60/100
#958 nationally
King's Daughters' Medical Center
2201 Lexington Avenue, Ashland, KY 41101 · (606) 408-4401
Charges well above the national norm
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, King's Daughters' Medical Center billed $4.41 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
- 4.4x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 134
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in KY
- #19
- 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 52% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 55% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 69% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 74% 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 |
845 | $17,428 | $2,304 | -10% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
432 | $2,769 | $575 | -12% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
355 | $10,466 | $1,725 | -19% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
335 | $52,214 | $13,176 | -20% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
271 | $14,481 | $2,729 | -43% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
269 | $11,349 | $1,369 | +13% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
214 | $35,220 | $8,527 | -19% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
204 | $10,838 | $1,586 | -8% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
198 | $16,356 | $2,704 | -14% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
141 | $51,712 | $9,311 | -24% |
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 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$25,563 | $2,757 | +25% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$22,156 | $2,364 | +25% |
|
Level 3 ENT Procedures
APC 5163 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,611 | $1,250 | +19% |
|
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$46,414 | $5,555 | +17% |
|
Level 4 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5154 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$26,569 | $3,190 | +17% |
|
Extracranial Procedures without Complications/mcc
MS-DRG 039 · Inpatient stay |
$61,550 | $7,773 | +16% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,349 | $1,369 | +13% |
|
Level 2 Icd and Similar Procedures
APC 5232 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$161,120 | $27,053 | +8% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
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.