How many Kentucky hospitals publish their prices?

19 Kentucky hospitals publish machine-readable price files covering 205 procedures and 45 payers — 54,114 negotiated rate rows in total. Browse them by procedure, payer, or hospital below.

How do I compare hospital prices in Kentucky?

Pick a procedure to see every Kentucky hospital's negotiated rate side by side, sorted from cheapest to most expensive, with cash prices and gross charges. All data comes from hospitals' own price transparency files.

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Kentucky hospital prices

What Kentucky hospitals charge across every procedure they publish in their federally-mandated machine-readable file.

Hospitals

Procedures

205

Payers

Rate rows

54,114

Top procedures in Kentucky

By number of Kentucky hospitals reporting (≥2). Click for the national distribution.

Procedure	Type	Code	Kentucky hospitals	Kentucky median
Heart failure & shock w MCC	MS-DRG	291	15	$11,088
Kidney/UTI w/o MCC	MS-DRG	690	14	$6,991.44
Simple pneumonia & pleurisy w CC	MS-DRG	194	14	$6,960.35
COPD w MCC	MS-DRG	190	14	$9,566.92
Kidney/UTI w MCC	MS-DRG	689	14	$10,021
Respiratory infections & inflammations w MCC	MS-DRG	177	14	$13,497
Esophagitis/gastroenteritis w/o MCC	MS-DRG	392	13	$6,733.2
Cardiac arrhythmia w CC	MS-DRG	309	13	$6,354.05
COPD w CC	MS-DRG	191	13	$7,280.77
Cardiac arrhythmia w MCC	MS-DRG	308	13	$10,399
Septicemia or severe sepsis w MV 96+ hrs	MS-DRG	871	13	$16,777
Diagnostic mammography bilateral	CPT	77066	13	$160.82
AMI discharged alive w MCC	MS-DRG	280	13	$13,854
MRI thoracic spine without contrast	CPT	72146	12	$908.14
Chest X-ray 2 views	CPT	71046	12	$81.56
CT pelvis without contrast	CPT	72192	12	$524.55
CT head with contrast	CPT	70460	12	$525.8
MRI brain without contrast	CPT	70551	12	$917.22
Chest X-ray single view	CPT	71045	12	$71.2
Knee X-ray 1-2 views	CPT	73560	12	$158.8
Simple pneumonia & pleurisy w/o CC/MCC	MS-DRG	195	12	$5,428.19
CT lumbar spine without contrast	CPT	72131	12	$591.77
CT chest without contrast	CPT	71250	12	$542
CT head with and without contrast	CPT	70470	12	$641.13
Hand X-ray 3 views	CPT	73130	12	$186.03
Hand X-ray 3 views	CPT	73130	12	$110.32
MRI brain with and without contrast	CPT	70553	12	$1,317.11
Cardiac arrhythmia w/o CC/MCC	MS-DRG	310	12	$4,889.26
CT chest with and without contrast	CPT	71270	12	$829.83
CT neck with contrast	CPT	70491	12	$585.82
CT cervical spine without contrast	CPT	72125	12	$718.93
Lumbosacral spine X-ray	CPT	72100	12	$102.68
Shoulder X-ray	CPT	73030	12	$169.3
MRI cervical spine without contrast	CPT	72141	12	$872.65
CT thoracic spine without contrast	CPT	72128	12	$636.65
CT chest with contrast	CPT	71260	12	$686.46
MRI lumbar spine without contrast	CPT	72148	12	$873.78
CT head without contrast	CPT	70450	12	$474
Shoulder X-ray	CPT	73030	12	$99.05
Humerus X-ray	CPT	73060	12	$99.51

Top payers in Kentucky

Payer	Hospitals	Rates	Median rate
WellCare	18	4,275	$165.69
Aetna	17	6,344	$300.84
Anthem BCBS	17	6,196	$440.65
Molina	15	1,386	$339.74
UnitedHealthcare	14	4,103	$291.89
Humana	14	3,951	$224.83
optum ccn region 2	12	1,504	$114.34
optum ccn region 1	12	1,504	$114.34
caresoure kentucky	11	1,554	$423.8
umr	11	1,167	$595
center care	4	273	$506.38
Cigna	4	900	$235.54
Multiplan	4	504	$919.8
baptist health community health	3	21	$1,500
alliance coal direct opt-in	2	9	$2,171
gateway health plan	1	4	$1,899
healthgram	1	170	$1,061.6
healthgram lexington home brands	1	170	$955.44
healthy blue	1	129	$591.2
medcost	1	510	$531.44
muiltiplan	1	5	$31,480
national provider network	1	170	$1,194.3
oscar	1	170	$487.72
partners	1	129	$591.2
private healthcare systems	1	170	$1,088.14
the health plan	1	255	$102.92
trillium	1	129	$609.09
united va	1	4	$1,809
va community care network	1	465	$148.34
vaya	1	129	$597.16

Kentucky hospitals (top 19 by compliance)

Hospital	City	Grade	Score	Procedures	Payers
Jennie Stuart Medical Center	Hopkinsville	A	100	197	16
Highlands Arh Regional Medical Center	Prestonsburg	A	100	154	10
Hazard Arh Regional Medical Center	Hazard	A	100	147	10
BAPTIST HEALTH LEXINGTON	Lexington	A	100	137	23
Tug Valley Arh Regional Medical Center	South Williamson	A	100	135	11
Whitesburg Arh Hospital	Whitesburg	A	100	129	10
Middlesboro Appalachian Regional Healthcare Hospit	Middlesboro	A	100	118	10
Harlan Arh Hospital	Harlan	A	100	116	10
Mcdowell Arh Hospital	Mcdowell	A	100	108	10
Barbourville Arh Hospital	Barbourville	A	100	103	10
Mary Breckinridge Arh Hospital	Hyden	A	100	89	10
Morgan County Arh Hospital	West Liberty	A	100	88	10
Paintsville Arh Hospital	Paintsville	A	97	124	9
Arh Our Lady Of The Way	Martin	A	97	87	8
Continuecare Hospital At Baptist Health Corbin	Corbin	B	87	25	9
Spring View Hospital	Lebanon	B	86	144	0
Continuecare Hospital At Baptist Hlth Madisonville	Madisonville	B	85	6	10
Continuecare Hospital At Baptist Health Paducah	Paducah	B	85	5	10
ARH ADVANCED CARE - BIG SANDY	South Williamson	C	70	2	2