US Health Care Costs

Other Major Cardiovascular Procedures with Cc in Kentucky

MS-DRG 271: Other major cardiovascular procedures with cc

$137,995typical hospital bill
$26,924typical amount paid
$23,709–$38,794range paid across 10 hospitals

Kentucky hospitals billed Medicare a typical $137,995 for this stay in 2024, about 5.1 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
Mercy Health - Lourdes HospitalPaducah11$127,594$23,709
Saint Joseph HospitalLexington18$74,521$24,640
Norton Hospitals, IncLouisville37$167,975$25,666
The Medical Center (bowling Green)Bowling Green11$132,274$25,826
Uofl Health - Jewish Hospital and Mary & Elizabeth HospitalLouisville12$118,231$26,065
Baptist Health LouisvilleLouisville14$287,915$27,783
St Elizabeth EdgewoodEdgewood24$131,610$29,964
University of Kentucky HospitalLexington12$143,716$30,495
Owensboro Health Regional HospitalOwensboro11$153,360$34,088
Baptist Health LexingtonLexington13$354,160$38,794

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.