19/100
#2,183 nationally
Baptist Health Louisville
4000 Kresge Way, Louisville, KY 40207 · (502) 897-8100
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Baptist Health Louisville billed $8.28 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
- 8.3x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 202
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in KY
- #43
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 4/5
- 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 15% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 13% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 29% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 17% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
2,158 | $25,609 | $2,323 | +32% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
775 | $102,617 | $11,175 | +64% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
512 | $40,039 | $2,789 | +59% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
466 | $64,459 | $12,786 | about average |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
413 | $16,799 | $1,373 | +67% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
410 | $40,018 | $8,285 | -8% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
282 | $47,057 | $4,905 | +34% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
228 | $59,932 | $6,099 | +50% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
222 | $144,297 | $15,829 | +74% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
217 | $60,054 | $10,764 | +9% |
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 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5222 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$107,226 | $7,115 | +183% |
|
Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 027 · Inpatient stay |
$338,314 | $29,522 | +178% |
|
Craniotomy and Endovascular Intracranial Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 026 · Inpatient stay |
$370,095 | $34,391 | +176% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$137,964 | $9,159 | +168% |
|
Endovascular Cardiac Valve Replacement and Supplement Procedures without Major
MS-DRG 267 · Inpatient stay |
$498,644 | $47,143 | +163% |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$387,673 | $28,262 | +161% |
|
Revision of Hip or Knee Replacement without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 468 · Inpatient stay |
$269,182 | $23,157 | +148% |
|
Level 3 Electrophysiologic Procedures
APC 5213 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$324,442 | $19,973 | +145% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 056 · Inpatient stay |
$47,148 | $13,542 | -45% |
|
Fractures of Hip and Pelvis with Major Complications
MS-DRG 535 · Inpatient stay |
$32,405 | $8,811 | -37% |
|
Limb Reattachment, Hip and Femur Procedures for Multiple Significant Trauma
MS-DRG 956 · Inpatient stay |
$115,527 | $23,856 | -36% |
|
Degenerative Nervous System Disorders without Major Complications
MS-DRG 057 · Inpatient stay |
$34,618 | $8,649 | -28% |
|
Other Factors Influencing Health Status
MS-DRG 951 · Inpatient stay |
$16,526 | $3,854 | -25% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$40,442 | $9,437 | -24% |
|
Sepsis
MS-DRG 870 · Inpatient stay |
$205,856 | $45,204 | -23% |
|
Major Gastrointestinal Disorders and Peritoneal Infections with Major Complications
MS-DRG 371 · Inpatient stay |
$52,604 | $10,942 | -23% |
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.