US Health Care Costs

Other Vascular Procedures with Mcc in Kentucky

MS-DRG 252: Other vascular procedures with mcc

$129,384typical hospital bill
$25,851typical amount paid
$20,573–$31,976range paid across 10 hospitals

Kentucky hospitals billed Medicare a typical $129,384 for this stay in 2024, about 5.0 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
King's Daughters' Medical CenterAshland13$84,906$20,573
Baptist Health HardinElizabethtown13$161,481$22,157
Mercy Health - Lourdes HospitalPaducah11$118,771$23,353
Saint Joseph HospitalLexington31$80,703$24,483
Norton Hospitals, IncLouisville74$137,305$25,272
Baptist Health LouisvilleLouisville21$213,257$26,430
Uofl Health - Jewish Hospital and Mary & Elizabeth HospitalLouisville17$121,464$26,839
The Medical Center (bowling Green)Bowling Green11$154,804$29,011
University of Kentucky HospitalLexington24$159,698$30,657
St Elizabeth EdgewoodEdgewood17$108,604$31,976

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.