Stroke Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
A stroke caused by a blocked blood vessel or bleeding in the brain, accompanied by other serious medical problems. Care involves rapid brain imaging, close monitoring in a stroke or intensive care unit, and early rehabilitation once the patient is stable.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Pineville Community Health Center
Pineville, KY
Gross charge $8,669 - 2
Taylor Regional Hospital
Campbellsville, KY
Gross charge $19,283Cash pay $9,641 - 3
Monroe County Medical Center
Tompkinsville, KY
Gross charge $19,494Cash pay $16,180 - 4
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $28,762Cash pay $18,695 - 5
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $28,762Cash pay $18,695Medicare pays (avg) $15,520 - 6
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $28,762Cash pay $18,695 - 7
Russell County Hospital
Russell Springs, KY
Gross charge $30,568Cash pay $24,454 - 8
UK St. Claire
Morehead, KY
Gross charge $35,062Cash pay $26,296 - 9
Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Acute Care)
Murray, KY
Gross charge $50,020Cash pay $32,513 - 10
Kentucky River Medical Center
Jackson, KY
Gross charge $57,413Cash pay $34,448 - 11
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $66,354Cash pay $49,765Medicare pays (avg) $12,290 - 12
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $66,354Cash pay $49,765 - 13
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $66,354Cash pay $49,765 - 14
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $66,354Cash pay $49,765Medicare pays (avg) $11,627 - 15
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $66,354Cash pay $49,765Medicare pays (avg) $11,302 - 16
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $66,354Cash pay $49,765Medicare pays (avg) $10,773 - 17
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $66,354Cash pay $49,765 - 18
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $81,937Cash pay $32,775Medicare pays (avg) $11,797 - 19
Jackson Purchase Medical Center
Mayfield, KY
Gross charge $133,509Cash pay $53,403 - 20
Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center
Prestonsburg, KY
Gross charge — - 21
UK King's Daughters Medical Center
Ashland, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,285 - 22
Saint Joseph Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,259 - 23Gross charge —
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UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital
Shelbyville, KY
Gross charge — - 25
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital
Bardstown, KY
Gross charge — - 26
UofL Health – Jewish Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,800 - 27
Jennie Stuart Medical Center
Hopkinsville, KY
Gross charge — - 28
Deaconess Henderson Hospital
Henderson, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,922 - 29
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling
Mount Sterling, KY
Gross charge — - 30
Harrison Memorial Hospital
Cynthiana, KY
Gross charge — - 31
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)
Madisonville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,410 - 32
University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $17,498 - 33
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 34Gross charge —
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McDowell ARH Hospital
Mc Dowell, KY
Gross charge — - 36
University of Kentucky Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $16,381 - 37
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,857 - 38
Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital
Paducah, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,205 - 39
Whitesburg ARH Hospital
Whitesburg, KY
Gross charge — - 40
Middlesboro ARH Hospital
Middlesboro, KY
Gross charge — - 41Gross charge —
- 42
Harlan ARH Hospital
Harlan, KY
Gross charge — - 43
Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center
South Williamson, KY
Gross charge — - 44
Paintsville ARH Hospital
Paintsville, KY
Gross charge — - 45
Mary Breckinridge ARH Hospital
Hyden, KY
Gross charge — - 46
Knox County Hospital
Barbourville, KY
Gross charge —
19 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for stroke under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $8,669 to $133,509. The cheapest is Pineville Community Health Center in Pineville; the most expensive is Jackson Purchase Medical Center in Mayfield. The state average sits at $51,932.
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 064 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.