Diabetes Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
Diabetes that has become dangerously out of control, with very high or very low blood sugar or serious related problems. Care involves insulin and intravenous fluids, frequent blood sugar checks, and treatment of the complications that made the stay necessary.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Russell County Hospital
Russell Springs, KY
Gross charge $9,674Cash pay $7,739 - 2
Monroe County Medical Center
Tompkinsville, KY
Gross charge $11,331Cash pay $9,405 - 3
Pineville Community Health Center
Pineville, KY
Gross charge $20,309 - 4
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $28,819Cash pay $18,732 - 5
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $28,819Cash pay $18,732 - 6
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $28,819Cash pay $18,732 - 7
Taylor Regional Hospital
Campbellsville, KY
Gross charge $29,593Cash pay $14,796 - 8
Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Acute Care)
Murray, KY
Gross charge $32,199Cash pay $20,929 - 9
Meadowview Regional Medical Center
Maysville, KY
Gross charge $33,030Cash pay $13,212 - 10
UK St. Claire
Morehead, KY
Gross charge $34,905Cash pay $26,179 - 11
Jackson Purchase Medical Center
Mayfield, KY
Gross charge $40,706Cash pay $16,283 - 12
Three Rivers Medical Center
Louisa, KY
Gross charge $44,042Cash pay $26,425 - 13
Kentucky River Medical Center
Jackson, KY
Gross charge $45,803Cash pay $27,482 - 14
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $51,632Cash pay $38,724Medicare pays (avg) $7,277 - 15
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $51,632Cash pay $38,724 - 16
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $51,632Cash pay $38,724 - 17
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $51,632Cash pay $38,724Medicare pays (avg) $8,172 - 18
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $51,632Cash pay $38,724 - 19
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $51,632Cash pay $38,724Medicare pays (avg) $8,075 - 20
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $51,632Cash pay $38,724 - 21
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $53,999Medicare pays (avg) $8,886 - 22
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $69,742Cash pay $27,897Medicare pays (avg) $9,385 - 23
Spring View Hospital
Lebanon, KY
Gross charge $82,085Cash pay $32,834 - 24
Whitesburg ARH Hospital
Whitesburg, KY
Gross charge — - 25
Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center
Prestonsburg, KY
Gross charge — - 26
UK King's Daughters Medical Center
Ashland, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,607 - 27
Saint Joseph Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 28Gross charge —
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UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital
Shelbyville, KY
Gross charge — - 30
Middlesboro ARH Hospital
Middlesboro, KY
Gross charge — - 31
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital
Bardstown, KY
Gross charge — - 32Gross charge —
- 33
UofL Health – Jewish Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,249 - 34
Harlan ARH Hospital
Harlan, KY
Gross charge — - 35
Jennie Stuart Medical Center
Hopkinsville, KY
Gross charge — - 36
Deaconess Henderson Hospital
Henderson, KY
Gross charge — - 37
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling
Mount Sterling, KY
Gross charge — - 38
Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center
South Williamson, KY
Gross charge — - 39
Paintsville ARH Hospital
Paintsville, KY
Gross charge — - 40
Harrison Memorial Hospital
Cynthiana, KY
Gross charge — - 41
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)
Madisonville, KY
Gross charge — - 42
Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital
Paducah, KY
Gross charge — - 43
University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 44
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 45
TJ Health Columbia Hospital
Columbia, KY
Gross charge —Cash pay $1,525 - 46
Marcum and Wallace Memorial Hospital
Irvine, KY
Gross charge — - 47
ARH Our Lady of the Way Hospital
Martin, KY
Gross charge — - 48
Morgan County ARH Hospital
West Liberty, KY
Gross charge — - 49
Mary Breckinridge ARH Hospital
Hyden, KY
Gross charge — - 50
Knox County Hospital
Barbourville, KY
Gross charge — - 51Gross charge —
- 52
McDowell ARH Hospital
Mc Dowell, KY
Gross charge — - 53
University of Kentucky Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,845
23 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for diabetes under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $9,674 to $82,085. The cheapest is Russell County Hospital in Russell Springs; the most expensive is Spring View Hospital in Lebanon. The state average sits at $41,535.
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 637 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.