DRG 326 · Digestive

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
$94,398
gross charge · DRG 326
Hospitals
19
with published pricing
Price range
$14,344 – $240,097
low to high
Lowest $14,344 Highest $240,097

19 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 $94,398.

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.

Hospitals ranked by gross charge

  1. 1

    Russell County Hospital

    Russell Springs, KY

    Gross charge $14,344
    Cash pay $11,475
  2. 2

    UK St. Claire

    Morehead, KY

    Gross charge $34,197
    Cash pay $25,648
  3. 3

    Taylor Regional Hospital

    Campbellsville, KY

    Gross charge $57,588
    Cash pay $28,794
  4. 4

    Norton Hospitals, Inc

    Louisville, KY

    22 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $57,682
    Medicare pays (avg) $30,254
  5. 5
    Gross charge $77,460
    Cash pay $50,349
  6. 6

    Baptist Health Hardin

    Elizabethtown, KY

    Gross charge $77,786
    Cash pay $58,340
  7. 7

    Baptist Health Richmond

    Richmond, KY

    Gross charge $77,786
    Cash pay $58,340
  8. 8

    Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)

    Corbin, KY

    Gross charge $77,786
    Cash pay $58,340
  9. 9

    Baptist Health Lexington

    Lexington, KY

    Gross charge $77,786
    Cash pay $58,340
  10. 10

    Baptist Health Paducah

    Paducah, KY

    Gross charge $77,786
    Cash pay $58,340
  11. 11

    Baptist Health Louisville

    Louisville, KY

    15 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $77,786
    Cash pay $58,340
    Medicare pays (avg) $26,947
  12. 12

    Baptist Health La Grange

    La Grange, KY

    Gross charge $77,786
    Cash pay $58,340
  13. 13

    Spring View Hospital

    Lebanon, KY

    Gross charge $79,195
    Cash pay $31,678
  14. 14

    Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital

    Greenville, KY

    Gross charge $118,718
    Cash pay $77,167
  15. 15

    Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)

    Owensboro, KY

    Gross charge $118,718
    Cash pay $77,167
  16. 16

    Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center

    Leitchfield, KY

    Gross charge $118,718
    Cash pay $77,167
  17. 17

    Three Rivers Medical Center

    Louisa, KY

    Gross charge $132,104
    Cash pay $79,262
  18. 18

    Jackson Purchase Medical Center

    Mayfield, KY

    Gross charge $200,244
    Cash pay $80,098
  19. 19

    Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)

    Somerset, KY

    Gross charge $240,097
    Cash pay $96,039
  20. 20

    Whitesburg ARH Hospital

    Whitesburg, KY

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  21. 21

    Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center

    Prestonsburg, KY

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  22. 22

    UK King's Daughters Medical Center

    Ashland, KY

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  23. 23

    Saint Joseph Hospital

    Lexington, KY

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  25. 25

    UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital

    Shelbyville, KY

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    Middlesboro ARH Hospital

    Middlesboro, KY

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    UofL Health – Jewish Hospital

    Louisville, KY

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  30. 30

    Harlan ARH Hospital

    Harlan, KY

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  31. 31

    Jennie Stuart Medical Center

    Hopkinsville, KY

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  32. 32

    Deaconess Henderson Hospital

    Henderson, KY

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  33. 33

    CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling

    Mount Sterling, KY

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  34. 34

    Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center

    South Williamson, KY

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  35. 35

    Paintsville ARH Hospital

    Paintsville, KY

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  36. 36

    Harrison Memorial Hospital

    Cynthiana, KY

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  37. 37

    Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)

    Madisonville, KY

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  38. 38

    Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital

    Paducah, KY

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  39. 39

    University of Louisville Hospital

    Louisville, KY

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  40. 40

    CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East

    Lexington, KY

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  42. 42

    Morgan County ARH Hospital

    West Liberty, KY

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    Knox County Hospital

    Barbourville, KY

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  46. 46

    McDowell ARH Hospital

    Mc Dowell, KY

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  47. 47

    University of Kentucky Hospital

    Lexington, KY

    22 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $40,306

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