CostGrade

Hospitals With the Smallest Gap Between Charges and Payments in Kentucky

Ranked by how much a hospital bills in list charges for every dollar of care actually paid for, across 50 graded hospitals in Kentucky. Only hospitals with at least ten priced procedures appear, so a single unusual case cannot put a hospital at either end.

This is not a ranking of cheap care. A low markup means a hospital's list prices sit close to what its care is actually paid for. It does not mean your treatment there will cost less than somewhere else — that depends on your insurance and your case.

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    Saint Joseph Mount Sterling

    Mount Sterling, KY

    2.9x — bills about $2.86 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    13 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
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    A

    Taylor Regional Hospital

    Campbellsville, KY

    3.3x — bills about $3.27 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    28 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Government - Hospital District or Authority
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    B

    St Elizabeth Florence

    Florence, KY

    3.6x — bills about $3.65 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    68 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
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    B

    St Elizabeth Ft Thomas

    Fort Thomas, KY

    3.7x — bills about $3.68 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    56 procedures priced CMS quality 5/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
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    B

    Saint Joseph Hospital

    Lexington, KY

    3.7x — bills about $3.71 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    94 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Church
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    B

    Saint Joseph East

    Lexington, KY

    3.7x — bills about $3.72 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    29 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
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    A

    Harrison Memorial Hospital

    Cynthiana, KY

    3.7x — bills about $3.75 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    15 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Other
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    B

    St Elizabeth Edgewood

    Edgewood, KY

    4.1x — bills about $4.07 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    166 procedures priced CMS quality 5/5 Voluntary non-profit - Church
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    B

    Saint Joseph London

    London, KY

    4.2x — bills about $4.16 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    33 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
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    C

    Harlan Arh Hospital

    Harlan, KY

    4.8x — bills about $4.80 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    11 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Other
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    C

    Pikeville Medical Center

    Pikeville, KY

    5.1x — bills about $5.06 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    91 procedures priced CMS quality 1/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
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    Whitesburg Arh Hospital

    Whitesburg, KY

    5.4x — bills about $5.41 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    13 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Other
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    C

    Spring View Hospital

    Lebanon, KY

    6.3x — bills about $6.26 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    15 procedures priced CMS quality 5/5 Proprietary
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    Norton Hospitals, Inc

    Louisville, KY

    6.3x — bills about $6.26 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    304 procedures priced CMS quality 2/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
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    D

    Baptist Health Corbin

    Corbin, KY

    6.4x — bills about $6.37 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    47 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
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    D

    Baptist Health Richmond

    Richmond, KY

    6.4x — bills about $6.43 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    36 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
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    D

    Baptist Health Hardin

    Elizabethtown, KY

    7.3x — bills about $7.26 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    109 procedures priced CMS quality 3/5 Government - Local
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    Baptist Health Louisville

    Louisville, KY

    8.3x — bills about $8.28 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    202 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
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    D

    Baptist Health Lagrange

    La Grange, KY

    8.6x — bills about $8.56 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    18 procedures priced CMS quality 5/5 Voluntary non-profit - Private
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    Baptist Health Paducah

    Paducah, KY

    9.4x — bills about $9.35 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    112 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Church
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    Baptist Health Lexington

    Lexington, KY

    9.7x — bills about $9.73 in charges for every $1 of care actually paid for

    142 procedures priced CMS quality 4/5 Voluntary non-profit - Other