Shoulder & Elbow Replacement Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
A planned operation to replace a damaged shoulder or elbow joint with an artificial one, usually because of severe arthritis or injury. The stay covers the surgery, pain control, and the start of physical therapy.
State average
$141,724
gross charge · DRG 322
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$74,505 – $179,957
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
UK St. Claire
Morehead, KY
Gross charge $74,505Cash pay $55,878 - 2
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $90,850Cash pay $59,052 - 3
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $90,850Cash pay $59,052Medicare pays (avg) $15,359 - 4
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $90,850Cash pay $59,052 - 5
Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Acute Care)
Murray, KY
Gross charge $113,776Cash pay $73,954Medicare pays (avg) $11,856 - 6
Meadowview Regional Medical Center
Maysville, KY
Gross charge $123,596Cash pay $49,438 - 7
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $140,005Cash pay $56,002Medicare pays (avg) $11,133 - 8
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $179,957Cash pay $134,968Medicare pays (avg) $9,595 - 9
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $179,957Cash pay $134,968Medicare pays (avg) $10,057 - 10
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $179,957Cash pay $134,968Medicare pays (avg) $10,348 - 11
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $179,957Cash pay $134,968Medicare pays (avg) $10,205 - 12
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $179,957Cash pay $134,968Medicare pays (avg) $11,229 - 13
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $179,957Cash pay $134,968Medicare pays (avg) $9,292 - 14
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $179,957Cash pay $134,968 - 15
UK King's Daughters Medical Center
Ashland, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,546 - 16
Saint Joseph Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,303 - 17Gross charge —
- 18
UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital
Shelbyville, KY
Gross charge — - 19
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital
Bardstown, KY
Gross charge — - 20
UofL Health – Jewish Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,180 - 21
Jennie Stuart Medical Center
Hopkinsville, KY
Gross charge — - 22
Deaconess Henderson Hospital
Henderson, KY
Gross charge — - 23
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling
Mount Sterling, KY
Gross charge — - 24
Harrison Memorial Hospital
Cynthiana, KY
Gross charge — - 25
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)
Madisonville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,997 - 26
University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 27
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 28Gross charge —
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University of Kentucky Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,300 - 30
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,769 - 31
Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital
Paducah, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,146 - 32
Whitesburg ARH Hospital
Whitesburg, KY
Gross charge — - 33Gross charge —
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Paintsville ARH Hospital
Paintsville, KY
Gross charge —
14 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for shoulder & elbow replacement under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $74,505 to $179,957. The cheapest is UK St. Claire in Morehead; the most expensive is Baptist Health La Grange in La Grange. The state average sits at $141,724.
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 & elbow 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 & elbow 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 & elbow replacement in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 322 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.