Heart Valve Infection (Endocarditis) Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
An infection of the heart's inner lining or valves, known as endocarditis, which is serious and requires hospital care. The stay typically involves IV antibiotics, blood tests, and heart imaging to check the valves.
State average
$73,701
gross charge · DRG 288
Hospitals
11
with published pricing
Price range
$35,358 – $88,366
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Acute Care)
Murray, KY
Gross charge $35,358Cash pay $22,983 - 2
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $42,868Cash pay $17,147 - 3
UK St. Claire
Morehead, KY
Gross charge $51,699Cash pay $38,774 - 4
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $62,231 - 5
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $88,366Cash pay $66,274 - 6
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $88,366Cash pay $66,274 - 7
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $88,366Cash pay $66,274 - 8
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $88,366Cash pay $66,274 - 9
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $88,366Cash pay $66,274 - 10
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $88,366Cash pay $66,274 - 11
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $88,366Cash pay $66,274 - 12
Whitesburg ARH Hospital
Whitesburg, KY
Gross charge — - 13
Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center
Prestonsburg, KY
Gross charge — - 14
UK King's Daughters Medical Center
Ashland, KY
Gross charge — - 15
Saint Joseph Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 16Gross charge —
- 17
UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital
Shelbyville, KY
Gross charge — - 18
Middlesboro ARH Hospital
Middlesboro, KY
Gross charge — - 19
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital
Bardstown, KY
Gross charge — - 20Gross charge —
- 21
UofL Health – Jewish Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 22
Harlan ARH Hospital
Harlan, KY
Gross charge — - 23
Jennie Stuart Medical Center
Hopkinsville, KY
Gross charge — - 24
Deaconess Henderson Hospital
Henderson, KY
Gross charge — - 25
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling
Mount Sterling, KY
Gross charge — - 26
Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center
South Williamson, KY
Gross charge — - 27
Paintsville ARH Hospital
Paintsville, KY
Gross charge — - 28
Harrison Memorial Hospital
Cynthiana, KY
Gross charge — - 29
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)
Madisonville, KY
Gross charge — - 30
University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 31
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 32
ARH Our Lady of the Way Hospital
Martin, KY
Gross charge — - 33
Morgan County ARH Hospital
West Liberty, KY
Gross charge — - 34
Mary Breckinridge ARH Hospital
Hyden, KY
Gross charge — - 35
Knox County Hospital
Barbourville, KY
Gross charge — - 36Gross charge —
- 37
McDowell ARH Hospital
Mc Dowell, KY
Gross charge — - 38
University of Kentucky Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge —
11 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for heart valve infection (endocarditis) under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $35,358 to $88,366. The cheapest is Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Acute Care) in Murray; the most expensive is Baptist Health La Grange in La Grange. The state average sits at $73,701.
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 heart valve infection (endocarditis) 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 heart valve infection (endocarditis) 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 heart valve infection (endocarditis) in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 288 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.