Cellulitis Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for cellulitis — a bacterial skin infection typically requiring IV antibiotics.
State average
$23,268
gross charge · DRG 603
Hospitals
22
with published pricing
Price range
$6,675 – $48,281
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Monroe County Medical Center
Tompkinsville, KY
Gross charge $6,675Cash pay $5,540 - 2
Russell County Hospital
Russell Springs, KY
Gross charge $8,143Cash pay $6,515 - 3
TJ Health Columbia Hospital
Columbia, KY
Gross charge $8,982Cash pay $5,839 - 4
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $15,317Cash pay $9,956 - 5
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $15,317Cash pay $9,956Medicare pays (avg) $6,550 - 6
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $15,317Cash pay $9,956 - 7
Taylor Regional Hospital
Campbellsville, KY
Gross charge $16,488Cash pay $8,244 - 8
UK St. Claire
Morehead, KY
Gross charge $19,438Cash pay $14,578 - 9
Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Acute Care)
Murray, KY
Gross charge $24,155Cash pay $15,701 - 10
Meadowview Regional Medical Center
Maysville, KY
Gross charge $24,860Cash pay $9,944 - 11
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $25,137Cash pay $18,853Medicare pays (avg) $4,756 - 12
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $25,137Cash pay $18,853 - 13
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $25,137Cash pay $18,853 - 14
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $25,137Cash pay $18,853Medicare pays (avg) $4,605 - 15
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $25,137Cash pay $18,853Medicare pays (avg) $4,776 - 16
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $25,137Cash pay $18,853Medicare pays (avg) $4,322 - 17
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $25,137Cash pay $18,853 - 18
Spring View Hospital
Lebanon, KY
Gross charge $28,097Cash pay $11,239 - 19
Jackson Purchase Medical Center
Mayfield, KY
Gross charge $29,533Cash pay $11,813Medicare pays (avg) $4,917 - 20
Kentucky River Medical Center
Jackson, KY
Gross charge $30,587Cash pay $18,352 - 21
Three Rivers Medical Center
Louisa, KY
Gross charge $44,749Cash pay $26,849 - 22
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $48,281Cash pay $19,313Medicare pays (avg) $4,962 - 23
Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center
Prestonsburg, KY
Gross charge — - 24
UK King's Daughters Medical Center
Ashland, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,645 - 25
Saint Joseph Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,350 - 26Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,859
- 27
UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital
Shelbyville, KY
Gross charge — - 28
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital
Bardstown, KY
Gross charge — - 29
UofL Health – Jewish Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,107 - 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
Harrison Memorial Hospital
Cynthiana, KY
Gross charge — - 34
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)
Madisonville, KY
Gross charge — - 35
University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,057 - 36
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 37
Pineville Community Health Center
Pineville, KY
Gross charge —Cash pay $1,816 - 38
Marcum and Wallace Memorial Hospital
Irvine, KY
Gross charge — - 39Gross charge —
- 40
McDowell ARH Hospital
Mc Dowell, KY
Gross charge — - 41
University of Kentucky Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,950 - 42
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,112 - 43
Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital
Paducah, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,730 - 44
Whitesburg ARH Hospital
Whitesburg, KY
Gross charge — - 45
Middlesboro ARH Hospital
Middlesboro, KY
Gross charge — - 46Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,732
- 47
Harlan ARH Hospital
Harlan, KY
Gross charge — - 48
Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center
South Williamson, KY
Gross charge — - 49
Paintsville ARH Hospital
Paintsville, KY
Gross charge — - 50
ARH Our Lady of the Way Hospital
Martin, KY
Gross charge — - 51
Morgan County ARH Hospital
West Liberty, KY
Gross charge — - 52
Mary Breckinridge ARH Hospital
Hyden, KY
Gross charge — - 53
Knox County Hospital
Barbourville, KY
Gross charge —
22 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for cellulitis under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $6,675 to $48,281. 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 $23,268.
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 603 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.