Shoulder & Arm Joint Replacement Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
Surgery to replace a major joint in the shoulder, elbow, or wrist — most often a total shoulder replacement — or to reattach part of an arm. The hospital stay covers the operation, pain control, and early physical therapy.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Acute Care)
Murray, KY
Gross charge $60,369Cash pay $39,240 - 2
Pineville Community Health Center
Pineville, KY
Gross charge $63,129 - 3
Jackson Purchase Medical Center
Mayfield, KY
Gross charge $65,119Cash pay $26,048 - 4
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $77,090Medicare pays (avg) $16,407 - 5
Taylor Regional Hospital
Campbellsville, KY
Gross charge $81,044Cash pay $40,522 - 6
Meadowview Regional Medical Center
Maysville, KY
Gross charge $116,959Cash pay $46,784 - 7
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $141,196Cash pay $91,777 - 8
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $141,196Cash pay $91,777Medicare pays (avg) $20,889 - 9
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $141,196Cash pay $91,777 - 10
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $144,085Cash pay $57,634 - 11
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $229,131Cash pay $171,848 - 12
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $229,131Cash pay $171,848 - 13
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $229,131Cash pay $171,848 - 14
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $229,131Cash pay $171,848Medicare pays (avg) $15,427 - 15
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $229,131Cash pay $171,848 - 16
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $229,131Cash pay $171,848Medicare pays (avg) $14,842 - 17
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $229,131Cash pay $171,848 - 18
Whitesburg ARH Hospital
Whitesburg, KY
Gross charge — - 19
Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center
Prestonsburg, KY
Gross charge — - 20
UK King's Daughters Medical Center
Ashland, KY
Gross charge — - 21
Saint Joseph Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 22Gross charge —
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UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital
Shelbyville, KY
Gross charge — - 24
Middlesboro ARH Hospital
Middlesboro, KY
Gross charge — - 25
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital
Bardstown, KY
Gross charge — - 26Gross charge —
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UofL Health – Jewish Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $16,144 - 28
Harlan ARH Hospital
Harlan, KY
Gross charge — - 29
Jennie Stuart Medical Center
Hopkinsville, KY
Gross charge — - 30
Deaconess Henderson Hospital
Henderson, KY
Gross charge — - 31
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling
Mount Sterling, KY
Gross charge — - 32
Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center
South Williamson, KY
Gross charge — - 33
Paintsville ARH Hospital
Paintsville, KY
Gross charge — - 34
Harrison Memorial Hospital
Cynthiana, KY
Gross charge — - 35
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)
Madisonville, KY
Gross charge — - 36
Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital
Paducah, KY
Gross charge — - 37
University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 38
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 39
ARH Our Lady of the Way Hospital
Martin, KY
Gross charge — - 40
Morgan County ARH Hospital
West Liberty, KY
Gross charge — - 41
Mary Breckinridge ARH Hospital
Hyden, KY
Gross charge — - 42
Knox County Hospital
Barbourville, KY
Gross charge — - 43Gross charge —
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McDowell ARH Hospital
Mc Dowell, KY
Gross charge — - 45
University of Kentucky Hospital
Lexington, KY
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17 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for shoulder & arm joint replacement under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $60,369 to $229,131. 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 $155,017.
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 shoulder & arm joint replacement at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
If you're scheduling shoulder & arm joint replacement 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 shoulder & arm joint replacement in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 483 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.