DRG 917 · Mental Health & Substance Use

Drug Poisoning & Toxic Effects Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals

A harmful reaction to a medication, drug, or other toxic substance, whether accidental or intentional. Care usually involves close monitoring, medicines to counteract the effects of the substance, and support for any affected organs.

State average
$46,743
gross charge · DRG 917
Hospitals
23
with published pricing
Price range
$7,296 – $77,090
low to high
Lowest $7,296 Highest $77,090

23 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for drug poisoning & toxic effects under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $7,296 to $77,090. The cheapest is Pineville Community Health Center in Pineville; the most expensive is Norton Hospitals, Inc in Louisville. The state average sits at $46,743.

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 drug poisoning & toxic effects 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 drug poisoning & toxic effects 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 drug poisoning & toxic effects in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 917 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 $7,296
  2. 2

    Monroe County Medical Center

    Tompkinsville, KY

    Gross charge $11,007
    Cash pay $9,136
  3. 3

    Russell County Hospital

    Russell Springs, KY

    Gross charge $15,737
    Cash pay $12,590
  4. 4

    UK St. Claire

    Morehead, KY

    Gross charge $16,587
    Cash pay $12,441
  5. 5

    Taylor Regional Hospital

    Campbellsville, KY

    Gross charge $22,460
    Cash pay $11,230
  6. 6

    Meadowview Regional Medical Center

    Maysville, KY

    Gross charge $27,101
    Cash pay $10,840
  7. 7

    Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital

    Greenville, KY

    Gross charge $32,091
    Cash pay $20,859
  8. 8

    Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)

    Owensboro, KY

    Gross charge $32,091
    Cash pay $20,859
  9. 9

    Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center

    Leitchfield, KY

    Gross charge $32,091
    Cash pay $20,859
  10. 10

    Spring View Hospital

    Lebanon, KY

    Gross charge $35,056
    Cash pay $14,022
  11. 11

    Jackson Purchase Medical Center

    Mayfield, KY

    Gross charge $49,132
    Cash pay $19,653
  12. 12
    Gross charge $50,852
    Cash pay $33,054
  13. 13
    Gross charge $55,587
    Cash pay $33,352
  14. 14

    Three Rivers Medical Center

    Louisa, KY

    Gross charge $55,672
    Cash pay $33,403
  15. 15

    Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)

    Somerset, KY

    Gross charge $63,863
    Cash pay $25,545
  16. 16

    Baptist Health Hardin

    Elizabethtown, KY

    Gross charge $70,196
    Cash pay $52,647
  17. 17

    Baptist Health Richmond

    Richmond, KY

    Gross charge $70,196
    Cash pay $52,647
  18. 18

    Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)

    Corbin, KY

    Gross charge $70,196
    Cash pay $52,647
  19. 19

    Baptist Health Lexington

    Lexington, KY

    Gross charge $70,196
    Cash pay $52,647
  20. 20

    Baptist Health Paducah

    Paducah, KY

    Gross charge $70,196
    Cash pay $52,647
  21. 21

    Baptist Health Louisville

    Louisville, KY

    14 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $70,196
    Cash pay $52,647
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,326
  22. 22

    Baptist Health La Grange

    La Grange, KY

    Gross charge $70,196
    Cash pay $52,647
  23. 23

    Norton Hospitals, Inc

    Louisville, KY

    20 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $77,090
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,318
  24. 24

    Whitesburg ARH Hospital

    Whitesburg, KY

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  25. 25

    Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center

    Prestonsburg, KY

    Gross charge
  26. 26

    UK King's Daughters Medical Center

    Ashland, KY

    Gross charge
  27. 27

    Saint Joseph Hospital

    Lexington, KY

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  29. 29

    UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital

    Shelbyville, KY

    Gross charge
  30. 30

    Middlesboro ARH Hospital

    Middlesboro, KY

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  33. 33

    UofL Health – Jewish Hospital

    Louisville, KY

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  34. 34

    Harlan ARH Hospital

    Harlan, KY

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  35. 35

    Jennie Stuart Medical Center

    Hopkinsville, KY

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  36. 36

    Deaconess Henderson Hospital

    Henderson, KY

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  37. 37

    CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling

    Mount Sterling, KY

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  38. 38

    Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center

    South Williamson, KY

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  39. 39

    Paintsville ARH Hospital

    Paintsville, KY

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  40. 40

    Harrison Memorial Hospital

    Cynthiana, KY

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  41. 41

    Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)

    Madisonville, KY

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  42. 42

    Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital

    Paducah, KY

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  43. 43

    University of Louisville Hospital

    Louisville, KY

    12 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $12,805
  44. 44

    CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East

    Lexington, KY

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  45. 45

    Marcum and Wallace Memorial Hospital

    Irvine, KY

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  46. 46
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  47. 47

    Morgan County ARH Hospital

    West Liberty, KY

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  48. 48
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  49. 49

    Knox County Hospital

    Barbourville, KY

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  50. 50
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  51. 51

    McDowell ARH Hospital

    Mc Dowell, KY

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  52. 52

    University of Kentucky Hospital

    Lexington, KY

    14 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $9,361

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