US Health Care Costs

Kidney and Ureter Procedures for Non-Neoplasm with Cc in Kentucky

MS-DRG 660: Kidney and ureter procedures for non-neoplasm with cc

$48,026typical hospital bill
$10,004typical amount paid
$8,214–$13,045range paid across 10 hospitals

Kentucky hospitals billed Medicare a typical $48,026 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 LexingtonLexington11$64,847$8,214
King's Daughters' Medical CenterAshland12$41,066$9,074
St Elizabeth EdgewoodEdgewood25$29,739$9,185
Baptist Health LouisvilleLouisville25$66,035$9,891
Uofl Health - Jewish Hospital and Mary & Elizabeth HospitalLouisville16$45,898$9,999
Deaconess Henderson HospitalHenderson27$23,587$10,009
Norton Hospitals, IncLouisville40$38,056$10,022
Baptist Health Deaconess MadisonvilleMadisonville21$68,582$10,622
Owensboro Health Regional HospitalOwensboro21$50,154$12,342
University of Kentucky HospitalLexington18$61,985$13,045

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.