US Health Care Costs

Other Digestive System Diagnoses with Mcc in Kentucky

MS-DRG 393: Other digestive system diagnoses with mcc

$51,026typical hospital bill
$11,481typical amount paid
$10,513–$17,401range paid across 6 hospitals

Kentucky hospitals billed Medicare a typical $51,026 for this stay in 2024, about 4.4 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 LouisvilleLouisville18$56,324$10,513
Baptist Health LexingtonLexington15$62,779$10,946
King's Daughters' Medical CenterAshland15$45,727$10,963
Norton Hospitals, IncLouisville54$40,739$11,999
St Elizabeth EdgewoodEdgewood22$42,165$14,128
University of Kentucky HospitalLexington35$66,398$17,401

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.