Gallbladder Removal Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
Removal of the gallbladder through small incisions (laparoscopic surgery), usually because of gallstones, in patients who also have other serious health problems. The stay covers the operation and monitoring until eating and moving comfortably again.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
UK St. Claire
Morehead, KY
Gross charge $34,271Cash pay $25,704 - 2
Taylor Regional Hospital
Campbellsville, KY
Gross charge $39,728Cash pay $19,864 - 3
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $49,395Cash pay $32,107 - 4
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $49,395Cash pay $32,107 - 5
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $49,395Cash pay $32,107 - 6
Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Acute Care)
Murray, KY
Gross charge $56,568Cash pay $36,769 - 7
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $66,620Cash pay $49,965 - 8
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $66,620Cash pay $49,965 - 9
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $66,620Cash pay $49,965 - 10
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $66,620Cash pay $49,965 - 11
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $66,620Cash pay $49,965 - 12
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $66,620Cash pay $49,965Medicare pays (avg) $13,820 - 13
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $66,620Cash pay $49,965 - 14
Spring View Hospital
Lebanon, KY
Gross charge $86,660Cash pay $34,664 - 15
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $127,165Cash pay $50,866 - 16
Three Rivers Medical Center
Louisa, KY
Gross charge $129,126Cash pay $77,476 - 17
Kentucky River Medical Center
Jackson, KY
Gross charge $134,044Cash pay $80,427 - 18
Meadowview Regional Medical Center
Maysville, KY
Gross charge $144,114Cash pay $57,646 - 19
Jackson Purchase Medical Center
Mayfield, KY
Gross charge $164,716Cash pay $65,887 - 20
Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center
Prestonsburg, KY
Gross charge — - 21
UK King's Daughters Medical Center
Ashland, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,501 - 22
Saint Joseph Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 23Gross charge —
- 24
UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital
Shelbyville, KY
Gross charge — - 25
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital
Bardstown, KY
Gross charge — - 26
UofL Health – Jewish Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 27
Jennie Stuart Medical Center
Hopkinsville, KY
Gross charge — - 28
Deaconess Henderson Hospital
Henderson, KY
Gross charge — - 29
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling
Mount Sterling, KY
Gross charge — - 30
Harrison Memorial Hospital
Cynthiana, KY
Gross charge — - 31
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)
Madisonville, KY
Gross charge — - 32
University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 33
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 34Gross charge —
- 35
McDowell ARH Hospital
Mc Dowell, KY
Gross charge — - 36
University of Kentucky Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 37
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $15,371 - 38
Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital
Paducah, KY
Gross charge — - 39
Whitesburg ARH Hospital
Whitesburg, KY
Gross charge — - 40
Middlesboro ARH Hospital
Middlesboro, KY
Gross charge — - 41Gross charge —
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Harlan ARH Hospital
Harlan, KY
Gross charge —
19 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for gallbladder removal under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $34,271 to $164,716. The cheapest is UK St. Claire in Morehead; the most expensive is Jackson Purchase Medical Center in Mayfield. The state average sits at $80,575.
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 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 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 in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 417 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.