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.
State average
$99,498
gross charge · DRG 327
Hospitals
16
with published pricing
Price range
$49,216 – $217,197
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $49,216Cash pay $31,990 - 2
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $49,216Cash pay $31,990 - 3
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $49,216Cash pay $31,990 - 4
Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Acute Care)
Murray, KY
Gross charge $53,999Cash pay $35,099 - 5
Taylor Regional Hospital
Campbellsville, KY
Gross charge $94,359Cash pay $47,180 - 6
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $95,537Cash pay $71,653 - 7
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $95,537Cash pay $71,653 - 8
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $95,537Cash pay $71,653 - 9
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $95,537Cash pay $71,653 - 10
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $95,537Cash pay $71,653 - 11
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $95,537Cash pay $71,653Medicare pays (avg) $14,390 - 12
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $95,537Cash pay $71,653 - 13
Jackson Purchase Medical Center
Mayfield, KY
Gross charge $128,543Cash pay $51,417 - 14
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $138,863Cash pay $55,545 - 15
Spring View Hospital
Lebanon, KY
Gross charge $142,597Cash pay $57,039 - 16
Three Rivers Medical Center
Louisa, KY
Gross charge $217,197Cash pay $130,318 - 17
Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center
Prestonsburg, KY
Gross charge — - 18
UK King's Daughters Medical Center
Ashland, KY
Gross charge — - 19
Saint Joseph Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 20Gross charge —
- 21
UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital
Shelbyville, KY
Gross charge — - 22
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital
Bardstown, KY
Gross charge — - 23
UofL Health – Jewish Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 24
Jennie Stuart Medical Center
Hopkinsville, KY
Gross charge — - 25
Deaconess Henderson Hospital
Henderson, KY
Gross charge — - 26
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling
Mount Sterling, KY
Gross charge — - 27
Harrison Memorial Hospital
Cynthiana, KY
Gross charge — - 28
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)
Madisonville, KY
Gross charge — - 29
University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 30
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 31Gross charge —
- 32
McDowell ARH Hospital
Mc Dowell, KY
Gross charge — - 33
University of Kentucky Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $17,673 - 34
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $14,900 - 35
Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital
Paducah, KY
Gross charge — - 36Gross charge —
- 37
Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center
South Williamson, KY
Gross charge —
16 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for stomach & esophagus surgery under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $49,216 to $217,197. The cheapest is Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital in Greenville; the most expensive is Three Rivers Medical Center in Louisa. The state average sits at $99,498.
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.