DRG 435 · Digestive

Liver, Bile Duct & Pancreatic Cancer Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals

Cancer of the liver, bile ducts, gallbladder, or pancreas requiring hospital care, often for symptoms such as jaundice, pain, or a blockage. Care may include drainage procedures, medications, and nutrition support.

State average
$38,041
gross charge · DRG 435
Hospitals
17
with published pricing
Price range
$5,666 – $57,682
low to high
Lowest $5,666 Highest $57,682

17 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for liver, bile duct & pancreatic cancer under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $5,666 to $57,682. The cheapest is Taylor Regional Hospital in Campbellsville; the most expensive is Norton Hospitals, Inc in Louisville. The state average sits at $38,041.

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, bile duct & pancreatic cancer 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, bile duct & pancreatic cancer 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, bile duct & pancreatic cancer in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 435 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

    Taylor Regional Hospital

    Campbellsville, KY

    Gross charge $5,666
    Cash pay $2,833
  2. 2

    Monroe County Medical Center

    Tompkinsville, KY

    Gross charge $6,600
    Cash pay $5,478
  3. 3

    Meadowview Regional Medical Center

    Maysville, KY

    Gross charge $20,792
    Cash pay $8,317
  4. 4
    Gross charge $20,870
    Cash pay $13,566
  5. 5

    Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)

    Somerset, KY

    Gross charge $28,825
    Cash pay $11,530
  6. 6

    Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital

    Greenville, KY

    Gross charge $29,985
    Cash pay $19,490
  7. 7

    Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)

    Owensboro, KY

    Gross charge $29,985
    Cash pay $19,490
  8. 8

    Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center

    Leitchfield, KY

    Gross charge $29,985
    Cash pay $19,490
  9. 9

    UK St. Claire

    Morehead, KY

    Gross charge $47,297
    Cash pay $35,473
  10. 10

    Baptist Health Hardin

    Elizabethtown, KY

    Gross charge $52,716
    Cash pay $39,537
  11. 11

    Baptist Health Richmond

    Richmond, KY

    Gross charge $52,716
    Cash pay $39,537
  12. 12

    Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)

    Corbin, KY

    Gross charge $52,716
    Cash pay $39,537
  13. 13

    Baptist Health Lexington

    Lexington, KY

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $52,716
    Cash pay $39,537
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,280
  14. 14

    Baptist Health Paducah

    Paducah, KY

    Gross charge $52,716
    Cash pay $39,537
  15. 15

    Baptist Health Louisville

    Louisville, KY

    Gross charge $52,716
    Cash pay $39,537
  16. 16

    Baptist Health La Grange

    La Grange, KY

    Gross charge $52,716
    Cash pay $39,537
  17. 17

    Norton Hospitals, Inc

    Louisville, KY

    34 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $57,682
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,504
  18. 18

    Whitesburg ARH Hospital

    Whitesburg, KY

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    Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center

    Prestonsburg, KY

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  20. 20

    UK King's Daughters Medical Center

    Ashland, KY

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  21. 21

    Saint Joseph Hospital

    Lexington, KY

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    UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital

    Shelbyville, KY

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  24. 24

    Middlesboro ARH Hospital

    Middlesboro, KY

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  27. 27

    UofL Health – Jewish Hospital

    Louisville, KY

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $11,657
  28. 28

    Harlan ARH Hospital

    Harlan, KY

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  29. 29

    Jennie Stuart Medical Center

    Hopkinsville, KY

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  30. 30

    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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  34. 34

    Harrison Memorial Hospital

    Cynthiana, KY

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  35. 35

    Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)

    Madisonville, KY

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  36. 36

    Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital

    Paducah, KY

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  37. 37

    University of Louisville Hospital

    Louisville, KY

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  38. 38

    CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East

    Lexington, KY

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  40. 40

    Morgan County ARH Hospital

    West Liberty, KY

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  42. 42

    Knox County Hospital

    Barbourville, KY

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  44. 44

    McDowell ARH Hospital

    Mc Dowell, KY

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  45. 45

    University of Kentucky Hospital

    Lexington, KY

    38 Medicare stays/yr
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    Medicare pays (avg) $14,604

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