Headache Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
Severe or persistent headaches, such as migraine, that need hospital care for relief. The stay typically involves IV medications and tests to rule out more serious causes.
State average
$57,956
gross charge · DRG 103
Hospitals
18
with published pricing
Price range
$3,476 – $110,170
low to high
Data notes for Kentucky
- The lowest published charge ($3,476 at Pineville Community Health Center) is unusually low for an inpatient stay. This may reflect a data-quality issue in the hospital's MRF rather than an actual price — verify directly with the hospital before relying on it.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Pineville Community Health Center
Pineville, KY
Gross charge $3,476 - 2
Meadowview Regional Medical Center
Maysville, KY
Gross charge $5,848Cash pay $2,339 - 3
Kentucky River Medical Center
Jackson, KY
Gross charge $7,807Cash pay $4,684 - 4
Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Acute Care)
Murray, KY
Gross charge $10,025Cash pay $6,516 - 5
UK St. Claire
Morehead, KY
Gross charge $14,993Cash pay $11,245 - 6
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $20,630Cash pay $13,409 - 7
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $20,630Cash pay $13,409 - 8
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $20,630Cash pay $13,409 - 9
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $41,620Medicare pays (avg) $4,869 - 10
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $50,182Cash pay $20,073 - 11
Jackson Purchase Medical Center
Mayfield, KY
Gross charge $76,184Cash pay $30,473 - 12
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $110,170Cash pay $82,628 - 13
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $110,170Cash pay $82,628 - 14
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $110,170Cash pay $82,628 - 15
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $110,170Cash pay $82,628 - 16
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $110,170Cash pay $82,628 - 17
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $110,170Cash pay $82,628 - 18
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $110,170Cash pay $82,628 - 19
Whitesburg ARH Hospital
Whitesburg, KY
Gross charge — - 20
Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center
Prestonsburg, KY
Gross charge — - 21
UK King's Daughters Medical Center
Ashland, KY
Gross charge — - 22
Saint Joseph Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 23Gross charge —
- 24
UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital
Shelbyville, KY
Gross charge — - 25
Middlesboro ARH Hospital
Middlesboro, KY
Gross charge — - 26
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital
Bardstown, KY
Gross charge — - 27Gross charge —
- 28
UofL Health – Jewish Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 29
Harlan ARH Hospital
Harlan, KY
Gross charge — - 30
Jennie Stuart Medical Center
Hopkinsville, KY
Gross charge — - 31
Deaconess Henderson Hospital
Henderson, KY
Gross charge — - 32
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling
Mount Sterling, KY
Gross charge — - 33
Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center
South Williamson, KY
Gross charge — - 34
Paintsville ARH Hospital
Paintsville, KY
Gross charge — - 35
Harrison Memorial Hospital
Cynthiana, KY
Gross charge — - 36
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)
Madisonville, KY
Gross charge — - 37
Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital
Paducah, KY
Gross charge — - 38
Monroe County Medical Center
Tompkinsville, KY
Gross charge —Cash pay $2,208 - 39
University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 40
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 41
Marcum and Wallace Memorial Hospital
Irvine, KY
Gross charge — - 42
ARH Our Lady of the Way Hospital
Martin, KY
Gross charge — - 43
Morgan County ARH Hospital
West Liberty, KY
Gross charge — - 44
Mary Breckinridge ARH Hospital
Hyden, KY
Gross charge — - 45
Knox County Hospital
Barbourville, KY
Gross charge — - 46Gross charge —
- 47
McDowell ARH Hospital
Mc Dowell, KY
Gross charge — - 48
University of Kentucky Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge —
18 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for headache under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $3,476 to $110,170. The cheapest is Pineville Community Health Center in Pineville; the most expensive is Baptist Health La Grange in La Grange. The state average sits at $57,956.
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 headache 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 headache 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 headache in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 103 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.