DRG 443 · Digestive

Liver Disease Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals

A hospital stay for liver problems such as hepatitis or other liver inflammation, not including cirrhosis or liver cancer. Care usually involves blood tests, imaging, and medicines while liver function is monitored.

State average
$21,294
gross charge · DRG 443
Hospitals
19
with published pricing
Price range
$2,589 – $35,424
low to high
Lowest $2,589 Highest $35,424

19 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for liver disease under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $2,589 to $35,424. The cheapest is Monroe County Medical Center in Tompkinsville; the most expensive is Kentucky River Medical Center in Jackson. The state average sits at $21,294.

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 liver 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 liver 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 liver disease in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 443 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.

Data notes for Kentucky

Hospitals ranked by gross charge

  1. 1

    Monroe County Medical Center

    Tompkinsville, KY

    Gross charge $2,589
    Cash pay $2,149
  2. 2

    Taylor Regional Hospital

    Campbellsville, KY

    Gross charge $9,448
    Cash pay $4,724
  3. 3

    UK St. Claire

    Morehead, KY

    Gross charge $10,497
    Cash pay $7,873
  4. 4

    Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital

    Greenville, KY

    Gross charge $11,172
    Cash pay $7,262
  5. 5

    Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)

    Owensboro, KY

    Gross charge $11,172
    Cash pay $7,262
  6. 6

    Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center

    Leitchfield, KY

    Gross charge $11,172
    Cash pay $7,262
  7. 7

    Spring View Hospital

    Lebanon, KY

    Gross charge $22,987
    Cash pay $9,195
  8. 8

    Baptist Health Hardin

    Elizabethtown, KY

    Gross charge $25,085
    Cash pay $18,814
  9. 9

    Baptist Health Richmond

    Richmond, KY

    Gross charge $25,085
    Cash pay $18,814
  10. 10

    Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)

    Corbin, KY

    Gross charge $25,085
    Cash pay $18,814
  11. 11

    Baptist Health Lexington

    Lexington, KY

    Gross charge $25,085
    Cash pay $18,814
  12. 12

    Baptist Health Paducah

    Paducah, KY

    Gross charge $25,085
    Cash pay $18,814
  13. 13

    Baptist Health Louisville

    Louisville, KY

    Gross charge $25,085
    Cash pay $18,814
  14. 14

    Baptist Health La Grange

    La Grange, KY

    Gross charge $25,085
    Cash pay $18,814
  15. 15

    Three Rivers Medical Center

    Louisa, KY

    Gross charge $27,251
    Cash pay $16,350
  16. 16

    Jackson Purchase Medical Center

    Mayfield, KY

    Gross charge $28,096
    Cash pay $11,238
  17. 17

    Norton Hospitals, Inc

    Louisville, KY

    Gross charge $29,192
  18. 18

    Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)

    Somerset, KY

    Gross charge $29,996
    Cash pay $11,998
  19. 19
    Gross charge $35,424
    Cash pay $21,255
  20. 20

    Whitesburg ARH Hospital

    Whitesburg, KY

    Gross charge
  21. 21

    Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center

    Prestonsburg, KY

    Gross charge
  22. 22

    UK King's Daughters Medical Center

    Ashland, KY

    Gross charge
  23. 23

    Saint Joseph Hospital

    Lexington, KY

    Gross charge
  24. 24
    Gross charge
  25. 25

    UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital

    Shelbyville, KY

    Gross charge
  26. 26

    Middlesboro ARH Hospital

    Middlesboro, KY

    Gross charge
  27. 27
    Gross charge
  28. 28
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  29. 29

    UofL Health – Jewish Hospital

    Louisville, KY

    Gross charge
  30. 30

    Harlan ARH Hospital

    Harlan, KY

    Gross charge
  31. 31

    Jennie Stuart Medical Center

    Hopkinsville, KY

    Gross charge
  32. 32

    Deaconess Henderson Hospital

    Henderson, KY

    Gross charge
  33. 33

    CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling

    Mount Sterling, KY

    Gross charge
  34. 34

    Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center

    South Williamson, KY

    Gross charge
  35. 35

    Paintsville ARH Hospital

    Paintsville, KY

    Gross charge
  36. 36

    Harrison Memorial Hospital

    Cynthiana, KY

    Gross charge
  37. 37

    Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)

    Madisonville, KY

    Gross charge
  38. 38

    Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital

    Paducah, KY

    Gross charge
  39. 39

    University of Louisville Hospital

    Louisville, KY

    Gross charge
  40. 40

    CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East

    Lexington, KY

    Gross charge
  41. 41

    Pineville Community Health Center

    Pineville, KY

    Gross charge
    Cash pay $1,338
  42. 42
    Gross charge
  43. 43

    Morgan County ARH Hospital

    West Liberty, KY

    Gross charge
  44. 44
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  45. 45

    Knox County Hospital

    Barbourville, KY

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  46. 46
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  47. 47

    McDowell ARH Hospital

    Mc Dowell, KY

    Gross charge
  48. 48

    University of Kentucky Hospital

    Lexington, KY

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