US Health Care Costs

Anemia and blood disorders in Kentucky

MS-DRG 812: Red blood cell disorders without mcc

$32,455typical hospital bill
$6,791typical amount paid
$6,091–$11,241range paid across 19 hospitals

Kentucky hospitals billed Medicare a typical $32,455 for this stay in 2024, about 4.8 times what was actually paid. Medicare's payment depends mostly on the hospital's location and teaching role; the bill depends on the hospital's own price list, so bills vary far more than payments.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaid
Baptist Health LouisvilleLouisville55$38,137$6,091
Baptist Health LexingtonLexington30$38,849$6,181
Jennie Stuart Medical CenterHopkinsville11$22,609$6,281
Baptist Health PaducahPaducah14$44,331$6,357
St Elizabeth Ft ThomasFort Thomas11$22,302$6,399
Mercy Health - Lourdes HospitalPaducah15$43,496$6,446
St Elizabeth EdgewoodEdgewood20$31,848$6,552
Baptist Health HardinElizabethtown20$32,455$6,585
Lake Cumberland Regional HospitalSomerset13$41,466$6,673
Norton Hospitals, IncLouisville91$35,259$6,791
Saint Joseph HospitalLexington13$35,400$6,867
T J Samson Community HospitalGlasgow17$20,301$6,917
King's Daughters' Medical CenterAshland11$27,638$7,230
The Medical Center (bowling Green)Bowling Green12$21,240$7,325
Uofl Health - Jewish Hospital and Mary & Elizabeth HospitalLouisville11$26,680$7,511
Owensboro Health Regional HospitalOwensboro18$27,146$7,842
Pikeville Medical CenterPikeville16$32,383$8,045
University of Louisville HospitalLouisville20$39,288$9,973
University of Kentucky HospitalLexington17$51,498$11,241

Medicare: CMS, 2024 (hospitals with 11 or more Medicare stays). Cash and insurer prices: hospitals' own price files, where read; insurer figures are commercial plans only, median and 10th–90th percentile across plans.