Post-Surgery & Wound Infections Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
An infection that develops after an operation or an injury, such as an infected surgical incision or wound. The hospital stay typically involves IV antibiotics, wound care, and monitoring while the infection clears.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $27,098Cash pay $17,614 - 2
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $27,098Cash pay $17,614 - 3
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $27,098Cash pay $17,614 - 4
UK St. Claire
Morehead, KY
Gross charge $31,929Cash pay $23,947 - 5
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $33,854Cash pay $13,542 - 6
Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Acute Care)
Murray, KY
Gross charge $42,055Cash pay $27,336 - 7
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $43,107Cash pay $32,330 - 8
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $43,107Cash pay $32,330 - 9
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $43,107Cash pay $32,330 - 10
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $43,107Cash pay $32,330 - 11
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $43,107Cash pay $32,330 - 12
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $43,107Cash pay $32,330Medicare pays (avg) $8,964 - 13
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $43,107Cash pay $32,330 - 14
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $56,271Medicare pays (avg) $11,401 - 15
Jackson Purchase Medical Center
Mayfield, KY
Gross charge $80,786Cash pay $32,315 - 16
Kentucky River Medical Center
Jackson, KY
Gross charge $283,884Cash pay $170,330 - 17
Whitesburg ARH Hospital
Whitesburg, KY
Gross charge — - 18
Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center
Prestonsburg, KY
Gross charge — - 19
UK King's Daughters Medical Center
Ashland, KY
Gross charge — - 20
Saint Joseph Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 21Gross charge —
- 22
UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital
Shelbyville, KY
Gross charge — - 23
Middlesboro ARH Hospital
Middlesboro, KY
Gross charge — - 24
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital
Bardstown, KY
Gross charge — - 25Gross charge —
- 26
UofL Health – Jewish Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 27
Harlan ARH Hospital
Harlan, KY
Gross charge — - 28
Jennie Stuart Medical Center
Hopkinsville, KY
Gross charge — - 29
Deaconess Henderson Hospital
Henderson, KY
Gross charge — - 30
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling
Mount Sterling, KY
Gross charge — - 31
Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center
South Williamson, KY
Gross charge — - 32
Paintsville ARH Hospital
Paintsville, KY
Gross charge — - 33
Harrison Memorial Hospital
Cynthiana, KY
Gross charge — - 34
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)
Madisonville, KY
Gross charge — - 35
Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital
Paducah, KY
Gross charge — - 36
Monroe County Medical Center
Tompkinsville, KY
Gross charge —Cash pay $1,977 - 37
University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 38
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 39
Marcum and Wallace Memorial Hospital
Irvine, KY
Gross charge — - 40
ARH Our Lady of the Way Hospital
Martin, KY
Gross charge — - 41
Morgan County ARH Hospital
West Liberty, KY
Gross charge — - 42
Mary Breckinridge ARH Hospital
Hyden, KY
Gross charge — - 43
Knox County Hospital
Barbourville, KY
Gross charge — - 44Gross charge —
- 45
McDowell ARH Hospital
Mc Dowell, KY
Gross charge — - 46
University of Kentucky Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $18,656
16 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for post-surgery & wound infections under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $27,098 to $283,884. The cheapest is Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital in Greenville; the most expensive is Kentucky River Medical Center in Jackson. The state average sits at $56,989.
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 post-surgery & wound infections 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 post-surgery & wound infections 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 post-surgery & wound infections in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 862 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.