DRG 546 · Musculoskeletal

Connective Tissue Disorders Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals

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State average
$31,361
gross charge · DRG 546
Hospitals
9
with published pricing
Price range
$6,826 – $72,030
low to high
Lowest $6,826 Highest $72,030

9 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for connective tissue disorders under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $6,826 to $72,030. The cheapest is Pineville Community Health Center in Pineville; the most expensive is Jackson Purchase Medical Center in Mayfield. The state average sits at $31,361.

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 connective tissue disorders at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.

If you're scheduling connective tissue disorders 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 connective tissue disorders in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 546 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 $6,826
  2. 2

    Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital

    Greenville, KY

    Gross charge $15,112
    Cash pay $9,823
  3. 3

    Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)

    Owensboro, KY

    Gross charge $15,112
    Cash pay $9,823
  4. 4

    Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center

    Leitchfield, KY

    Gross charge $15,112
    Cash pay $9,823
  5. 5

    UK St. Claire

    Morehead, KY

    Gross charge $20,445
    Cash pay $15,334
  6. 6
    Gross charge $29,822
    Cash pay $19,385
  7. 7

    Norton Hospitals, Inc

    Louisville, KY

    Gross charge $39,006
  8. 8

    Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)

    Somerset, KY

    Gross charge $68,785
    Cash pay $27,514
  9. 9

    Jackson Purchase Medical Center

    Mayfield, KY

    Gross charge $72,030
    Cash pay $28,812
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    Whitesburg ARH Hospital

    Whitesburg, KY

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    Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center

    Prestonsburg, KY

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    UK King's Daughters Medical Center

    Ashland, KY

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    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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    Harlan ARH Hospital

    Harlan, KY

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  21. 21

    Jennie Stuart Medical Center

    Hopkinsville, KY

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    Deaconess Henderson Hospital

    Henderson, KY

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    CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling

    Mount Sterling, KY

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    Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center

    South Williamson, KY

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    Paintsville ARH Hospital

    Paintsville, KY

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    Harrison Memorial Hospital

    Cynthiana, KY

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    Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)

    Madisonville, KY

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    Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital

    Paducah, KY

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    University of Louisville Hospital

    Louisville, KY

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    CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East

    Lexington, KY

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    Morgan County ARH Hospital

    West Liberty, KY

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    Knox County Hospital

    Barbourville, KY

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    McDowell ARH Hospital

    Mc Dowell, KY

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    University of Kentucky Hospital

    Lexington, KY

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