Major Bowel Surgery Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
An operation on the small or large intestine, such as removing a diseased section of bowel. The stay includes the surgery and several days of recovery while the digestive system starts working again.
State average
$130,971
gross charge · DRG 329
Hospitals
20
with published pricing
Price range
$23,481 – $217,375
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Russell County Hospital
Russell Springs, KY
Gross charge $23,481Cash pay $18,785 - 2
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $77,090Medicare pays (avg) $31,042 - 3
Spring View Hospital
Lebanon, KY
Gross charge $99,310Cash pay $39,724 - 4
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $106,962Cash pay $69,525 - 5
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $106,962Cash pay $69,525Medicare pays (avg) $49,850 - 6
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $106,962Cash pay $69,525 - 7
Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Acute Care)
Murray, KY
Gross charge $119,847Cash pay $77,901 - 8
Taylor Regional Hospital
Campbellsville, KY
Gross charge $120,476Cash pay $60,238 - 9
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $133,696Cash pay $100,272Medicare pays (avg) $27,548 - 10
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $133,696Cash pay $100,272 - 11
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $133,696Cash pay $100,272 - 12
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $133,696Cash pay $100,272Medicare pays (avg) $24,068 - 13
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $133,696Cash pay $100,272Medicare pays (avg) $26,920 - 14
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $133,696Cash pay $100,272Medicare pays (avg) $26,304 - 15
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $133,696Cash pay $100,272 - 16
UK St. Claire
Morehead, KY
Gross charge $134,075Cash pay $100,556 - 17
Meadowview Regional Medical Center
Maysville, KY
Gross charge $178,611Cash pay $71,444 - 18
Kentucky River Medical Center
Jackson, KY
Gross charge $182,134Cash pay $109,281 - 19
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $210,260Cash pay $84,104 - 20
Jackson Purchase Medical Center
Mayfield, KY
Gross charge $217,375Cash pay $86,950 - 21
Whitesburg ARH Hospital
Whitesburg, KY
Gross charge — - 22
Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center
Prestonsburg, KY
Gross charge — - 23
UK King's Daughters Medical Center
Ashland, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $23,452 - 24
Saint Joseph Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $25,691 - 25Gross charge —
- 26
UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital
Shelbyville, KY
Gross charge — - 27
Middlesboro ARH Hospital
Middlesboro, KY
Gross charge — - 28
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital
Bardstown, KY
Gross charge — - 29Gross charge —
- 30
UofL Health – Jewish Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $27,636 - 31
Harlan ARH Hospital
Harlan, KY
Gross charge — - 32
Jennie Stuart Medical Center
Hopkinsville, KY
Gross charge — - 33
Deaconess Henderson Hospital
Henderson, KY
Gross charge — - 34
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling
Mount Sterling, KY
Gross charge — - 35
Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center
South Williamson, KY
Gross charge — - 36
Paintsville ARH Hospital
Paintsville, KY
Gross charge — - 37
Harrison Memorial Hospital
Cynthiana, KY
Gross charge — - 38
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)
Madisonville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $32,567 - 39
Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital
Paducah, KY
Gross charge — - 40
University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $33,064 - 41
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 42
ARH Our Lady of the Way Hospital
Martin, KY
Gross charge — - 43
Morgan County ARH Hospital
West Liberty, KY
Gross charge — - 44
Mary Breckinridge ARH Hospital
Hyden, KY
Gross charge — - 45
Knox County Hospital
Barbourville, KY
Gross charge — - 46Gross charge —
- 47
McDowell ARH Hospital
Mc Dowell, KY
Gross charge — - 48
University of Kentucky Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $32,936
20 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for major bowel surgery under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $23,481 to $217,375. The cheapest is Russell County Hospital in Russell Springs; the most expensive is Jackson Purchase Medical Center in Mayfield. The state average sits at $130,971.
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 329 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.