Bowel Obstruction Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
A blockage in the intestines that stops food and fluid from passing through. Treatment usually involves resting the bowel with intravenous fluids, and sometimes a tube through the nose to relieve pressure, while the blockage clears.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Pineville Community Health Center
Pineville, KY
Gross charge $5,915 - 2
Taylor Regional Hospital
Campbellsville, KY
Gross charge $7,369Cash pay $3,685 - 3
Russell County Hospital
Russell Springs, KY
Gross charge $7,965Cash pay $6,372 - 4
UK St. Claire
Morehead, KY
Gross charge $11,083Cash pay $8,312 - 5
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $13,392Cash pay $8,705 - 6
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $13,392Cash pay $8,705 - 7
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $13,392Cash pay $8,705 - 8
Monroe County Medical Center
Tompkinsville, KY
Gross charge $13,414Cash pay $11,133 - 9
TJ Health Columbia Hospital
Columbia, KY
Gross charge $14,825Cash pay $9,636 - 10
Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Acute Care)
Murray, KY
Gross charge $18,181Cash pay $11,818 - 11
Meadowview Regional Medical Center
Maysville, KY
Gross charge $19,339Cash pay $7,736 - 12
Three Rivers Medical Center
Louisa, KY
Gross charge $20,377Cash pay $12,226 - 13
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $25,116Cash pay $18,837Medicare pays (avg) $2,257 - 14
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $25,116Cash pay $18,837 - 15
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $25,116Cash pay $18,837 - 16
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $25,116Cash pay $18,837 - 17
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $25,116Cash pay $18,837Medicare pays (avg) $2,410 - 18
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $25,116Cash pay $18,837Medicare pays (avg) $2,161 - 19
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $25,116Cash pay $18,837 - 20
Kentucky River Medical Center
Jackson, KY
Gross charge $25,354Cash pay $15,212 - 21
Jackson Purchase Medical Center
Mayfield, KY
Gross charge $26,847Cash pay $10,739 - 22
Spring View Hospital
Lebanon, KY
Gross charge $34,009Cash pay $13,604 - 23
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $37,735Cash pay $15,094 - 24
Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center
Prestonsburg, KY
Gross charge — - 25
UK King's Daughters Medical Center
Ashland, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $2,549 - 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 — - 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 — - 37
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 38Gross charge —
- 39
McDowell ARH Hospital
Mc Dowell, KY
Gross charge — - 40
University of Kentucky Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 41
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $2,672 - 42
Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital
Paducah, KY
Gross charge — - 43
Whitesburg ARH Hospital
Whitesburg, KY
Gross charge — - 44
Middlesboro ARH Hospital
Middlesboro, KY
Gross charge — - 45Gross charge —
- 46
Harlan ARH Hospital
Harlan, KY
Gross charge — - 47
Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center
South Williamson, KY
Gross charge — - 48
Paintsville ARH Hospital
Paintsville, KY
Gross charge — - 49
Knox County Hospital
Barbourville, KY
Gross charge —
23 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for bowel obstruction under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $5,915 to $37,735. 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 $19,930.
What's published is the gross charge — the starting point, not what you'd actually owe. 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 bowel obstruction at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
You usually don't choose a hospital during an urgent bowel obstruction admission. This page is for the planning side: patients with chronic conditions weighing their options, caregivers picking ahead of time, or employers comparing in-network facilities. Click any hospital name for its full quality profile — CMS overall star rating, mortality and readmission rates, patient-experience scores. When two nearby hospitals look similar on quality, the one with lower published charges is the safer default for routine medical admissions.
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 bowel obstruction in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 390 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.