Kidney Failure Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
The kidneys lose their ability to filter waste and fluid from the blood, either suddenly or as a worsening of chronic disease. Treatment typically involves IV fluids, adjusting medications, and frequent lab tests to track kidney function.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Monroe County Medical Center
Tompkinsville, KY
Gross charge $7,679Cash pay $6,374 - 2
Taylor Regional Hospital
Campbellsville, KY
Gross charge $8,627Cash pay $4,314 - 3
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $9,203Cash pay $5,982 - 4
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $9,203Cash pay $5,982 - 5
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $9,203Cash pay $5,982 - 6
UK St. Claire
Morehead, KY
Gross charge $9,712Cash pay $7,284 - 7
TJ Health Columbia Hospital
Columbia, KY
Gross charge $11,868Cash pay $7,714 - 8
Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Acute Care)
Murray, KY
Gross charge $14,700Cash pay $9,555 - 9
Spring View Hospital
Lebanon, KY
Gross charge $17,025Cash pay $6,810 - 10
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $19,984Cash pay $14,988 - 11
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $19,984Cash pay $14,988 - 12
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $19,984Cash pay $14,988 - 13
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $19,984Cash pay $14,988 - 14
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $19,984Cash pay $14,988 - 15
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $19,984Cash pay $14,988Medicare pays (avg) $2,554 - 16
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $19,984Cash pay $14,988 - 17
Jackson Purchase Medical Center
Mayfield, KY
Gross charge $22,654Cash pay $9,061 - 18
Kentucky River Medical Center
Jackson, KY
Gross charge $32,213Cash pay $19,328 - 19
Meadowview Regional Medical Center
Maysville, KY
Gross charge $32,365Cash pay $12,946 - 20
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $47,436Cash pay $18,975 - 21
Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center
Prestonsburg, KY
Gross charge — - 22
UK King's Daughters Medical Center
Ashland, KY
Gross charge — - 23
Saint Joseph Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 24Gross charge —
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UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital
Shelbyville, KY
Gross charge — - 26
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital
Bardstown, KY
Gross charge — - 27
UofL Health – Jewish Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $3,607 - 28
Jennie Stuart Medical Center
Hopkinsville, KY
Gross charge — - 29
Deaconess Henderson Hospital
Henderson, KY
Gross charge — - 30
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling
Mount Sterling, KY
Gross charge — - 31
Harrison Memorial Hospital
Cynthiana, KY
Gross charge — - 32
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)
Madisonville, KY
Gross charge — - 33
University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 34
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 35
Pineville Community Health Center
Pineville, KY
Gross charge —Cash pay $846 - 36Gross charge —
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McDowell ARH Hospital
Mc Dowell, KY
Gross charge — - 38
University of Kentucky Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 39
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $2,737 - 40
Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital
Paducah, KY
Gross charge — - 41
Whitesburg ARH Hospital
Whitesburg, KY
Gross charge — - 42Gross charge —
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Harlan ARH Hospital
Harlan, KY
Gross charge — - 44
Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center
South Williamson, KY
Gross charge — - 45
Paintsville ARH Hospital
Paintsville, KY
Gross charge — - 46
Morgan County ARH Hospital
West Liberty, KY
Gross charge — - 47
Marcum and Wallace Memorial Hospital
Irvine, KY
Gross charge —
20 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for kidney failure under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $7,679 to $47,436. The cheapest is Monroe County Medical Center in Tompkinsville; the most expensive is Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care) in Somerset. The state average sits at $18,589.
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 kidney failure 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 kidney failure 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 kidney failure in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 684 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.