Diabetes Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
Diabetes admitted for blood sugar that is out of control. The hospital stay involves adjusting insulin or other medicines, frequent blood sugar monitoring, and help planning day-to-day management of the condition.
State average
$20,065
gross charge · DRG 639
Hospitals
22
with published pricing
Price range
$3,250 – $39,006
low to high
Data notes for Kentucky
- The lowest published charge ($3,250 at TJ Health Columbia Hospital) 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
TJ Health Columbia Hospital
Columbia, KY
Gross charge $3,250Cash pay $2,112 - 2
Monroe County Medical Center
Tompkinsville, KY
Gross charge $7,601Cash pay $6,309 - 3
UK St. Claire
Morehead, KY
Gross charge $10,628Cash pay $7,971 - 4
Taylor Regional Hospital
Campbellsville, KY
Gross charge $11,972Cash pay $5,986 - 5
Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Acute Care)
Murray, KY
Gross charge $17,424Cash pay $11,325 - 6
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $18,007Cash pay $13,505 - 7
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $18,007Cash pay $13,505 - 8
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $18,007Cash pay $13,505 - 9
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $18,007Cash pay $13,505 - 10
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $18,007Cash pay $13,505 - 11
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $18,007Cash pay $13,505 - 12
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $18,007Cash pay $13,505 - 13
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $18,321Cash pay $11,909 - 14
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $18,321Cash pay $11,909 - 15
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $18,321Cash pay $11,909 - 16
Meadowview Regional Medical Center
Maysville, KY
Gross charge $20,919Cash pay $8,367 - 17
Three Rivers Medical Center
Louisa, KY
Gross charge $23,974Cash pay $14,384 - 18
Kentucky River Medical Center
Jackson, KY
Gross charge $26,275Cash pay $15,765 - 19
Jackson Purchase Medical Center
Mayfield, KY
Gross charge $30,191Cash pay $12,076 - 20
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $30,470Cash pay $12,188 - 21
Spring View Hospital
Lebanon, KY
Gross charge $38,713Cash pay $15,485 - 22
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $39,006Medicare pays (avg) $3,905 - 23
Whitesburg ARH Hospital
Whitesburg, KY
Gross charge — - 24
Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center
Prestonsburg, KY
Gross charge — - 25
UK King's Daughters Medical Center
Ashland, KY
Gross charge — - 26
Saint Joseph Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 27Gross charge —
- 28
UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital
Shelbyville, KY
Gross charge — - 29
Middlesboro ARH Hospital
Middlesboro, KY
Gross charge — - 30
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital
Bardstown, KY
Gross charge — - 31Gross charge —
- 32
UofL Health – Jewish Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 33
Harlan ARH Hospital
Harlan, KY
Gross charge — - 34
Jennie Stuart Medical Center
Hopkinsville, KY
Gross charge — - 35
Deaconess Henderson Hospital
Henderson, KY
Gross charge — - 36
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling
Mount Sterling, KY
Gross charge — - 37
Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center
South Williamson, KY
Gross charge — - 38
Paintsville ARH Hospital
Paintsville, KY
Gross charge — - 39
Harrison Memorial Hospital
Cynthiana, KY
Gross charge — - 40
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)
Madisonville, KY
Gross charge — - 41
Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital
Paducah, KY
Gross charge — - 42
University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 43
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 44
Pineville Community Health Center
Pineville, KY
Gross charge —Cash pay $1,280 - 45
Marcum and Wallace Memorial Hospital
Irvine, KY
Gross charge — - 46
ARH Our Lady of the Way Hospital
Martin, KY
Gross charge — - 47
Morgan County ARH Hospital
West Liberty, KY
Gross charge — - 48
Mary Breckinridge ARH Hospital
Hyden, KY
Gross charge — - 49
Knox County Hospital
Barbourville, KY
Gross charge — - 50Gross charge —
- 51
McDowell ARH Hospital
Mc Dowell, KY
Gross charge — - 52
University of Kentucky Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge —
22 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for diabetes under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $3,250 to $39,006. The cheapest is TJ Health Columbia Hospital in Columbia; the most expensive is Norton Hospitals, Inc in Louisville. The state average sits at $20,065.
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 diabetes 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 diabetes 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 diabetes in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 639 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.