Stomach Ulcer Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
A peptic ulcer is a sore in the lining of the stomach or upper intestine that causes pain or discomfort. This category covers ulcers without bleeding or perforation. A stay typically involves acid-reducing medication, monitoring, and sometimes a scope exam of the stomach.
State average
$24,258
gross charge · DRG 384
Hospitals
15
with published pricing
Price range
$2,994 – $55,539
low to high
Data notes for Kentucky
- The lowest published charge ($2,994 at Pineville Community Health Center) is unusually low for an inpatient stay. This may reflect a data-quality issue in the hospital's MRF rather than an actual price — verify directly with the hospital before relying on it.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Pineville Community Health Center
Pineville, KY
Gross charge $2,994 - 2
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $9,534Cash pay $6,197 - 3
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $9,534Cash pay $6,197 - 4
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $9,534Cash pay $6,197 - 5
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $24,084Cash pay $18,063 - 6
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $24,084Cash pay $18,063 - 7
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $24,084Cash pay $18,063 - 8
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $24,084Cash pay $18,063 - 9
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $24,084Cash pay $18,063 - 10
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $24,084Cash pay $18,063 - 11
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $24,084Cash pay $18,063 - 12
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $29,192 - 13
Kentucky River Medical Center
Jackson, KY
Gross charge $32,287Cash pay $19,372 - 14
Jackson Purchase Medical Center
Mayfield, KY
Gross charge $46,665Cash pay $18,666 - 15
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $55,539Cash pay $22,216 - 16
UK King's Daughters Medical Center
Ashland, KY
Gross charge — - 17
Saint Joseph Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 18Gross charge —
- 19
UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital
Shelbyville, KY
Gross charge — - 20
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital
Bardstown, KY
Gross charge — - 21
UofL Health – Jewish Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 22
Jennie Stuart Medical Center
Hopkinsville, KY
Gross charge — - 23
Deaconess Henderson Hospital
Henderson, KY
Gross charge — - 24
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling
Mount Sterling, KY
Gross charge — - 25
Harrison Memorial Hospital
Cynthiana, KY
Gross charge — - 26
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)
Madisonville, KY
Gross charge — - 27
Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital
Paducah, KY
Gross charge — - 28
University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 29
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 30Gross charge —
- 31
University of Kentucky Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge —
15 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for stomach ulcer under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $2,994 to $55,539. The cheapest is Pineville Community Health Center in Pineville; the most expensive is Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care) in Somerset. The state average sits at $24,258.
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 ulcer 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 ulcer 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 ulcer in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 384 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.