Substance Use Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
A hospital stay for alcohol or drug dependence, often to manage withdrawal, without a formal rehabilitation program during the stay. Care typically involves medications to ease withdrawal safely, monitoring, and treatment of related medical problems.
Data notes for Kentucky
- The lowest published charge ($3,562 at Monroe County Medical 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
Monroe County Medical Center
Tompkinsville, KY
Gross charge $3,562Cash pay $2,956 - 2
Pineville Community Health Center
Pineville, KY
Gross charge $9,098 - 3
Russell County Hospital
Russell Springs, KY
Gross charge $10,105Cash pay $8,084 - 4
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $21,747Cash pay $14,135 - 5
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $21,747Cash pay $14,135 - 6
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $21,747Cash pay $14,135 - 7
Taylor Regional Hospital
Campbellsville, KY
Gross charge $23,418Cash pay $11,709 - 8
UK St. Claire
Morehead, KY
Gross charge $33,590Cash pay $25,192 - 9
Meadowview Regional Medical Center
Maysville, KY
Gross charge $39,502Cash pay $15,801 - 10
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $53,244Cash pay $39,933 - 11
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $53,244Cash pay $39,933 - 12
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $53,244Cash pay $39,933 - 13
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $53,244Cash pay $39,933 - 14
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $53,244Cash pay $39,933 - 15
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $53,244Cash pay $39,933 - 16
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $53,244Cash pay $39,933 - 17
Kentucky River Medical Center
Jackson, KY
Gross charge $60,883Cash pay $36,530 - 18
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $65,044Cash pay $26,017 - 19
Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Acute Care)
Murray, KY
Gross charge $100,920Cash pay $65,598 - 20
Three Rivers Medical Center
Louisa, KY
Gross charge $105,625Cash pay $63,375 - 21
Whitesburg ARH Hospital
Whitesburg, KY
Gross charge — - 22
Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center
Prestonsburg, KY
Gross charge — - 23
UK King's Daughters Medical Center
Ashland, KY
Gross charge — - 24
Saint Joseph Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 25Gross charge —
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UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital
Shelbyville, KY
Gross charge — - 27
Middlesboro ARH Hospital
Middlesboro, KY
Gross charge — - 28
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital
Bardstown, KY
Gross charge — - 29Gross charge —
- 30
UofL Health – Jewish Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 31
Harlan ARH Hospital
Harlan, KY
Gross charge — - 32
Jennie Stuart Medical Center
Hopkinsville, KY
Gross charge — - 33
Deaconess Henderson Hospital
Henderson, KY
Gross charge — - 34
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling
Mount Sterling, KY
Gross charge — - 35
Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center
South Williamson, KY
Gross charge — - 36
Paintsville ARH Hospital
Paintsville, KY
Gross charge — - 37
Harrison Memorial Hospital
Cynthiana, KY
Gross charge — - 38
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)
Madisonville, KY
Gross charge — - 39
Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital
Paducah, KY
Gross charge — - 40
University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 41
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 42
ARH Our Lady of the Way Hospital
Martin, KY
Gross charge — - 43
Morgan County ARH Hospital
West Liberty, KY
Gross charge — - 44
Mary Breckinridge ARH Hospital
Hyden, KY
Gross charge — - 45
Knox County Hospital
Barbourville, KY
Gross charge — - 46Gross charge —
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McDowell ARH Hospital
Mc Dowell, KY
Gross charge — - 48
University of Kentucky Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge —
20 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for substance use under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $3,562 to $105,625. The cheapest is Monroe County Medical Center in Tompkinsville; the most expensive is Three Rivers Medical Center in Louisa. The state average sits at $44,485.
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 substance use 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 substance use 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 substance use in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 896 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.