US Health Care Costs

Urinary tract infection in Kentucky

MS-DRG 690: Kidney and urinary tract infections without mcc

$26,271typical hospital bill
$6,220typical amount paid
$5,443–$9,939range paid across 39 hospitals

Kentucky hospitals billed Medicare a typical $26,271 for this stay in 2024, about 4.2 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 LouisvilleLouisville187$29,254$5,443
Baptist Health LexingtonLexington99$36,190$5,557
Baptist Health HardinElizabethtown86$31,680$5,572
Jennie Stuart Medical CenterHopkinsville20$24,158$5,618
Frankfort Regional Medical CenterFrankfort13$38,970$5,618
King's Daughters' Medical CenterAshland34$22,400$5,673
Baptist Health CorbinCorbin21$36,528$5,716
Mercy Health - Lourdes HospitalPaducah49$31,029$5,720
Tristar Greenview Regional HospitalBowling Green16$41,776$5,745
Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical CenterDanville19$17,361$5,751
Whitesburg Arh HospitalWhitesburg11$26,235$5,807
Baptist Health RichmondRichmond24$33,348$5,854
Saint Joseph LondonLondon11$23,539$5,880
St Elizabeth Ft ThomasFort Thomas31$18,245$5,894
Jackson Purchase Medical CenterMayfield20$39,409$5,930
Baptist Health PaducahPaducah58$30,576$5,940
Norton Hospitals, IncLouisville127$24,927$5,946
St Elizabeth FlorenceFlorence53$16,695$6,008
Meadowview Regional Medical CenterMaysville17$30,903$6,149
St Claire Regional Medical CenterMorehead12$16,857$6,220
Hazard Arh Regional Medical CenterHazard13$37,203$6,221
T J Samson Community HospitalGlasgow23$17,157$6,241
Deaconess Henderson HospitalHenderson38$18,862$6,294
Monroe County Medical CenterTompkinsville34$10,870$6,344
Lake Cumberland Regional HospitalSomerset18$50,794$6,447
Tug Valley Arh Regional Medical CenterSouth Williamson25$24,301$6,450
The Medical Center (bowling Green)Bowling Green62$26,271$6,519
Murray-Calloway County HospitalMurray28$31,809$6,530
St Elizabeth EdgewoodEdgewood105$19,379$6,576
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community HospitalGreenville16$15,469$6,582
Uofl Health - Jewish Hospital and Mary & Elizabeth HospitalLouisville46$19,444$6,703
Owensboro Health Regional HospitalOwensboro30$15,295$6,772
Harlan Arh HospitalHarlan15$24,173$6,794
Baptist Health Deaconess MadisonvilleMadisonville13$39,277$6,822
Taylor Regional HospitalCampbellsville22$14,560$6,928
Pikeville Medical CenterPikeville43$29,074$7,125
University of Louisville HospitalLouisville15$33,965$8,884
University of Kentucky HospitalLexington49$32,281$9,104
Rockcastle County Hospital, Inc.Mount Vernon15$29,340$9,939

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.