Major Bowel Surgery Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
Surgery to remove or repair part of the small or large intestine, often for cancer, polyps, or diverticular disease. This version covers patients with an otherwise uncomplicated recovery focused on pain control and getting the bowel working again.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Russell County Hospital
Russell Springs, KY
Gross charge $10,365Cash pay $8,292 - 2
Taylor Regional Hospital
Campbellsville, KY
Gross charge $35,770Cash pay $17,885 - 3
UK St. Claire
Morehead, KY
Gross charge $38,285Cash pay $28,714 - 4
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $51,962Cash pay $38,972Medicare pays (avg) $9,629 - 5
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $51,962Cash pay $38,972 - 6
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $51,962Cash pay $38,972 - 7
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $51,962Cash pay $38,972Medicare pays (avg) $8,119 - 8
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $51,962Cash pay $38,972Medicare pays (avg) $9,670 - 9
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $51,962Cash pay $38,972Medicare pays (avg) $8,948 - 10
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $51,962Cash pay $38,972 - 11
Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Acute Care)
Murray, KY
Gross charge $52,725Cash pay $34,271 - 12
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $63,832Cash pay $41,491 - 13
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $63,832Cash pay $41,491Medicare pays (avg) $12,797 - 14
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $63,832Cash pay $41,491 - 15
Jackson Purchase Medical Center
Mayfield, KY
Gross charge $89,767Cash pay $35,907 - 16
Meadowview Regional Medical Center
Maysville, KY
Gross charge $98,653Cash pay $39,461 - 17
Spring View Hospital
Lebanon, KY
Gross charge $101,126Cash pay $40,451 - 18
Kentucky River Medical Center
Jackson, KY
Gross charge $109,520Cash pay $65,712 - 19
Three Rivers Medical Center
Louisa, KY
Gross charge $117,615Cash pay $70,569 - 20
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $132,229Cash pay $52,892 - 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 —Medicare pays (avg) $8,546 - 24Gross charge —
- 25
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) $10,249 - 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 —Medicare pays (avg) $13,684 - 34
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 35Gross charge —
- 36
McDowell ARH Hospital
Mc Dowell, KY
Gross charge — - 37
University of Kentucky Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,832 - 38
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,732 - 39
Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital
Paducah, KY
Gross charge — - 40
Whitesburg ARH Hospital
Whitesburg, KY
Gross charge — - 41
Middlesboro ARH Hospital
Middlesboro, 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 —
20 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for major bowel surgery under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $10,365 to $132,229. The cheapest is Russell County Hospital in Russell Springs; the most expensive is Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care) in Somerset. The state average sits at $67,064.
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 major bowel surgery 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 major bowel surgery 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 major bowel surgery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 331 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.