Knee Surgery Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
Knee surgery other than a full joint replacement, such as repairing cartilage or removing damaged tissue, when the problem is not a joint infection, in patients who also have complicating conditions. The stay covers the operation, pain control, and early recovery.
State average
$67,666
gross charge · DRG 488
Hospitals
7
with published pricing
Price range
$37,866 – $157,029
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
UK St. Claire
Morehead, KY
Gross charge $37,866Cash pay $28,400 - 2
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $52,922Cash pay $34,399 - 3
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $52,922Cash pay $34,399 - 4
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $52,922Cash pay $34,399 - 5
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $57,682 - 6
Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Acute Care)
Murray, KY
Gross charge $62,316Cash pay $40,505 - 7
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $157,029Cash pay $62,812 - 8
Whitesburg ARH Hospital
Whitesburg, KY
Gross charge — - 9
Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center
Prestonsburg, KY
Gross charge — - 10
UK King's Daughters Medical Center
Ashland, KY
Gross charge — - 11
Saint Joseph Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 12Gross charge —
- 13
UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital
Shelbyville, KY
Gross charge — - 14
Middlesboro ARH Hospital
Middlesboro, KY
Gross charge — - 15
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital
Bardstown, KY
Gross charge — - 16Gross charge —
- 17
UofL Health – Jewish Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 18
Harlan ARH Hospital
Harlan, KY
Gross charge — - 19
Jennie Stuart Medical Center
Hopkinsville, KY
Gross charge — - 20
Deaconess Henderson Hospital
Henderson, KY
Gross charge — - 21
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling
Mount Sterling, KY
Gross charge — - 22
Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center
South Williamson, KY
Gross charge — - 23
Paintsville ARH Hospital
Paintsville, KY
Gross charge — - 24
Harrison Memorial Hospital
Cynthiana, KY
Gross charge — - 25
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)
Madisonville, KY
Gross charge — - 26
Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital
Paducah, KY
Gross charge — - 27
University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 28
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 29
ARH Our Lady of the Way Hospital
Martin, KY
Gross charge — - 30
Morgan County ARH Hospital
West Liberty, KY
Gross charge — - 31
Mary Breckinridge ARH Hospital
Hyden, KY
Gross charge — - 32
Knox County Hospital
Barbourville, KY
Gross charge — - 33Gross charge —
- 34
McDowell ARH Hospital
Mc Dowell, KY
Gross charge — - 35
University of Kentucky Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge —
7 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for knee surgery under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $37,866 to $157,029. The cheapest is UK St. Claire in Morehead; the most expensive is Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care) in Somerset. The state average sits at $67,666.
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 knee surgery at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
If you're scheduling knee surgery 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 knee surgery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 488 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.