Stomach & Esophagus Surgery Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
Surgery on the stomach, esophagus, or the first part of the small intestine, for example to remove a growth or repair damage. The stay includes the operation, a gradual return to eating, and close monitoring.
State average
$96,438
gross charge · DRG 326
Hospitals
18
with published pricing
Price range
$14,344 – $240,097
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Russell County Hospital
Russell Springs, KY
Gross charge $14,344Cash pay $11,475 - 2
UK St. Claire
Morehead, KY
Gross charge $34,197Cash pay $25,648 - 3
Taylor Regional Hospital
Campbellsville, KY
Gross charge $57,588Cash pay $28,794 - 4
Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Acute Care)
Murray, KY
Gross charge $77,460Cash pay $50,349 - 5
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $77,786Cash pay $58,340 - 6
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $77,786Cash pay $58,340 - 7
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $77,786Cash pay $58,340 - 8
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $77,786Cash pay $58,340 - 9
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $77,786Cash pay $58,340 - 10
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $77,786Cash pay $58,340Medicare pays (avg) $26,947 - 11
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $77,786Cash pay $58,340 - 12
Spring View Hospital
Lebanon, KY
Gross charge $79,195Cash pay $31,678 - 13
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $118,718Cash pay $77,167 - 14
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $118,718Cash pay $77,167 - 15
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $118,718Cash pay $77,167 - 16
Three Rivers Medical Center
Louisa, KY
Gross charge $132,104Cash pay $79,262 - 17
Jackson Purchase Medical Center
Mayfield, KY
Gross charge $200,244Cash pay $80,098 - 18
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $240,097Cash pay $96,039 - 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 —
- 23
UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital
Shelbyville, KY
Gross charge — - 24
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital
Bardstown, KY
Gross charge — - 25
UofL Health – Jewish Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 26
Jennie Stuart Medical Center
Hopkinsville, KY
Gross charge — - 27
Deaconess Henderson Hospital
Henderson, KY
Gross charge — - 28
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling
Mount Sterling, KY
Gross charge — - 29
Harrison Memorial Hospital
Cynthiana, KY
Gross charge — - 30
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)
Madisonville, KY
Gross charge — - 31
University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 32
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 33Gross charge —
- 34
McDowell ARH Hospital
Mc Dowell, KY
Gross charge — - 35
University of Kentucky Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $40,306 - 36
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $30,254 - 37
Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital
Paducah, KY
Gross charge — - 38
Whitesburg ARH Hospital
Whitesburg, KY
Gross charge — - 39
Middlesboro ARH Hospital
Middlesboro, KY
Gross charge — - 40Gross charge —
- 41
Harlan ARH Hospital
Harlan, KY
Gross charge — - 42
Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center
South Williamson, KY
Gross charge —
18 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for stomach & esophagus surgery under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $14,344 to $240,097. The cheapest is Russell County Hospital in Russell Springs; the most expensive is Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care) in Somerset. The state average sits at $96,438.
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 326 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.