Stomach & Esophagus Surgery Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
An operation on the stomach, esophagus, or the first part of the small intestine, such as repairing damage or removing diseased tissue. The stay covers the surgery, a gradual return to eating, and recovery.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $44,301Medicare pays (avg) $14,900 - 2
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $49,216Cash pay $31,990 - 3
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $49,216Cash pay $31,990 - 4
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $49,216Cash pay $31,990 - 5
Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Acute Care)
Murray, KY
Gross charge $53,999Cash pay $35,099 - 6
Taylor Regional Hospital
Campbellsville, KY
Gross charge $94,359Cash pay $47,180 - 7
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $95,537Cash pay $71,653 - 8
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $95,537Cash pay $71,653 - 9
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $95,537Cash pay $71,653 - 10
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $95,537Cash pay $71,653 - 11
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $95,537Cash pay $71,653 - 12
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $95,537Cash pay $71,653Medicare pays (avg) $14,390 - 13
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $95,537Cash pay $71,653 - 14
Jackson Purchase Medical Center
Mayfield, KY
Gross charge $128,543Cash pay $51,417 - 15
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $138,863Cash pay $55,545 - 16
Spring View Hospital
Lebanon, KY
Gross charge $142,597Cash pay $57,039 - 17
Three Rivers Medical Center
Louisa, KY
Gross charge $217,197Cash pay $130,318 - 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 — - 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
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $17,673
17 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for stomach & esophagus surgery under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $44,301 to $217,197. The cheapest is Norton Hospitals, Inc in Louisville; the most expensive is Three Rivers Medical Center in Louisa. The state average sits at $96,251.
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 stomach & esophagus surgery 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 stomach & esophagus surgery 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 stomach & esophagus surgery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 327 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.