Gallbladder Removal (Laparoscopic) Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
Minimally invasive (keyhole) surgery to remove the gallbladder, usually for painful gallstones or gallbladder inflammation. The stay involves the operation and a short recovery, often just a day or two.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Russell County Hospital
Russell Springs, KY
Gross charge $7,667Cash pay $6,134 - 2
Taylor Regional Hospital
Campbellsville, KY
Gross charge $27,326Cash pay $13,663 - 3
UK St. Claire
Morehead, KY
Gross charge $28,214Cash pay $21,161 - 4
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $36,937Cash pay $27,703 - 5
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $36,937Cash pay $27,703 - 6
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $36,937Cash pay $27,703 - 7
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $36,937Cash pay $27,703 - 8
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $36,937Cash pay $27,703 - 9
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $36,937Cash pay $27,703Medicare pays (avg) $7,021 - 10
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $36,937Cash pay $27,703 - 11
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $39,614Cash pay $25,749 - 12
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $39,614Cash pay $25,749 - 13
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $39,614Cash pay $25,749 - 14
Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Acute Care)
Murray, KY
Gross charge $43,865Cash pay $28,512 - 15
Meadowview Regional Medical Center
Maysville, KY
Gross charge $72,221Cash pay $28,888 - 16
Jackson Purchase Medical Center
Mayfield, KY
Gross charge $72,636Cash pay $29,054 - 17
Spring View Hospital
Lebanon, KY
Gross charge $74,778Cash pay $29,911 - 18
Kentucky River Medical Center
Jackson, KY
Gross charge $86,083Cash pay $51,650 - 19
Three Rivers Medical Center
Louisa, KY
Gross charge $87,322Cash pay $52,393 - 20
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $90,174Cash pay $36,070 - 21
Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center
Prestonsburg, KY
Gross charge — - 22
UK King's Daughters Medical Center
Ashland, KY
Gross charge — - 23
Saint Joseph Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 24Gross charge —
- 25
UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital
Shelbyville, KY
Gross charge — - 26
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital
Bardstown, KY
Gross charge — - 27
UofL Health – Jewish Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 28
Jennie Stuart Medical Center
Hopkinsville, KY
Gross charge — - 29
Deaconess Henderson Hospital
Henderson, KY
Gross charge — - 30
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling
Mount Sterling, KY
Gross charge — - 31
Harrison Memorial Hospital
Cynthiana, KY
Gross charge — - 32
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)
Madisonville, KY
Gross charge — - 33
University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 34
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 35Gross charge —
- 36
McDowell ARH Hospital
Mc Dowell, KY
Gross charge — - 37
University of Kentucky Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 38
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,201 - 39
Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital
Paducah, KY
Gross charge — - 40
Whitesburg ARH Hospital
Whitesburg, KY
Gross charge — - 41
Middlesboro ARH Hospital
Middlesboro, KY
Gross charge — - 42Gross charge —
- 43
Harlan ARH Hospital
Harlan, KY
Gross charge — - 44
Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center
South Williamson, KY
Gross charge —
20 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for gallbladder removal (laparoscopic) under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $7,667 to $90,174. The cheapest is Russell County Hospital in Russell Springs; the most expensive is Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care) in Somerset. The state average sits at $48,384.
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 removal (laparoscopic) 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 removal (laparoscopic) 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 removal (laparoscopic) in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 419 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.