DRG 346 · Digestive

Minor Bowel Surgery Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals

A smaller operation on the small or large intestine, such as removing or repairing a limited section, in patients without other complicating conditions. Recovery in the hospital focuses on the return of normal digestion before going home.

State average
$88,025
gross charge · DRG 346
Hospitals
15
with published pricing
Price range
$21,464 – $145,630
low to high
Lowest $21,464 Highest $145,630

15 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for minor bowel surgery under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $21,464 to $145,630. 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 $88,025.

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 minor 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 minor 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 minor bowel surgery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 346 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
    Gross charge $21,464
    Cash pay $13,952
  2. 2

    Taylor Regional Hospital

    Campbellsville, KY

    Gross charge $32,073
    Cash pay $16,036
  3. 3

    Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital

    Greenville, KY

    Gross charge $34,193
    Cash pay $22,225
  4. 4

    Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)

    Owensboro, KY

    Gross charge $34,193
    Cash pay $22,225
  5. 5

    Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center

    Leitchfield, KY

    Gross charge $34,193
    Cash pay $22,225
  6. 6

    UK St. Claire

    Morehead, KY

    Gross charge $43,067
    Cash pay $32,300
  7. 7

    Jackson Purchase Medical Center

    Mayfield, KY

    Gross charge $46,885
    Cash pay $18,754
  8. 8

    Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)

    Somerset, KY

    Gross charge $54,896
    Cash pay $21,958
  9. 9

    Baptist Health Hardin

    Elizabethtown, KY

    Gross charge $145,630
    Cash pay $109,223
  10. 10

    Baptist Health Richmond

    Richmond, KY

    Gross charge $145,630
    Cash pay $109,223
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    Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)

    Corbin, KY

    Gross charge $145,630
    Cash pay $109,223
  12. 12

    Baptist Health Lexington

    Lexington, KY

    Gross charge $145,630
    Cash pay $109,223
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    Baptist Health Paducah

    Paducah, KY

    Gross charge $145,630
    Cash pay $109,223
  14. 14

    Baptist Health Louisville

    Louisville, KY

    Gross charge $145,630
    Cash pay $109,223
  15. 15

    Baptist Health La Grange

    La Grange, KY

    Gross charge $145,630
    Cash pay $109,223
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    UK King's Daughters Medical Center

    Ashland, KY

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    Saint Joseph Hospital

    Lexington, KY

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    UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital

    Shelbyville, KY

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    UofL Health – Jewish Hospital

    Louisville, KY

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    Jennie Stuart Medical Center

    Hopkinsville, KY

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    Deaconess Henderson Hospital

    Henderson, KY

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    CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling

    Mount Sterling, KY

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    Harrison Memorial Hospital

    Cynthiana, KY

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    Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)

    Madisonville, KY

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    University of Louisville Hospital

    Louisville, KY

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    CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East

    Lexington, KY

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    University of Kentucky Hospital

    Lexington, KY

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    Norton Hospitals, Inc

    Louisville, KY

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    Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center

    South Williamson, KY

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