Alcohol or Drug Dependence Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for alcohol or drug abuse or dependence without inpatient rehabilitation therapy and without major complications — typically a short detox stay.
State average
$15,084
gross charge · DRG 897
Hospitals
25
with published pricing
Price range
$2,006 – $45,695
low to high
Data notes for Kentucky
- The lowest published charge ($2,006 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 $2,006 - 2
TJ Health Columbia Hospital
Columbia, KY
Gross charge $2,687Cash pay $1,747 - 3
Mary Breckinridge ARH Hospital
Hyden, KY
Gross charge $5,628Cash pay $3,377 - 4
Monroe County Medical Center
Tompkinsville, KY
Gross charge $6,399Cash pay $5,311 - 5
Taylor Regional Hospital
Campbellsville, KY
Gross charge $10,294Cash pay $5,147 - 6
UK St. Claire
Morehead, KY
Gross charge $11,653Cash pay $8,740 - 7
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $12,583Cash pay $8,179 - 8
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $12,583Cash pay $8,179Medicare pays (avg) $6,016 - 9
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $12,583Cash pay $8,179 - 10
Knox County Hospital
Barbourville, KY
Gross charge $12,771Cash pay $7,663 - 11
Russell County Hospital
Russell Springs, KY
Gross charge $13,178Cash pay $10,542 - 12
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $13,574Cash pay $10,180 - 13
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $13,574Cash pay $10,180 - 14
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $13,574Cash pay $10,180Medicare pays (avg) $4,717 - 15
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $13,574Cash pay $10,180 - 16
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $13,574Cash pay $10,180 - 17
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $13,574Cash pay $10,180Medicare pays (avg) $4,145 - 18
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $13,574Cash pay $10,180 - 19
Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Acute Care)
Murray, KY
Gross charge $18,246Cash pay $11,860 - 20
Three Rivers Medical Center
Louisa, KY
Gross charge $18,267Cash pay $10,960 - 21
Meadowview Regional Medical Center
Maysville, KY
Gross charge $18,482Cash pay $7,393 - 22
Jackson Purchase Medical Center
Mayfield, KY
Gross charge $22,752Cash pay $9,101 - 23
Kentucky River Medical Center
Jackson, KY
Gross charge $22,824Cash pay $13,694 - 24
Spring View Hospital
Lebanon, KY
Gross charge $33,455Cash pay $13,382 - 25
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $45,695Cash pay $18,278 - 26
Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center
Prestonsburg, KY
Gross charge — - 27
UK King's Daughters Medical Center
Ashland, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $3,768 - 28
Saint Joseph Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 29Gross charge —
- 30
UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital
Shelbyville, KY
Gross charge — - 31
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital
Bardstown, KY
Gross charge — - 32
UofL Health – Jewish Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,441 - 33
Jennie Stuart Medical Center
Hopkinsville, KY
Gross charge — - 34
Deaconess Henderson Hospital
Henderson, KY
Gross charge — - 35
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling
Mount Sterling, KY
Gross charge — - 36
Harrison Memorial Hospital
Cynthiana, KY
Gross charge — - 37
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)
Madisonville, KY
Gross charge — - 38
University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 39
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 40Gross charge —
- 41
McDowell ARH Hospital
Mc Dowell, KY
Gross charge — - 42
University of Kentucky Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,015 - 43
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,370 - 44
Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital
Paducah, KY
Gross charge — - 45
Whitesburg ARH Hospital
Whitesburg, KY
Gross charge — - 46
Middlesboro ARH Hospital
Middlesboro, KY
Gross charge — - 47Gross charge —
- 48
Harlan ARH Hospital
Harlan, KY
Gross charge — - 49
Paintsville ARH Hospital
Paintsville, KY
Gross charge —
25 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for alcohol or drug dependence under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $2,006 to $45,695. 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 $15,084.
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 alcohol or drug dependence 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 alcohol or drug dependence 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 alcohol or drug dependence in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 897 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.