Major Bowel Surgery Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
Surgery to remove or repair part of the small or large intestine, often for cancer, diverticulitis, or a blockage. The stay includes the operation followed by several days of recovery in the hospital while the bowel starts working again.
State average
$81,180
gross charge · DRG 330
Hospitals
19
with published pricing
Price range
$10,985 – $247,952
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Russell County Hospital
Russell Springs, KY
Gross charge $10,985Cash pay $8,788 - 2
Taylor Regional Hospital
Campbellsville, KY
Gross charge $52,091Cash pay $26,045 - 3
UK St. Claire
Morehead, KY
Gross charge $59,040Cash pay $44,280 - 4
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $59,500Cash pay $44,625Medicare pays (avg) $14,298 - 5
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $59,500Cash pay $44,625 - 6
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $59,500Cash pay $44,625 - 7
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $59,500Cash pay $44,625Medicare pays (avg) $13,945 - 8
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $59,500Cash pay $44,625 - 9
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $59,500Cash pay $44,625Medicare pays (avg) $11,885 - 10
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $59,500Cash pay $44,625 - 11
Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Acute Care)
Murray, KY
Gross charge $71,710Cash pay $46,612 - 12
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $73,395Cash pay $47,707 - 13
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $73,395Cash pay $47,707Medicare pays (avg) $17,668 - 14
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $73,395Cash pay $47,707 - 15
Spring View Hospital
Lebanon, KY
Gross charge $81,891Cash pay $32,756 - 16
Jackson Purchase Medical Center
Mayfield, KY
Gross charge $98,673Cash pay $39,469 - 17
Kentucky River Medical Center
Jackson, KY
Gross charge $125,302Cash pay $75,181 - 18
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $158,086Cash pay $63,234 - 19
Meadowview Regional Medical Center
Maysville, KY
Gross charge $247,952Cash pay $99,181 - 20
Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center
Prestonsburg, KY
Gross charge — - 21
UK King's Daughters Medical Center
Ashland, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,409 - 22
Saint Joseph Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,342 - 23Gross charge —
- 24
UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital
Shelbyville, KY
Gross charge — - 25
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital
Bardstown, KY
Gross charge — - 26
UofL Health – Jewish Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $15,663 - 27
Jennie Stuart Medical Center
Hopkinsville, KY
Gross charge — - 28
Deaconess Henderson Hospital
Henderson, KY
Gross charge — - 29
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling
Mount Sterling, KY
Gross charge — - 30
Harrison Memorial Hospital
Cynthiana, KY
Gross charge — - 31
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)
Madisonville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,622 - 32
University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $19,131 - 33
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 34Gross charge —
- 35
McDowell ARH Hospital
Mc Dowell, KY
Gross charge — - 36
University of Kentucky Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $15,995 - 37
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $16,050 - 38
Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital
Paducah, KY
Gross charge — - 39
Whitesburg ARH Hospital
Whitesburg, KY
Gross charge — - 40
Middlesboro ARH Hospital
Middlesboro, KY
Gross charge — - 41Gross charge —
- 42
Harlan ARH Hospital
Harlan, KY
Gross charge — - 43
Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center
South Williamson, KY
Gross charge —
19 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for major bowel surgery under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $10,985 to $247,952. The cheapest is Russell County Hospital in Russell Springs; the most expensive is Meadowview Regional Medical Center in Maysville. The state average sits at $81,180.
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 330 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.