Digestive System Surgery Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
An operation on the stomach, intestines, or other digestive organs that doesn't fall into a more specific surgical category. The stay includes surgery and a recovery period with a gradual return to eating.
State average
$53,203
gross charge · DRG 357
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$22,650 – $107,446
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Taylor Regional Hospital
Campbellsville, KY
Gross charge $22,650Cash pay $11,325 - 2
Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Acute Care)
Murray, KY
Gross charge $39,961Cash pay $25,975 - 3
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $44,618Cash pay $29,002 - 4
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $44,618Cash pay $29,002 - 5
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $44,618Cash pay $29,002 - 6
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $54,902Cash pay $41,177 - 7
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $54,902Cash pay $41,177 - 8
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $54,902Cash pay $41,177 - 9
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $54,902Cash pay $41,177 - 10
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $54,902Cash pay $41,177 - 11
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $54,902Cash pay $41,177 - 12
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $54,902Cash pay $41,177 - 13
Spring View Hospital
Lebanon, KY
Gross charge $56,619Cash pay $22,648 - 14
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $107,446Cash pay $42,978 - 15
UK King's Daughters Medical Center
Ashland, KY
Gross charge — - 16
Saint Joseph Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 17Gross charge —
- 18
UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital
Shelbyville, KY
Gross charge — - 19
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital
Bardstown, KY
Gross charge — - 20
UofL Health – Jewish Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 21
Jennie Stuart Medical Center
Hopkinsville, KY
Gross charge — - 22
Deaconess Henderson Hospital
Henderson, KY
Gross charge — - 23
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling
Mount Sterling, KY
Gross charge — - 24
Harrison Memorial Hospital
Cynthiana, KY
Gross charge — - 25
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)
Madisonville, KY
Gross charge — - 26
University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 27
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 28Gross charge —
- 29
University of Kentucky Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 30
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 31
Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital
Paducah, KY
Gross charge — - 32
Middlesboro ARH Hospital
Middlesboro, KY
Gross charge — - 33Gross charge —
- 34
Harlan ARH Hospital
Harlan, KY
Gross charge — - 35
Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center
South Williamson, KY
Gross charge —
14 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for digestive system surgery under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $22,650 to $107,446. The cheapest is Taylor Regional Hospital in Campbellsville; the most expensive is Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care) in Somerset. The state average sits at $53,203.
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 digestive system surgery 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 digestive system surgery 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 digestive system surgery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 357 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.