Infection Requiring Surgery Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
A serious infection that requires an operation as part of treatment, such as surgery to remove infected tissue or drain an abscess. The stay involves the operation plus IV antibiotics and close monitoring, often in intensive care.
State average
$121,920
gross charge · DRG 853
Hospitals
20
with published pricing
Price range
$63,964 – $228,418
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Taylor Regional Hospital
Campbellsville, KY
Gross charge $63,964Cash pay $31,982 - 2
Spring View Hospital
Lebanon, KY
Gross charge $72,361Cash pay $28,944 - 3
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $86,779Cash pay $56,406 - 4
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $86,779Cash pay $56,406Medicare pays (avg) $39,609 - 5
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $86,779Cash pay $56,406 - 6
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $92,596Medicare pays (avg) $33,422 - 7
UK St. Claire
Morehead, KY
Gross charge $104,125Cash pay $78,094Medicare pays (avg) $34,393 - 8
Jackson Purchase Medical Center
Mayfield, KY
Gross charge $117,172Cash pay $46,869Medicare pays (avg) $31,891 - 9
Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Acute Care)
Murray, KY
Gross charge $124,971Cash pay $81,231 - 10
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $127,425Cash pay $95,569Medicare pays (avg) $28,140 - 11
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $127,425Cash pay $95,569 - 12
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $127,425Cash pay $95,569Medicare pays (avg) $37,207 - 13
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $127,425Cash pay $95,569Medicare pays (avg) $32,303 - 14
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $127,425Cash pay $95,569Medicare pays (avg) $28,132 - 15
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $127,425Cash pay $95,569Medicare pays (avg) $29,815 - 16
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $127,425Cash pay $95,569 - 17
Three Rivers Medical Center
Louisa, KY
Gross charge $150,513Cash pay $90,308 - 18
Meadowview Regional Medical Center
Maysville, KY
Gross charge $158,727Cash pay $63,491 - 19
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $173,251Cash pay $69,301Medicare pays (avg) $34,248 - 20
Kentucky River Medical Center
Jackson, KY
Gross charge $228,418Cash pay $137,051 - 21
Whitesburg ARH Hospital
Whitesburg, KY
Gross charge — - 22
Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center
Prestonsburg, KY
Gross charge — - 23
UK King's Daughters Medical Center
Ashland, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $25,935 - 24
Saint Joseph Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $36,040 - 25Gross charge —
- 26
UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital
Shelbyville, KY
Gross charge — - 27
Middlesboro ARH Hospital
Middlesboro, KY
Gross charge — - 28
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital
Bardstown, KY
Gross charge — - 29Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $34,110
- 30
UofL Health – Jewish Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $38,176 - 31
Harlan ARH Hospital
Harlan, KY
Gross charge — - 32
Jennie Stuart Medical Center
Hopkinsville, KY
Gross charge — - 33
Deaconess Henderson Hospital
Henderson, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $30,847 - 34
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling
Mount Sterling, KY
Gross charge — - 35
Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center
South Williamson, KY
Gross charge — - 36
Paintsville ARH Hospital
Paintsville, KY
Gross charge — - 37
Harrison Memorial Hospital
Cynthiana, KY
Gross charge — - 38
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)
Madisonville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $34,303 - 39
Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital
Paducah, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $30,163 - 40
University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $41,412 - 41
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
Lexington, 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 —Medicare pays (avg) $39,104
20 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for infection requiring surgery under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $63,964 to $228,418. The cheapest is Taylor Regional Hospital in Campbellsville; the most expensive is Kentucky River Medical Center in Jackson. The state average sits at $121,920.
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 infection requiring surgery 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 infection requiring surgery 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 infection requiring surgery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 853 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.