Stroke Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
A stroke caused by a blocked blood vessel or bleeding in the brain. Hospital care includes brain imaging, close monitoring, and in some cases a clot-dissolving drug (tPA) given soon after symptoms start, followed by early rehabilitation planning.
State average
$38,727
gross charge · DRG 065
Hospitals
22
with published pricing
Price range
$5,348 – $72,814
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Pineville Community Health Center
Pineville, KY
Gross charge $5,348 - 2
Russell County Hospital
Russell Springs, KY
Gross charge $10,777Cash pay $8,621 - 3
Taylor Regional Hospital
Campbellsville, KY
Gross charge $11,977Cash pay $5,989 - 4
Monroe County Medical Center
Tompkinsville, KY
Gross charge $12,069Cash pay $10,017 - 5
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $21,411Cash pay $13,917 - 6
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $21,411Cash pay $13,917Medicare pays (avg) $7,008 - 7
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $21,411Cash pay $13,917 - 8
Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Acute Care)
Murray, KY
Gross charge $31,357Cash pay $20,382 - 9
Kentucky River Medical Center
Jackson, KY
Gross charge $33,054Cash pay $19,833 - 10
Meadowview Regional Medical Center
Maysville, KY
Gross charge $33,263Cash pay $13,305 - 11
UK St. Claire
Morehead, KY
Gross charge $34,477Cash pay $25,857 - 12
Three Rivers Medical Center
Louisa, KY
Gross charge $43,859Cash pay $26,316 - 13
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $52,471Cash pay $39,353Medicare pays (avg) $5,438 - 14
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $52,471Cash pay $39,353 - 15
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $52,471Cash pay $39,353Medicare pays (avg) $5,219 - 16
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $52,471Cash pay $39,353Medicare pays (avg) $5,347 - 17
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $52,471Cash pay $39,353Medicare pays (avg) $5,595 - 18
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $52,471Cash pay $39,353Medicare pays (avg) $4,985 - 19
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $52,471Cash pay $39,353 - 20
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $65,016Cash pay $26,006Medicare pays (avg) $5,864 - 21
Spring View Hospital
Lebanon, KY
Gross charge $66,449Cash pay $26,579 - 22
Jackson Purchase Medical Center
Mayfield, KY
Gross charge $72,814Cash pay $29,126 - 23
Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center
Prestonsburg, KY
Gross charge — - 24
UK King's Daughters Medical Center
Ashland, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,795 - 25
Saint Joseph Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,456 - 26Gross charge —
- 27
UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital
Shelbyville, KY
Gross charge — - 28
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital
Bardstown, KY
Gross charge — - 29
UofL Health – Jewish Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,212 - 30
Jennie Stuart Medical Center
Hopkinsville, KY
Gross charge — - 31
Deaconess Henderson Hospital
Henderson, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,167 - 32
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling
Mount Sterling, KY
Gross charge — - 33
Harrison Memorial Hospital
Cynthiana, KY
Gross charge — - 34
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)
Madisonville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,523 - 35
University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,264 - 36
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 37Gross charge —
- 38
McDowell ARH Hospital
Mc Dowell, KY
Gross charge — - 39
University of Kentucky Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,305 - 40
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,707 - 41
Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital
Paducah, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,070 - 42
Whitesburg ARH Hospital
Whitesburg, KY
Gross charge — - 43
Middlesboro ARH Hospital
Middlesboro, KY
Gross charge — - 44Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,755
- 45
Harlan ARH Hospital
Harlan, KY
Gross charge — - 46
Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center
South Williamson, KY
Gross charge — - 47
Paintsville ARH Hospital
Paintsville, KY
Gross charge — - 48
Knox County Hospital
Barbourville, KY
Gross charge —
22 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for stroke under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $5,348 to $72,814. The cheapest is Pineville Community Health Center in Pineville; the most expensive is Jackson Purchase Medical Center in Mayfield. The state average sits at $38,727.
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 stroke 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 stroke 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 stroke in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 065 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.