Diabetes Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for diabetes with complications such as ketoacidosis, hyperosmolar state, or severe hypoglycemia.
State average
$25,606
gross charge · DRG 638
Hospitals
23
with published pricing
Price range
$5,853 – $55,412
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Pineville Community Health Center
Pineville, KY
Gross charge $5,853 - 2
Russell County Hospital
Russell Springs, KY
Gross charge $8,160Cash pay $6,528 - 3
Monroe County Medical Center
Tompkinsville, KY
Gross charge $8,583Cash pay $7,124 - 4
TJ Health Columbia Hospital
Columbia, KY
Gross charge $9,188Cash pay $5,972 - 5
UK St. Claire
Morehead, KY
Gross charge $15,029Cash pay $11,272 - 6
Taylor Regional Hospital
Campbellsville, KY
Gross charge $16,045Cash pay $8,022 - 7
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $18,552Cash pay $12,059 - 8
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $18,552Cash pay $12,059 - 9
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $18,552Cash pay $12,059 - 10
Meadowview Regional Medical Center
Maysville, KY
Gross charge $19,935Cash pay $7,974 - 11
Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Acute Care)
Murray, KY
Gross charge $23,244Cash pay $15,108 - 12
Three Rivers Medical Center
Louisa, KY
Gross charge $25,636Cash pay $15,382 - 13
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $32,614Cash pay $24,461 - 14
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $32,614Cash pay $24,461 - 15
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $32,614Cash pay $24,461 - 16
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $32,614Cash pay $24,461 - 17
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $32,614Cash pay $24,461 - 18
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $32,614Cash pay $24,461 - 19
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $32,614Cash pay $24,461 - 20
Jackson Purchase Medical Center
Mayfield, KY
Gross charge $34,079Cash pay $13,632 - 21
Spring View Hospital
Lebanon, KY
Gross charge $37,814Cash pay $15,125 - 22
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $46,014Cash pay $18,406 - 23
Kentucky River Medical Center
Jackson, KY
Gross charge $55,412Cash pay $33,247 - 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 diabetes under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $5,853 to $55,412. The cheapest is Pineville Community Health Center in Pineville; the most expensive is Kentucky River Medical Center in Jackson. The state average sits at $25,606.
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 diabetes 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 diabetes 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 diabetes in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 638 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.