US Health Care Costs

Complications of Treatment with Cc in Kentucky

MS-DRG 920: Complications of treatment with cc

$33,382typical hospital bill
$8,076typical amount paid
$7,524–$10,802range paid across 4 hospitals

Kentucky hospitals billed Medicare a typical $33,382 for this stay in 2024, about 4.1 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
St Elizabeth EdgewoodEdgewood11$21,839$7,524
Norton Hospitals, IncLouisville32$35,485$7,660
Uofl Health - Jewish Hospital and Mary & Elizabeth HospitalLouisville12$31,279$8,492
University of Kentucky HospitalLexington23$40,108$10,802

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.