US Health Care Costs

Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement Without Cc/Mcc in Kentucky

MS-DRG 468: Revision of hip or knee replacement without cc/mcc

$269,182typical hospital bill
$24,268typical amount paid
$23,157–$41,637range paid across 5 hospitals

Kentucky hospitals billed Medicare a typical $269,182 for this stay in 2024, about 11.1 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
Baptist Health LouisvilleLouisville52$269,182$23,157
Norton Hospitals, IncLouisville29$180,144$24,168
Uofl Health - Jewish Hospital and Mary & Elizabeth HospitalLouisville28$190,594$24,268
Baptist Health LexingtonLexington13$320,914$25,438
Baptist Health LagrangeLa Grange18$333,978$41,637

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.