whitesburg, KY
Gross charge — - 45
Middlesboro ARH Hospital
Middlesboro, KY
Gross charge — - 46Gross charge —
- 47
Harlan ARH Hospital
Harlan, KY
Gross charge — - 48
Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center
South Williamson, KY
Gross charge — - 49
Paintsville ARH Hospital
Paintsville, KY
Gross charge — - 50
Morgan County ARH Hospital
West Liberty, KY
Gross charge — - 51
Mary Breckinridge ARH Hospital
Hyden, KY
Gross charge —
23 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for medical back problems under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $2,215 to $60,986. The cheapest is Pineville Community Health Center in Pineville; the most expensive is Baptist Health La Grange in La Grange. The state average sits at $34,058.
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 medical 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 medical 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 medical back problems in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 552 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.