15/100
#2,289 nationally
Frankfort Regional Medical Center
299 Kings Daughters Drive, Frankfort, KY 40601 · (502) 875-5240
Among the highest charge markups in the country
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Frankfort Regional Medical Center billed $7.94 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
- 7.9x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 27
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in KY
- #49
- 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 14% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 12% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 17% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 15% 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 |
147 | $89,507 | $13,119 | +37% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
133 | $31,874 | $2,352 | +64% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
43 | $78,447 | $9,573 | +81% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
41 | $21,754 | $1,771 | +68% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
28 | $64,710 | $10,199 | +39% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
28 | $14,148 | $1,370 | +40% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
26 | $73,623 | $12,002 | +34% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
26 | $24,670 | $2,772 | +29% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
24 | $59,873 | $10,254 | +13% |
|
Kidney Failure (with complications)
MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay |
24 | $46,608 | $6,374 | +41% |
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 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,554 | $594 | +268% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$59,930 | $2,838 | +137% |
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$77,583 | $9,567 | +115% |
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
$83,107 | $7,446 | +82% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$78,447 | $9,573 | +81% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$21,754 | $1,771 | +68% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$45,697 | $4,500 | +66% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$65,129 | $7,206 | +66% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$45,880 | $8,274 | +13% |
|
Kidney Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 682 · Inpatient stay |
$59,873 | $10,254 | +13% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$75,246 | $10,711 | +23% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$24,670 | $2,772 | +29% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$38,970 | $5,618 | +31% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$73,623 | $12,002 | +34% |
|
Digestive Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 392 · Inpatient stay |
$43,899 | $5,759 | +36% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$66,001 | $9,158 | +36% |
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.