Diabetes, with complications in Kentucky
MS-DRG 638: Diabetes with cc
$32,943typical hospital bill
$6,761typical amount paid
$6,108–$9,273range paid across 14 hospitals
Kentucky hospitals billed Medicare a typical $32,943 for this stay in 2024, about 4.9 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)
| Hospital | City | Medicare stays | Billed | Paid | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tristar Greenview Regional Hospital | Bowling Green | 19 | $47,096 | $6,108 | |
| Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital | Paducah | 15 | $35,220 | $6,156 | |
| King's Daughters' Medical Center | Ashland | 23 | $23,067 | $6,276 | |
| Baptist Health Hardin | Elizabethtown | 31 | $30,311 | $6,371 | |
| Baptist Health Paducah | Paducah | 12 | $30,903 | $6,503 | |
| Baptist Health Lexington | Lexington | 21 | $35,437 | $6,688 | |
| Norton Hospitals, Inc | Louisville | 62 | $28,125 | $6,692 | |
| Baptist Health Louisville | Louisville | 33 | $34,984 | $6,830 | |
| St Elizabeth Edgewood | Edgewood | 23 | $26,566 | $6,972 | |
| Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital | Somerset | 13 | $43,102 | $7,069 | |
| The Medical Center (bowling Green) | Bowling Green | 19 | $26,286 | $7,090 | |
| Uofl Health - Jewish Hospital and Mary & Elizabeth Hospital | Louisville | 17 | $19,976 | $7,326 | |
| Pikeville Medical Center | Pikeville | 15 | $36,437 | $8,472 | |
| University of Kentucky Hospital | Lexington | 19 | $36,276 | $9,273 |
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.