24/100
#2,050 nationally
Baptist Health Hardin
913 North Dixie Avenue, Elizabethtown, KY 42701 · (270) 737-1212
Charges far above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Baptist Health Hardin billed $7.26 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 7.3x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 109
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in KY
- #38
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 3/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 21% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 18% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 33% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 26% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
314 | $68,468 | $13,368 | +5% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
283 | $105,086 | $10,983 | +68% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
264 | $28,545 | $2,316 | +47% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
232 | $13,919 | $1,618 | +18% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
225 | $18,207 | $1,370 | +81% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
179 | $43,873 | $8,670 | about average |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
176 | $16,632 | $1,740 | +29% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
157 | $37,088 | $4,418 | +35% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
151 | $49,147 | $6,001 | +23% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
130 | $26,885 | $3,004 | +30% |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$84,775 | $4,924 | +145% |
|
Level 3 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5093 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$152,603 | $8,121 | +127% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$115,376 | $8,973 | +124% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$148,200 | $9,472 | +119% |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$309,841 | $28,262 | +109% |
|
Level 6 Urology and Related Services
APC 5376 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$88,310 | $7,636 | +99% |
|
Heart Catheter Procedure (without major complications)
MS-DRG 322 · Inpatient stay |
$200,922 | $13,750 | +97% |
|
Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implant with Complications
MS-DRG 243 · Inpatient stay |
$176,018 | $15,993 | +88% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Seizures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 100 · Inpatient stay |
$46,446 | $12,075 | -42% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$21,843 | $9,198 | -39% |
|
Other Respiratory System Operating Room Procedures with Major Complications
MS-DRG 166 · Inpatient stay |
$91,807 | $24,471 | -37% |
|
Bronchitis and Asthma with Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 202 · Inpatient stay |
$25,546 | $6,505 | -35% |
|
Diabetes with Major Complications
MS-DRG 637 · Inpatient stay |
$40,908 | $9,914 | -27% |
|
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (with complications)
MS-DRG 699 · Inpatient stay |
$29,596 | $6,706 | -22% |
|
Infection Needing Surgery (severe)
MS-DRG 853 · Inpatient stay |
$142,801 | $30,699 | -20% |
|
Disorders of Liver Except Malignancy, Cirrhosis or Alcoholic Hepatitis with Major
MS-DRG 441 · Inpatient stay |
$61,517 | $12,086 | -19% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.