Bone & Joint Disease Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
A painful flare-up of a bone or joint condition, such as severe arthritis, gout, or a bone disorder, managed without surgery. The stay usually involves pain control, medications, imaging, and physical therapy to get moving again.
State average
$24,989
gross charge · DRG 554
Hospitals
18
with published pricing
Price range
$2,752 – $36,989
low to high
Data notes for Kentucky
- The lowest published charge ($2,752 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 $2,752 - 2
Monroe County Medical Center
Tompkinsville, KY
Gross charge $7,106Cash pay $5,898 - 3
Kentucky River Medical Center
Jackson, KY
Gross charge $8,782Cash pay $5,269 - 4
UK St. Claire
Morehead, KY
Gross charge $9,621Cash pay $7,216 - 5
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $15,310Cash pay $9,952 - 6
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $15,310Cash pay $9,952 - 7
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $15,310Cash pay $9,952 - 8
Taylor Regional Hospital
Campbellsville, KY
Gross charge $19,309Cash pay $9,654 - 9
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $29,192Medicare pays (avg) $4,748 - 10
Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Acute Care)
Murray, KY
Gross charge $34,989Cash pay $22,743 - 11
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $36,448Cash pay $27,336 - 12
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $36,448Cash pay $27,336 - 13
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $36,448Cash pay $27,336 - 14
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $36,448Cash pay $27,336 - 15
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $36,448Cash pay $27,336 - 16
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $36,448Cash pay $27,336Medicare pays (avg) $4,050 - 17
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $36,448Cash pay $27,336 - 18
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $36,989Cash pay $14,796 - 19
Whitesburg ARH Hospital
Whitesburg, KY
Gross charge — - 20
Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center
Prestonsburg, KY
Gross charge — - 21
UK King's Daughters Medical Center
Ashland, KY
Gross charge — - 22
Saint Joseph Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 23Gross charge —
- 24
UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital
Shelbyville, KY
Gross charge — - 25
Middlesboro ARH Hospital
Middlesboro, KY
Gross charge — - 26
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital
Bardstown, KY
Gross charge — - 27Gross charge —
- 28
UofL Health – Jewish Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 29
Harlan ARH Hospital
Harlan, KY
Gross charge — - 30
Jennie Stuart Medical Center
Hopkinsville, KY
Gross charge — - 31
Deaconess Henderson Hospital
Henderson, KY
Gross charge — - 32
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling
Mount Sterling, KY
Gross charge — - 33
Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center
South Williamson, KY
Gross charge — - 34
Paintsville ARH Hospital
Paintsville, KY
Gross charge — - 35
Harrison Memorial Hospital
Cynthiana, KY
Gross charge — - 36
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)
Madisonville, KY
Gross charge — - 37
Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital
Paducah, KY
Gross charge — - 38
University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 39
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 40
ARH Our Lady of the Way Hospital
Martin, KY
Gross charge — - 41
Morgan County ARH Hospital
West Liberty, KY
Gross charge — - 42
Mary Breckinridge ARH Hospital
Hyden, KY
Gross charge — - 43
Knox County Hospital
Barbourville, KY
Gross charge — - 44Gross charge —
- 45
McDowell ARH Hospital
Mc Dowell, KY
Gross charge — - 46
University of Kentucky Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,326
18 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for bone & joint disease under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $2,752 to $36,989. 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 $24,989.
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 & joint disease at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
If you're scheduling bone & joint disease 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 & joint disease in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 554 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.