Bone Infection Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
An infection inside a bone (osteomyelitis), treated with days of IV antibiotics in the hospital. Imaging and lab tests to identify the infection are a common part of the stay.
State average
$37,389
gross charge · DRG 540
Hospitals
17
with published pricing
Price range
$6,040 – $85,032
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Monroe County Medical Center
Tompkinsville, KY
Gross charge $6,040Cash pay $5,013 - 2
Pineville Community Health Center
Pineville, KY
Gross charge $11,972 - 3
Russell County Hospital
Russell Springs, KY
Gross charge $25,580Cash pay $20,464 - 4
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $31,282Cash pay $23,462 - 5
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $31,282Cash pay $23,462 - 6
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $31,282Cash pay $23,462 - 7
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $31,282Cash pay $23,462 - 8
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $31,282Cash pay $23,462 - 9
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $31,282Cash pay $23,462 - 10
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $31,282Cash pay $23,462 - 11
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $37,326Cash pay $24,262 - 12
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $37,326Cash pay $24,262 - 13
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $37,326Cash pay $24,262 - 14
Meadowview Regional Medical Center
Maysville, KY
Gross charge $42,260Cash pay $16,904 - 15
UK St. Claire
Morehead, KY
Gross charge $57,227Cash pay $42,920 - 16
Three Rivers Medical Center
Louisa, KY
Gross charge $76,552Cash pay $45,931 - 17
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $85,032Cash pay $34,013 - 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 — - 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 — - 35
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 36
Whitesburg ARH Hospital
Whitesburg, KY
Gross charge — - 37
Middlesboro ARH Hospital
Middlesboro, KY
Gross charge — - 38Gross charge —
- 39
Harlan ARH Hospital
Harlan, KY
Gross charge — - 40
Paintsville ARH Hospital
Paintsville, KY
Gross charge — - 41
Mary Breckinridge ARH Hospital
Hyden, KY
Gross charge — - 42
Knox County Hospital
Barbourville, KY
Gross charge —
17 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for bone infection under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $6,040 to $85,032. The cheapest is Monroe County Medical Center in Tompkinsville; the most expensive is Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care) in Somerset. The state average sits at $37,389.
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 infection at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
If you're scheduling bone infection 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 infection in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 540 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.