Joint Infection Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
A hospital stay for a bacterial infection inside a joint, such as the knee or hip, which causes severe pain and swelling. Treatment typically combines IV antibiotics with a procedure to drain or wash out the joint.
State average
$58,674
gross charge · DRG 549
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$10,420 – $82,734
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Kentucky River Medical Center
Jackson, KY
Gross charge $10,420Cash pay $6,252 - 2
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $39,872Cash pay $25,917 - 3
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $39,872Cash pay $25,917 - 4
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $39,872Cash pay $25,917 - 5
Taylor Regional Hospital
Campbellsville, KY
Gross charge $41,585Cash pay $20,792 - 6
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $67,723Cash pay $27,089 - 7
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $71,337Cash pay $53,503 - 8
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $71,337Cash pay $53,503 - 9
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $71,337Cash pay $53,503 - 10
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $71,337Cash pay $53,503 - 11
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $71,337Cash pay $53,503 - 12
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $71,337Cash pay $53,503 - 13
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $71,337Cash pay $53,503 - 14
Meadowview Regional Medical Center
Maysville, KY
Gross charge $82,734Cash pay $33,093 - 15
Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center
Prestonsburg, KY
Gross charge — - 16
UK King's Daughters Medical Center
Ashland, KY
Gross charge — - 17
Saint Joseph Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 18Gross charge —
- 19
UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital
Shelbyville, KY
Gross charge — - 20
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital
Bardstown, KY
Gross charge — - 21
UofL Health – Jewish Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 22
Jennie Stuart Medical Center
Hopkinsville, KY
Gross charge — - 23
Deaconess Henderson Hospital
Henderson, KY
Gross charge — - 24
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling
Mount Sterling, KY
Gross charge — - 25
Harrison Memorial Hospital
Cynthiana, KY
Gross charge — - 26
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)
Madisonville, KY
Gross charge — - 27
University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 28
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 29Gross charge —
- 30
McDowell ARH Hospital
Mc Dowell, KY
Gross charge — - 31
University of Kentucky Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 32
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 33
Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital
Paducah, KY
Gross charge — - 34Gross charge —
- 35
Marcum and Wallace Memorial Hospital
Irvine, KY
Gross charge —
14 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for joint infection under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $10,420 to $82,734. The cheapest is Kentucky River Medical Center in Jackson; the most expensive is Meadowview Regional Medical Center in Maysville. The state average sits at $58,674.
What's listed is each hospital's gross charge — its published price for the inpatient stay, before any insurance discount. 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 joint infection at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
If you're scheduling joint infection in Kentucky, sort the list below by price, then click each hospital name to see its quality profile — CMS overall star rating, surgical-safety measures, readmission rates, patient-experience scores. The cheapest hospital isn't always the right call. Teaching hospitals often charge more because they take complex cases, and a higher-rated community hospital may deliver equivalent outcomes for a straightforward case at a lower price. Use the price column to narrow the field; use the quality data to make the final call.
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 joint infection in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 549 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.