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Best hospitals in Kentucky

4 of the 65 Kentucky hospitals rated by CMS hold the top rating of five stars, and 11 more hold four. They are listed here in order of CMS's overall quality rating and what patients say, next to how long the ER takes and how much each hospital marks up its prices.

Also:All 104 Kentucky hospitalsBest hospitals by stateKentucky ranks 39th of 52 statesCompare the top 3 side by side

4five-star hospitals
11four-star hospitals
65hospitals rated by CMS and open to the public, of 104 in the state
69%of patients would recommend the typical hospital US typical 71%
2 h 36 mintypical ER visit US typical 2 h 28 min

The top 10

1Baptist Health LagrangeLa Grange · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend80%Typical ER visit2 h 18 minListed per $1 of cost$12.932St Elizabeth EdgewoodEdgewood · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend74%Typical ER visit2 h 12 minListed per $1 of cost$3.593St Elizabeth Ft ThomasFort Thomas · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend70%Typical ER visit2 h 24 minListed per $1 of cost$3.364Spring View HospitalLebanon · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend70%Typical ER visit2 h 34 minListed per $1 of cost$8.705Chi Saint Joseph Berea NfBerea · Rural (critical access)CMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend80%Typical ER visit2 h 6 minListed per $1 of cost$3.416Baptist Health LexingtonLexington · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend84%Typical ER visit3 h 3 minListed per $1 of cost$9.187Baptist Health PaducahPaducah · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend80%Typical ER visit3 h 4 minListed per $1 of cost$9.268Baptist Health RichmondRichmond · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend79%Typical ER visit2 h 36 minListed per $1 of cost$9.019Saint Joseph Mount SterlingMount Sterling · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend72%Typical ER visit2 h 14 minListed per $1 of cost$3.9510Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community HospitalGreenville · GeneralCMS rating★★★★★Patients★★★★★Would recommend69%Typical ER visit2 h 28 minListed per $1 of cost$2.96
How Kentucky's 65 rated hospitals score
45 stars
114 stars
213 stars
212 stars
81 star

Every rated hospital in Kentucky

In ranking order. Click a column to sort.

