Ungraded
#609 nationally
Rockcastle County Hospital, Inc.
145 Newcomb Avenue, Mount Vernon, KY 40456 · (606) 256-2195
Not enough published pricing to grade
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Rockcastle County Hospital, Inc. billed $3.13 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
- 3.1x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 5
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in KY
- #11
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 2/5
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
36 | $7,892 | $2,195 | -59% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
15 | $18,465 | $6,615 | -40% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
15 | $29,340 | $9,939 | about average |
|
Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications
MS-DRG 948 · Inpatient stay |
14 | $13,193 | $6,743 | -59% |
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
11 | $33,692 | $6,929 | +6% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
$33,692 | $6,929 | +6% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$29,340 | $9,939 | about average |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$18,465 | $6,615 | -40% |
|
Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications
MS-DRG 948 · Inpatient stay |
$13,193 | $6,743 | -59% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,892 | $2,195 | -59% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,892 | $2,195 | -59% |
|
Signs and Symptoms without Major Complications
MS-DRG 948 · Inpatient stay |
$13,193 | $6,743 | -59% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$18,465 | $6,615 | -40% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 690 · Inpatient stay |
$29,340 | $9,939 | about average |
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
$33,692 | $6,929 | +6% |
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.