DRG 602 · Skin

Cellulitis Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals

A spreading infection of the skin and the tissue beneath it. The hospital stay involves intravenous antibiotics and close monitoring, along with treatment of other serious health problems occurring at the same time.

State average
$45,066
gross charge · DRG 602
Hospitals
23
with published pricing
Price range
$6,192 – $115,487
low to high
Lowest $6,192 Highest $115,487

23 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for cellulitis under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $6,192 to $115,487. The cheapest is Pineville Community Health Center in Pineville; the most expensive is Three Rivers Medical Center in Louisa. The state average sits at $45,066.

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 cellulitis 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 cellulitis 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 cellulitis in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 602 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

    Pineville Community Health Center

    Pineville, KY

    Gross charge $6,192
  2. 2

    Monroe County Medical Center

    Tompkinsville, KY

    Gross charge $16,169
    Cash pay $13,420
  3. 3

    Russell County Hospital

    Russell Springs, KY

    Gross charge $18,242
    Cash pay $14,594
  4. 4

    Taylor Regional Hospital

    Campbellsville, KY

    Gross charge $23,981
    Cash pay $11,990
  5. 5

    Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital

    Greenville, KY

    Gross charge $29,328
    Cash pay $19,063
  6. 6

    Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)

    Owensboro, KY

    Gross charge $29,328
    Cash pay $19,063
  7. 7

    Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center

    Leitchfield, KY

    Gross charge $29,328
    Cash pay $19,063
  8. 8

    Spring View Hospital

    Lebanon, KY

    Gross charge $30,827
    Cash pay $12,331
  9. 9

    UK St. Claire

    Morehead, KY

    Gross charge $36,196
    Cash pay $27,147
  10. 10

    Jackson Purchase Medical Center

    Mayfield, KY

    Gross charge $37,194
    Cash pay $14,878
  11. 11

    Meadowview Regional Medical Center

    Maysville, KY

    Gross charge $41,015
    Cash pay $16,406
  12. 12
    Gross charge $42,429
    Cash pay $27,579
  13. 13
    Gross charge $42,960
    Cash pay $25,776
  14. 14

    Norton Hospitals, Inc

    Louisville, KY

    39 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $43,953
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,339
  15. 15

    Baptist Health Hardin

    Elizabethtown, KY

    14 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $58,725
    Cash pay $44,044
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,496
  16. 16

    Baptist Health Richmond

    Richmond, KY

    Gross charge $58,725
    Cash pay $44,044
  17. 17

    Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)

    Corbin, KY

    Gross charge $58,725
    Cash pay $44,044
  18. 18

    Baptist Health Lexington

    Lexington, KY

    12 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $58,725
    Cash pay $44,044
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,787
  19. 19

    Baptist Health Paducah

    Paducah, KY

    Gross charge $58,725
    Cash pay $44,044
  20. 20

    Baptist Health Louisville

    Louisville, KY

    22 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $58,725
    Cash pay $44,044
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,002
  21. 21

    Baptist Health La Grange

    La Grange, KY

    Gross charge $58,725
    Cash pay $44,044
  22. 22

    Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)

    Somerset, KY

    Gross charge $82,815
    Cash pay $33,126
  23. 23

    Three Rivers Medical Center

    Louisa, KY

    Gross charge $115,487
    Cash pay $69,292
  24. 24

    Whitesburg ARH Hospital

    Whitesburg, KY

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    Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center

    Prestonsburg, KY

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  26. 26

    UK King's Daughters Medical Center

    Ashland, KY

    17 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,649
  27. 27

    Saint Joseph Hospital

    Lexington, KY

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    UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital

    Shelbyville, KY

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    Middlesboro ARH Hospital

    Middlesboro, KY

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    UofL Health – Jewish Hospital

    Louisville, KY

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  34. 34

    Harlan ARH Hospital

    Harlan, KY

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  35. 35

    Jennie Stuart Medical Center

    Hopkinsville, KY

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  36. 36

    Deaconess Henderson Hospital

    Henderson, KY

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  37. 37

    CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling

    Mount Sterling, KY

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  38. 38

    Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center

    South Williamson, KY

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  39. 39

    Paintsville ARH Hospital

    Paintsville, KY

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  40. 40

    Harrison Memorial Hospital

    Cynthiana, KY

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  41. 41

    Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)

    Madisonville, KY

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  42. 42

    Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital

    Paducah, KY

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  43. 43

    University of Louisville Hospital

    Louisville, KY

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  44. 44

    CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East

    Lexington, KY

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    Marcum and Wallace Memorial Hospital

    Irvine, KY

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  48. 48

    Morgan County ARH Hospital

    West Liberty, KY

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    Knox County Hospital

    Barbourville, KY

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  52. 52

    McDowell ARH Hospital

    Mc Dowell, KY

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  53. 53

    University of Kentucky Hospital

    Lexington, KY

    12 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,533

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