#HospitalCityCMS ratingPatient ratingWould recommendTypical ER visitListed per $1 of cost
1Baptist Health LagrangeLa Grange★★★★★★★★★★80%2 h 18 min$12.93
2St Elizabeth EdgewoodEdgewood★★★★★★★★★★74%2 h 12 min$3.59
3St Elizabeth Ft ThomasFort Thomas★★★★★★★★★★70%2 h 24 min$3.36
4Spring View HospitalLebanon★★★★★★★★★★70%2 h 34 min$8.70
5Chi Saint Joseph Berea NfBerea★★★★★★★★★★80%2 h 6 min$3.41
6Baptist Health LexingtonLexington★★★★★★★★★★84%3 h 3 min$9.18
7Baptist Health PaducahPaducah★★★★★★★★★★80%3 h 4 min$9.26
8Baptist Health RichmondRichmond★★★★★★★★★★79%2 h 36 min$9.01
9Saint Joseph Mount SterlingMount Sterling★★★★★★★★★★72%2 h 14 min$3.95
10Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community HospitalGreenville★★★★★★★★★★69%2 h 28 min$2.96
11Baptist Health LouisvilleLouisville★★★★★★★★★★77%3 h 11 min$7.72
12University of Kentucky HospitalLexington★★★★★★★★★★76%3 h 38 min$3.67
13Meadowview Regional Medical CenterMaysville★★★★★★★★★★53%2 h 29 min$10.68
14Livingston Hospital and Healthcare Services, IncSalem★★★★★–87%1 h 46 min$1.90
15Marcum and Wallace Memorial HospitalIrvine★★★★★–81%2 h 8 min$3.48
16Harrison Memorial HospitalCynthiana★★★★★★★★★★83%2 h 51 min$2.84
17Three Rivers Medical CenterLouisa★★★★★★★★★★78%2 h 44 min$7.91
18Baptist Health CorbinCorbin★★★★★★★★★★77%3 h 26 min$9.63
19AdventHealthmanchesterManchester★★★★★★★★★★75%2 h 10 min$3.66
20Saint Joseph LondonLondon★★★★★★★★★★74%3 h 5 min$5.10
21Murray-Calloway County HospitalMurray★★★★★★★★★★74%2 h 39 min$4.96
22Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical CenterLeitchfield★★★★★★★★★★70%1 h 55 min$3.98
23Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical CenterDanville★★★★★★★★★★64%2 h 19 min$2.95
24Whitesburg Arh HospitalWhitesburg★★★★★★★★★★64%2 h 40 min$4.84
25Clark Regional Medical CenterWinchester★★★★★★★★★★69%2 h 59 min$10.03
26Baptist Health HardinElizabethtown★★★★★★★★★★68%3 h 3 min$8.55
27Mercy Health - Lourdes HospitalPaducah★★★★★★★★★★68%2 h 53 min$6.00
28T J Samson Community HospitalGlasgow★★★★★★★★★★68%3 h 14 min$3.00
29King's Daughters' Medical CenterAshland★★★★★★★★★★67%3 h 52 min$4.03
30St Elizabeth FlorenceFlorence★★★★★★★★★★67%2 h 38 min$3.40
31Uofl Health - Shelbyville HospitalShelbyville★★★★★★★★★★65%1 h 57 min$4.86
32Georgetown Community HospitalGeorgetown★★★★★★★★★★65%2 h 19 min$10.91
33Chi Saint Joseph Flaget Memorial HospitalBardstown★★★★★★★★★★63%2 h 29 min$5.19
34Saint Joseph HospitalLexington★★★★★★★★★★65%2 h 8 min$3.65
35Frankfort Regional Medical CenterFrankfort★★★★★★★★★★55%2 h 43 min$9.82
36Casey County HospitalLiberty★★★★★–83%1 h 34 min$0.95
37St Claire Regional Medical CenterMorehead★★★★★★★★★★68%2 h 58 min$3.36
38Taylor Regional HospitalCampbellsville★★★★★★★★★★68%2 h 18 min$3.07
39Norton Hospitals, IncLouisville★★★★★★★★★★73%3 h 12 min$5.63
40Tristar Greenview Regional HospitalBowling Green★★★★★★★★★★71%2 h 28 min$11.69
41Owensboro Health Regional HospitalOwensboro★★★★★★★★★★70%3 h 28 min$3.70
42Saint Joseph EastLexington★★★★★★★★★★69%2 h 11 min$4.02
43The Medical Center (bowling Green)Bowling Green★★★★★★★★★★66%3 h 35 min$4.42
44Highlands Arh Regional Medical CenterPrestonsburg★★★★★★★★★★66%3 h 10 min$4.98
45Baptist Health Deaconess MadisonvilleMadisonville★★★★★★★★★★63%3 h 10 min$8.41
46Harlan Arh HospitalHarlan★★★★★★★★★★62%3 h 16 min$4.41
47Deaconess Henderson HospitalHenderson★★★★★★★★★★61%2 h 7 min$4.14
48Paintsville Arh HospitalPaintsville★★★★★★★★★★60%2 h 45 min$5.75
49Hazard Arh Regional Medical CenterHazard★★★★★★★★★★57%2 h 54 min$4.73
50Tug Valley Arh Regional Medical CenterSouth Williamson★★★★★★★★★★57%2 h 48 min$4.70
51Lake Cumberland Regional HospitalSomerset★★★★★★★★★★55%3 h 0 min$10.50
52Uofl Health - Jewish Hospital and Mary & Elizabeth HospitalLouisville★★★★★★★★★★66%2 h 18 min$4.01
53Marshall County HospitalBenton★★★★★–81%1 h 32 min$1.31
54Rockcastle County Hospital, Inc.Mount Vernon★★★★★–77%2 h 17 min$2.70
55Bourbon Community HospitalParis★★★★★–70%1 h 45 min$7.37
56The Medical Center at RussellvilleRussellville★★★★★–61%2 h 8 min$7.48
57Ohio County HospitalHartford★★★★★––1 h 47 min$2.59
58Monroe County Medical CenterTompkinsville★★★★★★★★★★71%2 h 8 min$2.36
59Pikeville Medical CenterPikeville★★★★★★★★★★70%3 h 46 min$5.46
60Jackson Purchase Medical CenterMayfield★★★★★★★★★★58%2 h 12 min$9.29
61Middlesboro Arh HospitalMiddlesboro★★★★★★★★★★58%2 h 46 min$4.88
62Jennie Stuart Medical CenterHopkinsville★★★★★★★★★★56%2 h 47 min$4.32
63University of Louisville HospitalLouisville★★★★★★★★★★67%3 h 18 min$5.10
64Breckinridge Memorial HospitalHardinsburg★★★★★–78%1 h 40 min$2.24
65Pineville Community Health Center, IncPineville★★★★★––2 h 12 min–
How the order is set. Hospitals are sorted by CMS's overall hospital quality star rating (1 to 5 stars), which combines death rates, safety, readmissions, patient experience and timely care. Ties are broken by the patient survey star rating, then by the share of patients who would definitely recommend the hospital. Hospitals CMS has not rated, often small, new or specialty hospitals, are not listed; neither are Veterans Affairs and military hospitals, which most patients cannot choose. Prices and ER times are shown for comparison and do not change the order. A star rating is a summary: for a specific operation, look at that hospital's page and ask your doctor.

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Source: CMS Care Compare (overall star ratings and patient survey) and hospital cost reports.