US Health Care Costs

Cirrhosis and Alcoholic Hepatitis with Mcc in Kentucky

MS-DRG 432: Cirrhosis and alcoholic hepatitis with mcc

$62,912typical hospital bill
$15,003typical amount paid
$12,839–$20,113range paid across 9 hospitals

Kentucky hospitals billed Medicare a typical $62,912 for this stay in 2024, about 4.2 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 LouisvilleLouisville11$63,076$12,839
St Elizabeth EdgewoodEdgewood17$40,085$13,165
King's Daughters' Medical CenterAshland26$43,918$13,623
Norton Hospitals, IncLouisville36$64,213$14,020
The Medical Center (bowling Green)Bowling Green15$44,083$15,003
Saint Joseph HospitalLexington12$57,019$15,063
Pikeville Medical CenterPikeville11$62,912$18,665
Uofl Health - Jewish Hospital and Mary & Elizabeth HospitalLouisville33$96,251$20,039
University of Kentucky HospitalLexington55$89,997$20,113

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.