Neck Fusion & Other Back Surgery Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
Surgery to join (fuse) bones in the neck, or other operations on the back or neck, not including disc removal or nerve decompression. The stay covers the operation, pain control, and early recovery.
State average
$158,793
gross charge · DRG 321
Hospitals
15
with published pricing
Price range
$39,006 – $202,295
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $39,006Medicare pays (avg) $20,747 - 2
UK St. Claire
Morehead, KY
Gross charge $90,618Cash pay $67,964 - 3
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $124,873Cash pay $81,168 - 4
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $124,873Cash pay $81,168Medicare pays (avg) $23,347 - 5
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $124,873Cash pay $81,168 - 6
Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Acute Care)
Murray, KY
Gross charge $131,793Cash pay $85,666 - 7
Meadowview Regional Medical Center
Maysville, KY
Gross charge $155,543Cash pay $62,217 - 8
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $174,243Cash pay $69,697Medicare pays (avg) $19,749 - 9
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $202,295Cash pay $151,721Medicare pays (avg) $19,340 - 10
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $202,295Cash pay $151,721 - 11
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $202,295Cash pay $151,721Medicare pays (avg) $16,788 - 12
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $202,295Cash pay $151,721Medicare pays (avg) $19,087 - 13
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $202,295Cash pay $151,721Medicare pays (avg) $18,750 - 14
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $202,295Cash pay $151,721Medicare pays (avg) $16,681 - 15
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $202,295Cash pay $151,721 - 16
UK King's Daughters Medical Center
Ashland, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $17,034 - 17
Saint Joseph Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $15,741 - 18Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $17,820
- 19
UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital
Shelbyville, KY
Gross charge — - 20
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital
Bardstown, KY
Gross charge — - 21
UofL Health – Jewish Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $19,256 - 22
Jennie Stuart Medical Center
Hopkinsville, KY
Gross charge — - 23
Deaconess Henderson Hospital
Henderson, KY
Gross charge — - 24
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling
Mount Sterling, KY
Gross charge — - 25
Harrison Memorial Hospital
Cynthiana, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $19,119 - 26
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)
Madisonville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $19,362 - 27
Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital
Paducah, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $17,491 - 28
University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 29
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 30Gross charge —
- 31
University of Kentucky Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $26,256
15 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for neck fusion & other back surgery under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $39,006 to $202,295. The cheapest is Norton Hospitals, Inc in Louisville; the most expensive is Baptist Health La Grange in La Grange. The state average sits at $158,793.
What's listed is each hospital's gross charge — its published price for the inpatient stay, before any insurance discount. 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 neck fusion & other back surgery at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
If you're scheduling neck fusion & other back surgery in Kentucky, sort the list below by price, then click each hospital name to see its quality profile — CMS overall star rating, surgical-safety measures, readmission rates, patient-experience scores. The cheapest hospital isn't always the right call. Teaching hospitals often charge more because they take complex cases, and a higher-rated community hospital may deliver equivalent outcomes for a straightforward case at a lower price. Use the price column to narrow the field; use the quality data to make the final call.
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 neck fusion & other back surgery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 321 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.