Cellulitis Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for cellulitis — a bacterial skin infection typically requiring IV antibiotics.
State average
$22,336
gross charge · DRG 603
Hospitals
23
with published pricing
Price range
$1,816 – $48,281
low to high
Data notes for Kentucky
- The lowest published charge ($1,816 at Pineville Community Health Center) is unusually low for an inpatient stay. This may reflect a data-quality issue in the hospital's MRF rather than an actual price — verify directly with the hospital before relying on it.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Pineville Community Health Center
Pineville, KY
Gross charge $1,816 - 2
Monroe County Medical Center
Tompkinsville, KY
Gross charge $6,675Cash pay $5,540 - 3
Russell County Hospital
Russell Springs, KY
Gross charge $8,143Cash pay $6,515 - 4
TJ Health Columbia Hospital
Columbia, KY
Gross charge $8,982Cash pay $5,839 - 5
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $15,317Cash pay $9,956 - 6
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $15,317Cash pay $9,956 - 7
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $15,317Cash pay $9,956 - 8
Taylor Regional Hospital
Campbellsville, KY
Gross charge $16,488Cash pay $8,244 - 9
UK St. Claire
Morehead, KY
Gross charge $19,438Cash pay $14,578 - 10
Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Acute Care)
Murray, KY
Gross charge $24,155Cash pay $15,701 - 11
Meadowview Regional Medical Center
Maysville, KY
Gross charge $24,860Cash pay $9,944 - 12
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $25,137Cash pay $18,853 - 13
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $25,137Cash pay $18,853 - 14
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $25,137Cash pay $18,853 - 15
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $25,137Cash pay $18,853 - 16
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $25,137Cash pay $18,853 - 17
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $25,137Cash pay $18,853 - 18
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $25,137Cash pay $18,853 - 19
Spring View Hospital
Lebanon, KY
Gross charge $28,097Cash pay $11,239 - 20
Jackson Purchase Medical Center
Mayfield, KY
Gross charge $29,533Cash pay $11,813 - 21
Kentucky River Medical Center
Jackson, KY
Gross charge $30,587Cash pay $18,352 - 22
Three Rivers Medical Center
Louisa, KY
Gross charge $44,749Cash pay $26,849 - 23
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $48,281Cash pay $19,313 - 24
UK King's Daughters Medical Center
Ashland, KY
Gross charge — - 25
Saint Joseph Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 26Gross charge —
- 27
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital
Bardstown, KY
Gross charge — - 28
Jennie Stuart Medical Center
Hopkinsville, KY
Gross charge — - 29
Deaconess Henderson Hospital
Henderson, KY
Gross charge — - 30
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling
Mount Sterling, KY
Gross charge — - 31
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)
Madisonville, KY
Gross charge — - 32
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 33Gross charge —
23 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for cellulitis under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $1,816 to $48,281. The cheapest is Pineville Community Health Center in Pineville; the most expensive is Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care) in Somerset. The state average sits at $22,336.
What's published is the gross charge — the starting point, not what you'd actually owe. Insurance plans negotiate substantial discounts, Medicare and Medicaid pay fixed federal rates, and uninsured patients can usually qualify for a cash-pay discount. But the gross charge still works as a useful benchmark: a hospital that lists cellulitis at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
You usually don't choose a hospital during an urgent cellulitis admission. This page is for the planning side: patients with chronic conditions weighing their options, caregivers picking ahead of time, or employers comparing in-network facilities. Click any hospital name for its full quality profile — CMS overall star rating, mortality and readmission rates, patient-experience scores. When two nearby hospitals look similar on quality, the one with lower published charges is the safer default for routine medical admissions.
Pricing comes from each hospital's Machine-Readable File (MRF), published under the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule. Kentucky hospitals missing from the list either don't perform cellulitis in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 603 in their most recent MRF, or fell below our data-quality thresholds (we filter out clearly erroneous entries like $0 charges). The list refreshes as hospitals update their files.