Ungraded
#2,230 nationally
Kentucky River Medical Center
540 Jett Drive, Jackson, KY 41339
Not enough published pricing to grade
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Kentucky River Medical Center billed $6.29 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
- 6.3x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 5
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in KY
- #43
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- Not rated
- shown for context, not in the grade
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 |
85 | $79,144 | $13,825 | +21% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
56 | $21,544 | $2,094 | +83% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
23 | $64,199 | $9,801 | +38% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
17 | $23,974 | $2,459 | +23% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
12 | $54,288 | $8,679 | +33% |
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 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$21,544 | $2,094 | +83% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$64,199 | $9,801 | +38% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$54,288 | $8,679 | +33% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$23,974 | $2,459 | +23% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$79,144 | $13,825 | +21% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$79,144 | $13,825 | +21% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$23,974 | $2,459 | +23% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$54,288 | $8,679 | +33% |
|
Pneumonia (severe)
MS-DRG 193 · Inpatient stay |
$64,199 | $9,801 | +38% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$21,544 | $2,094 | +83% |
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.