Major Heart & Blood Vessel Surgery Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
Major surgery on the heart or blood vessels, such as repairing an aneurysm or implanting a device, that does not fall into a more specific category. The stay includes the operation and closely monitored recovery.
State average
$131,465
gross charge · DRG 271
Hospitals
13
with published pricing
Price range
$100,721 – $141,141
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Acute Care)
Murray, KY
Gross charge $100,721Cash pay $65,469 - 2
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $119,602Cash pay $77,741 - 3
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $119,602Cash pay $77,741Medicare pays (avg) $32,795 - 4
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $119,602Cash pay $77,741 - 5
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $129,561Cash pay $51,824 - 6
UK St. Claire
Morehead, KY
Gross charge $131,969Cash pay $98,976 - 7
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $141,141Cash pay $105,856 - 8
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $141,141Cash pay $105,856 - 9
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $141,141Cash pay $105,856 - 10
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $141,141Cash pay $105,856Medicare pays (avg) $37,696 - 11
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $141,141Cash pay $105,856 - 12
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $141,141Cash pay $105,856Medicare pays (avg) $22,654 - 13
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $141,141Cash pay $105,856 - 14
Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center
Prestonsburg, KY
Gross charge — - 15
UK King's Daughters Medical Center
Ashland, KY
Gross charge — - 16
Saint Joseph Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $20,709 - 17Gross charge —
- 18
UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital
Shelbyville, KY
Gross charge — - 19
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital
Bardstown, KY
Gross charge — - 20
UofL Health – Jewish Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $19,574 - 21
Jennie Stuart Medical Center
Hopkinsville, KY
Gross charge — - 22
Deaconess Henderson Hospital
Henderson, KY
Gross charge — - 23
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling
Mount Sterling, KY
Gross charge — - 24
Harrison Memorial Hospital
Cynthiana, KY
Gross charge — - 25
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)
Madisonville, KY
Gross charge — - 26
University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 27
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 28Gross charge —
- 29
McDowell ARH Hospital
Mc Dowell, KY
Gross charge — - 30
University of Kentucky Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $26,672 - 31
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $21,079 - 32
Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital
Paducah, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $22,374 - 33Gross charge —
13 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for major heart & blood vessel surgery under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $100,721 to $141,141. The cheapest is Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Acute Care) in Murray; the most expensive is Baptist Health La Grange in La Grange. The state average sits at $131,465.
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 heart & blood vessel 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 heart & blood vessel 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 heart & blood vessel surgery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 271 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.