Sepsis Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for septicemia or severe sepsis (no extended ventilator) without major complications.
What this hospital charge usually covers
The gross-charge number above is the hospital's facility bill for sepsis. Here's what's typically inside that price (typical inpatient stay: 5–7 days):
Included in the hospital bill
- Emergency department evaluation and sepsis workup
- Inpatient room and continuous monitoring
- IV antibiotics and fluids (often broad-spectrum until culture results return)
- Blood cultures, lactate, and serial labs
- Source-control procedures if needed (drainage, etc.)
Usually billed separately
- Hospitalist, infectious-disease, and any specialty consultant fees
- Outpatient antibiotics after discharge
- Home health for any IV antibiotic continuation
- Long-term rehab if sepsis caused weakness
Quality signals to check before picking a hospital
Price alone won't tell you which hospital does sepsis best. These are the CMS quality measures that matter most for this specific procedure. Click any hospital below for its full profile, then look for these:
Sepsis Care Bundle (SEP-1)
The headline sepsis metric — measures how often hospitals deliver evidence-based sepsis care within strict time windows (antibiotics, fluids, repeat lactate).
Septic Shock 3-Hour Bundle
For the sickest sepsis patients, faster bundle completion saves lives.
Hospital-wide Mortality
Sepsis is the leading cause of in-hospital death. A hospital with strong overall mortality numbers is usually doing the right things for sepsis.
C. diff Infection Ratio
Sepsis treatment requires broad-spectrum antibiotics, which raises C. diff risk. Hospitals with low SIR control this better.
When the cheapest hospital may not be the best fit
The list below sorts by price. For sepsis, the lowest price isn't automatically the best fit — these are situations where it's worth weighing additional factors against price. None of the below is medical advice; talk to your doctor about what applies to your specific situation.
- Sepsis admissions aren't shoppable in real time — the nearest hospital is typically the right call during an acute episode. This page is more useful for chronic-condition planning or evaluating where care was delivered.
- For elderly patients or those with chronic disease, the hospital with the best SEP-1 compliance score may be worth additional travel time when distances are comparable.
Questions to ask your hospital or insurer
The gross charge is the starting point. These are the procedure-specific questions to ask before you commit:
- During acute illness: skip this list and call 911. Sepsis worsens by the hour.
- After discharge: what outpatient antibiotic continuation is needed? Is it covered?
- Is post-sepsis rehab or follow-up recommended? Where will it happen?
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
TJ Health Columbia Hospital
Columbia, KY
Gross charge $6,960Cash pay $4,524 - 2
Pineville Community Health Center
Pineville, KY
Gross charge $8,852 - 3
Russell County Hospital
Russell Springs, KY
Gross charge $11,103Cash pay $8,882 - 4
Monroe County Medical Center
Tompkinsville, KY
Gross charge $12,780Cash pay $10,607 - 5
UK St. Claire
Morehead, KY
Gross charge $16,669Cash pay $12,502Medicare pays (avg) $6,295 - 6
Taylor Regional Hospital
Campbellsville, KY
Gross charge $18,517Cash pay $9,259 - 7
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $18,680Cash pay $12,142 - 8
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $18,680Cash pay $12,142Medicare pays (avg) $7,068 - 9
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $18,680Cash pay $12,142Medicare pays (avg) $6,015 - 10
Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Acute Care)
Murray, KY
Gross charge $30,641Cash pay $19,917Medicare pays (avg) $6,939 - 11
Spring View Hospital
Lebanon, KY
Gross charge $30,981Cash pay $12,393 - 12
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $35,467Cash pay $26,600Medicare pays (avg) $5,222 - 13
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $35,467Cash pay $26,600Medicare pays (avg) $5,947 - 14
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $35,467Cash pay $26,600Medicare pays (avg) $5,525 - 15
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $35,467Cash pay $26,600Medicare pays (avg) $5,520 - 16
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $35,467Cash pay $26,600Medicare pays (avg) $6,120 - 17
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $35,467Cash pay $26,600Medicare pays (avg) $5,080 - 18
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $35,467Cash pay $26,600 - 19
Meadowview Regional Medical Center
Maysville, KY
Gross charge $35,607Cash pay $14,243Medicare pays (avg) $6,715 - 20
Three Rivers Medical Center
Louisa, KY
Gross charge $39,939Cash pay $23,964Medicare pays (avg) $6,752 - 21
Kentucky River Medical Center
Jackson, KY
Gross charge $40,965Cash pay $24,579 - 22
Jackson Purchase Medical Center
Mayfield, KY
Gross charge $47,119Cash pay $18,848 - 23
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $62,583Cash pay $25,033 - 24
Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center
Prestonsburg, KY
Gross charge — - 25
UK King's Daughters Medical Center
Ashland, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,425 - 26
Saint Joseph Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,497 - 27Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,567
- 28
UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital
Shelbyville, KY
Gross charge — - 29
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital
Bardstown, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,184 - 30
UofL Health – Jewish Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,458 - 31
Jennie Stuart Medical Center
Hopkinsville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,928 - 32
Deaconess Henderson Hospital
Henderson, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,414 - 33
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling
Mount Sterling, KY
Gross charge — - 34
Harrison Memorial Hospital
Cynthiana, KY
Gross charge — - 35
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)
Madisonville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,365 - 36
University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,449 - 37
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
Lexington, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,486 - 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) $7,662 - 42
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,029 - 43
Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital
Paducah, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,874 - 44
Whitesburg ARH Hospital
Whitesburg, KY
Gross charge — - 45
Middlesboro ARH Hospital
Middlesboro, KY
Gross charge — - 46Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,566
- 47
Harlan ARH Hospital
Harlan, KY
Gross charge — - 48
Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center
South Williamson, KY
Gross charge — - 49
Paintsville ARH Hospital
Paintsville, KY
Gross charge — - 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 $6,960 to $62,583. The cheapest is TJ Health Columbia Hospital in Columbia; the most expensive is Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care) in Somerset. The state average sits at $29,001.
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 872 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.