DRG 388 · Digestive

GI Obstruction Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals

A blockage in the intestines that keeps food and fluid from passing through, causing pain, bloating, and vomiting. Treatment usually involves resting the bowel, a tube to relieve pressure, and IV fluids, with surgery if the blockage doesn't clear.

State average
$35,017
gross charge · DRG 388
Hospitals
21
with published pricing
Price range
$8,155 – $72,424
low to high
Lowest $8,155 Highest $72,424

21 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for gi obstruction under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $8,155 to $72,424. The cheapest is Pineville Community Health Center in Pineville; the most expensive is Meadowview Regional Medical Center in Maysville. The state average sits at $35,017.

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 gi obstruction 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 gi obstruction 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 gi obstruction in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 388 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 $8,155
  2. 2

    Monroe County Medical Center

    Tompkinsville, KY

    Gross charge $13,441
    Cash pay $11,156
  3. 3

    UK St. Claire

    Morehead, KY

    Gross charge $18,371
    Cash pay $13,778
  4. 4

    Taylor Regional Hospital

    Campbellsville, KY

    Gross charge $28,039
    Cash pay $14,019
  5. 5

    Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital

    Greenville, KY

    Gross charge $29,135
    Cash pay $18,938
  6. 6

    Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)

    Owensboro, KY

    Gross charge $29,135
    Cash pay $18,938
  7. 7

    Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center

    Leitchfield, KY

    Gross charge $29,135
    Cash pay $18,938
  8. 8
    Gross charge $32,399
    Cash pay $19,439
  9. 9

    Baptist Health Hardin

    Elizabethtown, KY

    Gross charge $32,726
    Cash pay $24,545
  10. 10

    Baptist Health Richmond

    Richmond, KY

    Gross charge $32,726
    Cash pay $24,545
  11. 11

    Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)

    Corbin, KY

    Gross charge $32,726
    Cash pay $24,545
  12. 12

    Baptist Health Lexington

    Lexington, KY

    Gross charge $32,726
    Cash pay $24,545
  13. 13

    Baptist Health Paducah

    Paducah, KY

    Gross charge $32,726
    Cash pay $24,545
  14. 14

    Baptist Health Louisville

    Louisville, KY

    28 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $32,726
    Cash pay $24,545
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,203
  15. 15

    Baptist Health La Grange

    La Grange, KY

    Gross charge $32,726
    Cash pay $24,545
  16. 16
    Gross charge $40,545
    Cash pay $26,354
  17. 17

    Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)

    Somerset, KY

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $41,810
    Cash pay $16,724
    Medicare pays (avg) $9,455
  18. 18

    Jackson Purchase Medical Center

    Mayfield, KY

    Gross charge $41,911
    Cash pay $16,765
  19. 19

    Norton Hospitals, Inc

    Louisville, KY

    38 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $60,344
    Medicare pays (avg) $9,558
  20. 20

    Three Rivers Medical Center

    Louisa, KY

    Gross charge $61,433
    Cash pay $36,860
  21. 21

    Meadowview Regional Medical Center

    Maysville, KY

    Gross charge $72,424
    Cash pay $28,970
  22. 22

    Whitesburg ARH Hospital

    Whitesburg, KY

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  23. 23

    Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center

    Prestonsburg, KY

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  24. 24

    UK King's Daughters Medical Center

    Ashland, KY

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  25. 25

    Saint Joseph Hospital

    Lexington, KY

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    UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital

    Shelbyville, KY

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  28. 28

    Middlesboro ARH Hospital

    Middlesboro, KY

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    UofL Health – Jewish Hospital

    Louisville, KY

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  32. 32

    Harlan ARH Hospital

    Harlan, KY

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  33. 33

    Jennie Stuart Medical Center

    Hopkinsville, KY

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  34. 34

    Deaconess Henderson Hospital

    Henderson, KY

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  35. 35

    CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling

    Mount Sterling, KY

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  36. 36

    Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center

    South Williamson, KY

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  37. 37

    Paintsville ARH Hospital

    Paintsville, KY

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  38. 38

    Harrison Memorial Hospital

    Cynthiana, KY

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  39. 39

    Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)

    Madisonville, KY

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  40. 40

    Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital

    Paducah, KY

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  41. 41

    University of Louisville Hospital

    Louisville, KY

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  42. 42

    CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East

    Lexington, KY

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    Morgan County ARH Hospital

    West Liberty, KY

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    Knox County Hospital

    Barbourville, KY

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  48. 48

    McDowell ARH Hospital

    Mc Dowell, KY

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  49. 49

    University of Kentucky Hospital

    Lexington, KY

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