Sepsis Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for septicemia or severe sepsis (no extended ventilator) with major complications — a life-threatening immune response to infection.
State average
$45,803
gross charge · DRG 871
Hospitals
23
with published pricing
Price range
$10,804 – $87,687
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Monroe County Medical Center
Tompkinsville, KY
Gross charge $10,804Cash pay $8,968 - 2
Russell County Hospital
Russell Springs, KY
Gross charge $12,542Cash pay $10,034 - 3
TJ Health Columbia Hospital
Columbia, KY
Gross charge $16,971Cash pay $11,031 - 4
Pineville Community Health Center
Pineville, KY
Gross charge $20,744 - 5
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $32,628Cash pay $21,208Medicare pays (avg) $11,721 - 6
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $32,628Cash pay $21,208Medicare pays (avg) $15,415 - 7
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $32,628Cash pay $21,208Medicare pays (avg) $13,905 - 8
Taylor Regional Hospital
Campbellsville, KY
Gross charge $33,376Cash pay $16,688Medicare pays (avg) $15,113 - 9
UK St. Claire
Morehead, KY
Gross charge $35,355Cash pay $26,517Medicare pays (avg) $13,048 - 10
Meadowview Regional Medical Center
Maysville, KY
Gross charge $40,026Cash pay $16,010Medicare pays (avg) $13,128 - 11
Spring View Hospital
Lebanon, KY
Gross charge $41,309Cash pay $16,523Medicare pays (avg) $12,819 - 12
Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Acute Care)
Murray, KY
Gross charge $47,680Cash pay $30,992Medicare pays (avg) $14,475 - 13
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $58,541Cash pay $43,906Medicare pays (avg) $11,700 - 14
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $58,541Cash pay $43,906Medicare pays (avg) $12,540 - 15
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $58,541Cash pay $43,906Medicare pays (avg) $11,592 - 16
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $58,541Cash pay $43,906Medicare pays (avg) $11,169 - 17
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $58,541Cash pay $43,906Medicare pays (avg) $12,082 - 18
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $58,541Cash pay $43,906Medicare pays (avg) $10,834 - 19
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $58,541Cash pay $43,906Medicare pays (avg) $12,216 - 20
Three Rivers Medical Center
Louisa, KY
Gross charge $62,489Cash pay $37,494Medicare pays (avg) $13,877 - 21
Jackson Purchase Medical Center
Mayfield, KY
Gross charge $63,724Cash pay $25,490Medicare pays (avg) $12,755 - 22
Kentucky River Medical Center
Jackson, KY
Gross charge $73,090Cash pay $43,854 - 23
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $87,687Cash pay $35,075Medicare pays (avg) $13,052 - 24
Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center
Prestonsburg, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,798 - 25
UK King's Daughters Medical Center
Ashland, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,527 - 26
Saint Joseph Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,227 - 27Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,451
- 28
UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital
Shelbyville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $15,471 - 29
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital
Bardstown, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,091 - 30
UofL Health – Jewish Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,290 - 31
Jennie Stuart Medical Center
Hopkinsville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,411 - 32
Deaconess Henderson Hospital
Henderson, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,395 - 33
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling
Mount Sterling, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,264 - 34
Harrison Memorial Hospital
Cynthiana, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,593 - 35
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)
Madisonville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,009 - 36
University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $15,564 - 37
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
Lexington, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,788 - 38
Marcum and Wallace Memorial Hospital
Irvine, KY
Gross charge — - 39Gross charge —
- 40
McDowell ARH Hospital
Mc Dowell, KY
Gross charge — - 41
University of Kentucky Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,723 - 42
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,110 - 43
Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital
Paducah, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,042 - 44
Whitesburg ARH Hospital
Whitesburg, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,916 - 45
Middlesboro ARH Hospital
Middlesboro, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,608 - 46Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,221
- 47
Harlan ARH Hospital
Harlan, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,942 - 48
Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center
South Williamson, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,926 - 49
Paintsville ARH Hospital
Paintsville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,851 - 50
ARH Our Lady of the Way Hospital
Martin, KY
Gross charge — - 51
Morgan County ARH Hospital
West Liberty, KY
Gross charge — - 52
Mary Breckinridge ARH Hospital
Hyden, KY
Gross charge — - 53
Knox County Hospital
Barbourville, KY
Gross charge —
23 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for sepsis under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $10,804 to $87,687. The cheapest is Monroe County Medical Center in Tompkinsville; the most expensive is Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care) in Somerset. The state average sits at $45,803.
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 sepsis 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 sepsis 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 sepsis in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 871 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.