Traumatic Injury Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
A hospital stay for injuries from an accident or other trauma, such as cuts, bruises, or multiple smaller injuries, managed without major surgery. Care involves observation, pain control, and treatment of the injuries.
State average
$19,964
gross charge · DRG 914
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$1,738 – $33,807
low to high
Data notes for Kentucky
- The lowest published charge ($1,738 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 $1,738 - 2
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $12,949Cash pay $8,417 - 3
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $12,949Cash pay $8,417 - 4
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $12,949Cash pay $8,417 - 5
Jackson Purchase Medical Center
Mayfield, KY
Gross charge $20,851Cash pay $8,340 - 6
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $22,970Cash pay $17,228 - 7
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $22,970Cash pay $17,228 - 8
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $22,970Cash pay $17,228 - 9
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $22,970Cash pay $17,228 - 10
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $22,970Cash pay $17,228 - 11
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $22,970Cash pay $17,228 - 12
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $22,970Cash pay $17,228 - 13
Taylor Regional Hospital
Campbellsville, KY
Gross charge $23,469Cash pay $11,734 - 14
UK St. Claire
Morehead, KY
Gross charge $33,807Cash pay $25,355 - 15
UK King's Daughters Medical Center
Ashland, KY
Gross charge — - 16
Saint Joseph Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 17Gross charge —
- 18
UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital
Shelbyville, KY
Gross charge — - 19
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital
Bardstown, KY
Gross charge — - 20
UofL Health – Jewish Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 21
Jennie Stuart Medical Center
Hopkinsville, KY
Gross charge — - 22
Deaconess Henderson Hospital
Henderson, KY
Gross charge — - 23
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling
Mount Sterling, KY
Gross charge — - 24
Harrison Memorial Hospital
Cynthiana, KY
Gross charge — - 25
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)
Madisonville, KY
Gross charge — - 26
Monroe County Medical Center
Tompkinsville, KY
Gross charge — - 27
University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 28
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 29Gross charge —
- 30
University of Kentucky Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 31
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 32
Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital
Paducah, KY
Gross charge — - 33Gross charge —
14 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for traumatic injury under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $1,738 to $33,807. The cheapest is Pineville Community Health Center in Pineville; the most expensive is UK St. Claire in Morehead. The state average sits at $19,964.
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 traumatic injury 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 traumatic injury 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 traumatic injury in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 914 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.