DRG 385 · Digestive

Inflammatory Bowel Disease Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals

Inflammatory bowel disease, including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, causes flare-ups of abdominal pain, diarrhea, and intestinal inflammation. A hospital stay typically involves IV fluids, medications to calm the inflammation, and close monitoring.

State average
$39,523
gross charge · DRG 385
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$25,998 – $77,090
low to high
Lowest $25,998 Highest $77,090

14 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for inflammatory bowel disease under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $25,998 to $77,090. The cheapest is Baptist Health Hardin in Elizabethtown; the most expensive is Norton Hospitals, Inc in Louisville. The state average sits at $39,523.

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 inflammatory bowel disease 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 inflammatory bowel disease 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 inflammatory bowel disease in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 385 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

    Baptist Health Hardin

    Elizabethtown, KY

    Gross charge $25,998
    Cash pay $19,499
  2. 2

    Baptist Health Richmond

    Richmond, KY

    Gross charge $25,998
    Cash pay $19,499
  3. 3

    Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)

    Corbin, KY

    Gross charge $25,998
    Cash pay $19,499
  4. 4

    Baptist Health Lexington

    Lexington, KY

    Gross charge $25,998
    Cash pay $19,499
  5. 5

    Baptist Health Paducah

    Paducah, KY

    Gross charge $25,998
    Cash pay $19,499
  6. 6

    Baptist Health Louisville

    Louisville, KY

    Gross charge $25,998
    Cash pay $19,499
  7. 7

    Baptist Health La Grange

    La Grange, KY

    Gross charge $25,998
    Cash pay $19,499
  8. 8

    Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital

    Greenville, KY

    Gross charge $38,806
    Cash pay $25,224
  9. 9

    Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)

    Owensboro, KY

    Gross charge $38,806
    Cash pay $25,224
  10. 10

    Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center

    Leitchfield, KY

    Gross charge $38,806
    Cash pay $25,224
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    Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)

    Somerset, KY

    Gross charge $52,960
    Cash pay $21,184
  12. 12

    Three Rivers Medical Center

    Louisa, KY

    Gross charge $61,495
    Cash pay $36,897
  13. 13

    UK St. Claire

    Morehead, KY

    Gross charge $63,376
    Cash pay $47,532
  14. 14

    Norton Hospitals, Inc

    Louisville, KY

    Gross charge $77,090
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    Whitesburg ARH Hospital

    Whitesburg, KY

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    Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center

    Prestonsburg, KY

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    UK King's Daughters Medical Center

    Ashland, KY

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    Saint Joseph Hospital

    Lexington, KY

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    UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital

    Shelbyville, KY

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    Middlesboro ARH Hospital

    Middlesboro, KY

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    UofL Health – Jewish Hospital

    Louisville, KY

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  25. 25

    Harlan ARH Hospital

    Harlan, KY

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    Jennie Stuart Medical Center

    Hopkinsville, KY

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    Deaconess Henderson Hospital

    Henderson, KY

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    CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling

    Mount Sterling, KY

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    Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center

    South Williamson, KY

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    Paintsville ARH Hospital

    Paintsville, KY

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    Harrison Memorial Hospital

    Cynthiana, KY

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    Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)

    Madisonville, KY

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    Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital

    Paducah, KY

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    University of Louisville Hospital

    Louisville, KY

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    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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    McDowell ARH Hospital

    Mc Dowell, KY

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    University of Kentucky Hospital

    Lexington, KY

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