DRG 445 · Digestive

Gallbladder & Bile Duct Disorders Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals

Problems with the gallbladder or bile ducts, such as gallstones or a blocked duct, managed without major surgery. Care often includes imaging, IV medicines, and sometimes an endoscopic procedure to clear a blockage.

State average
$39,370
gross charge · DRG 445
Hospitals
21
with published pricing
Price range
$6,869 – $97,210
low to high
Lowest $6,869 Highest $97,210

21 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for gallbladder & bile duct disorders under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $6,869 to $97,210. The cheapest is Pineville Community Health Center in Pineville; the most expensive is Jackson Purchase Medical Center in Mayfield. The state average sits at $39,370.

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 gallbladder & bile duct disorders 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 gallbladder & bile duct disorders 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 gallbladder & bile duct disorders in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 445 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 $6,869
  2. 2

    Monroe County Medical Center

    Tompkinsville, KY

    Gross charge $6,897
    Cash pay $5,724
  3. 3

    Taylor Regional Hospital

    Campbellsville, KY

    Gross charge $21,037
    Cash pay $10,518
  4. 4

    UK St. Claire

    Morehead, KY

    Gross charge $22,756
    Cash pay $17,067
  5. 5

    Meadowview Regional Medical Center

    Maysville, KY

    Gross charge $24,771
    Cash pay $9,909
  6. 6

    Spring View Hospital

    Lebanon, KY

    Gross charge $29,666
    Cash pay $11,867
  7. 7

    Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital

    Greenville, KY

    Gross charge $31,283
    Cash pay $20,334
  8. 8

    Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)

    Owensboro, KY

    Gross charge $31,283
    Cash pay $20,334
  9. 9

    Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center

    Leitchfield, KY

    Gross charge $31,283
    Cash pay $20,334
  10. 10

    Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)

    Somerset, KY

    Gross charge $35,761
    Cash pay $14,304
  11. 11
    Gross charge $38,243
    Cash pay $22,946
  12. 12
    Gross charge $40,994
    Cash pay $26,646
  13. 13

    Baptist Health Hardin

    Elizabethtown, KY

    Gross charge $45,264
    Cash pay $33,948
  14. 14

    Baptist Health Richmond

    Richmond, KY

    Gross charge $45,264
    Cash pay $33,948
  15. 15

    Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)

    Corbin, KY

    Gross charge $45,264
    Cash pay $33,948
  16. 16

    Baptist Health Lexington

    Lexington, KY

    Gross charge $45,264
    Cash pay $33,948
  17. 17

    Baptist Health Paducah

    Paducah, KY

    Gross charge $45,264
    Cash pay $33,948
  18. 18

    Baptist Health Louisville

    Louisville, KY

    22 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $45,264
    Cash pay $33,948
    Medicare pays (avg) $5,493
  19. 19

    Baptist Health La Grange

    La Grange, KY

    Gross charge $45,264
    Cash pay $33,948
  20. 20

    Three Rivers Medical Center

    Louisa, KY

    Gross charge $91,875
    Cash pay $55,125
  21. 21

    Jackson Purchase Medical Center

    Mayfield, KY

    Gross charge $97,210
    Cash pay $38,884
  22. 22

    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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    UofL Health – Jewish Hospital

    Louisville, KY

    15 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $6,925
  29. 29

    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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    Harrison Memorial Hospital

    Cynthiana, KY

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    Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)

    Madisonville, 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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    McDowell ARH Hospital

    Mc Dowell, KY

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  38. 38

    University of Kentucky Hospital

    Lexington, KY

    22 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $8,382
  39. 39

    Norton Hospitals, Inc

    Louisville, KY

    38 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $6,893
  40. 40

    Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital

    Paducah, KY

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    Whitesburg ARH Hospital

    Whitesburg, KY

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    Middlesboro ARH Hospital

    Middlesboro, KY

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    Harlan ARH Hospital

    Harlan, KY

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    Paintsville ARH Hospital

    Paintsville, KY

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    Marcum and Wallace Memorial Hospital

    Irvine, KY

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