DRG 553 · Musculoskeletal

Bone Disease & Arthritis Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals

Hospital care for bone diseases and joint problems, such as a severe arthritis flare or a bone-thinning disorder, in patients who also have major complicating conditions. Care typically involves pain control, medicines, imaging, and help with mobility.

State average
$49,301
gross charge · DRG 553
Hospitals
12
with published pricing
Price range
$18,547 – $62,713
low to high
Lowest $18,547 Highest $62,713

12 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for bone disease & arthritis under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $18,547 to $62,713. The cheapest is Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital in Greenville; the most expensive is Baptist Health La Grange in La Grange. The state average sits at $49,301.

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 bone disease & arthritis at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.

If you're scheduling bone disease & arthritis 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 bone disease & arthritis in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 553 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

    Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital

    Greenville, KY

    Gross charge $18,547
    Cash pay $12,055
  2. 2

    Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)

    Owensboro, KY

    Gross charge $18,547
    Cash pay $12,055
  3. 3

    Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center

    Leitchfield, KY

    Gross charge $18,547
    Cash pay $12,055
  4. 4

    Norton Hospitals, Inc

    Louisville, KY

    Gross charge $41,620
  5. 5

    Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)

    Somerset, KY

    Gross charge $55,369
    Cash pay $22,148
  6. 6

    Baptist Health Hardin

    Elizabethtown, KY

    Gross charge $62,713
    Cash pay $47,034
  7. 7

    Baptist Health Richmond

    Richmond, KY

    Gross charge $62,713
    Cash pay $47,034
  8. 8

    Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)

    Corbin, KY

    Gross charge $62,713
    Cash pay $47,034
  9. 9

    Baptist Health Lexington

    Lexington, KY

    Gross charge $62,713
    Cash pay $47,034
  10. 10

    Baptist Health Paducah

    Paducah, KY

    Gross charge $62,713
    Cash pay $47,034
  11. 11

    Baptist Health Louisville

    Louisville, KY

    Gross charge $62,713
    Cash pay $47,034
  12. 12

    Baptist Health La Grange

    La Grange, KY

    Gross charge $62,713
    Cash pay $47,034
  13. 13

    UK King's Daughters Medical Center

    Ashland, KY

    Gross charge
  14. 14

    Saint Joseph Hospital

    Lexington, KY

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  16. 16

    UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital

    Shelbyville, KY

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  18. 18

    UofL Health – Jewish Hospital

    Louisville, KY

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  19. 19

    Jennie Stuart Medical Center

    Hopkinsville, KY

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  20. 20

    Deaconess Henderson Hospital

    Henderson, KY

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  21. 21

    CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling

    Mount Sterling, KY

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  22. 22

    Harrison Memorial Hospital

    Cynthiana, KY

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  23. 23

    Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)

    Madisonville, KY

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  24. 24

    Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital

    Paducah, KY

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  25. 25

    University of Louisville Hospital

    Louisville, KY

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  26. 26

    CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East

    Lexington, KY

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  27. 27

    Pineville Community Health Center

    Pineville, KY

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $1,639
  28. 28
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  29. 29

    University of Kentucky Hospital

    Lexington, KY

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