Surgical & Wound Infections Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
An infection that develops at a surgical site or wound after an operation or injury. Hospital care typically involves IV antibiotics and wound cleaning or drainage.
State average
$26,806
gross charge · DRG 863
Hospitals
16
with published pricing
Price range
$17,357 – $74,425
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $17,357Cash pay $11,282 - 2
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $17,357Cash pay $11,282 - 3
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $17,357Cash pay $11,282 - 4
Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Acute Care)
Murray, KY
Gross charge $19,147Cash pay $12,446 - 5
Taylor Regional Hospital
Campbellsville, KY
Gross charge $19,462Cash pay $9,731 - 6
UK St. Claire
Morehead, KY
Gross charge $20,006Cash pay $15,005 - 7
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $24,932Cash pay $18,699 - 8
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $24,932Cash pay $18,699 - 9
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $24,932Cash pay $18,699 - 10
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $24,932Cash pay $18,699 - 11
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $24,932Cash pay $18,699 - 12
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $24,932Cash pay $18,699 - 13
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $24,932Cash pay $18,699 - 14
Jackson Purchase Medical Center
Mayfield, KY
Gross charge $31,299Cash pay $12,519 - 15
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $37,956Medicare pays (avg) $5,177 - 16
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $74,425Cash pay $29,770 - 17
Whitesburg ARH Hospital
Whitesburg, KY
Gross charge — - 18
Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center
Prestonsburg, KY
Gross charge — - 19
UK King's Daughters Medical Center
Ashland, KY
Gross charge — - 20
Saint Joseph Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 21Gross charge —
- 22
UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital
Shelbyville, KY
Gross charge — - 23
Middlesboro ARH Hospital
Middlesboro, KY
Gross charge — - 24
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital
Bardstown, KY
Gross charge — - 25Gross charge —
- 26
UofL Health – Jewish Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,213 - 27
Harlan ARH Hospital
Harlan, KY
Gross charge — - 28
Jennie Stuart Medical Center
Hopkinsville, KY
Gross charge — - 29
Deaconess Henderson Hospital
Henderson, KY
Gross charge — - 30
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling
Mount Sterling, KY
Gross charge — - 31
Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center
South Williamson, KY
Gross charge — - 32
Paintsville ARH Hospital
Paintsville, KY
Gross charge — - 33
Harrison Memorial Hospital
Cynthiana, KY
Gross charge — - 34
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)
Madisonville, KY
Gross charge — - 35
Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital
Paducah, KY
Gross charge — - 36
University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 37
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 38
ARH Our Lady of the Way Hospital
Martin, KY
Gross charge — - 39
Morgan County ARH Hospital
West Liberty, KY
Gross charge — - 40
Mary Breckinridge ARH Hospital
Hyden, KY
Gross charge — - 41
Knox County Hospital
Barbourville, KY
Gross charge — - 42Gross charge —
- 43
McDowell ARH Hospital
Mc Dowell, KY
Gross charge — - 44
University of Kentucky Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,909
16 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for surgical & wound infections under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $17,357 to $74,425. The cheapest is Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital in Greenville; the most expensive is Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care) in Somerset. The state average sits at $26,806.
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 surgical & wound infections 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 surgical & wound infections 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 surgical & wound infections in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 863 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.