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These are the rates hospitals publish. Final price depends on your insurance, deductible, and the specific services billed. Always confirm with the facility and your insurer before any procedure.

Why do prices vary so much between hospitals?

Hospitals set cash prices independently, and insurance contracts negotiate different rates per payer. Two facilities a few miles apart can charge 5-10x different prices for the same procedure.

Where does this data come from?

Federal law (45 CFR § 180) requires hospitals to publish their pricing in a machine-readable file. We aggregate these files and republish in a consumer-friendly format.

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Emergency Department Visit for Problem That May Not Require Health Care Professi… Cost in Kentucky

What this costs without insurance: real self-pay cash prices and insurance-negotiated rates at 75 Kentucky hospitals. CPT 99281. Sourced directly from each facility's CMS-mandated transparency file. Dataset: Q4 2026.

📊 Median $189 📉 Low $21.00 📈 High $734 🏥 75 hospitals 🏛️ 68 with insurance contracts 🇺🇸 Medicare $10.75

Hospital comparison — Kentucky

Sorted by cash price (lowest first). Showing top 60 of 75 hospitals.

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Hospital	Cash	Humana	UHC	Aetna	Centene	Cigna	Molina	MultiPlan	Medicare
CARROLL COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL CARROLLTON	$21.00	$9.95	$11.20	—	$9.95	—	—	—	$9.95
BAPTIST HEALTH DEACONESS MADISONVILLE HOSPITAL DRIVE MADISONVILLE	$22.56	$10.36	$10.36	$10.36	$15.97	—	$15.97	$207	—
CALDWELL MEDICAL CENTER PRINCETON	$24.72	$11.87	$80.99	$11.87	$16.32	$28.02	$11.87	—	$10.54
DEACONESS UNION COUNTY HOSPITAL MORGANFIELD	$36.05	$10.36	$10.36	$10.36	$10.36	$36.65	$10.36	$36.65	—
DEACONESS HENDERSON HOSPITAL HENDERSON	$36.05	$10.36	$10.36	$10.36	$10.36	$61.80	$10.36	$36.65	$10.36
WAYNE COUNTY HOSPITAL HOSPITAL STREET MONTICELLO	$40.17	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
MCDOWELL ARH HOSPITAL MCDOWELL	$55.20	$15.64	$34.04	$15.64	$15.64	—	$15.95	—	—
MORGAN COUNTY ARH HOSPITAL LIBERTY ROAD WEST LIBERTY	$61.20	$21.42	$26.52	$21.42	$21.63	—	$21.85	—	—
TUG VALLEY ARH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL DRIVE SOUTH WILLIAMSON	$61.20	$15.61	$50.91	$15.61	$50.00	—	$15.61	—	—
ARH OUR LADY OF THE WAY MAIN STREET MARTIN	$61.20	$20.40	—	$20.40	$20.40	—	$20.81	—	—
WHITESBURG ARH HOSPITAL HOSPITAL ROAD WHITESBURG	$61.20	$30.47	$46.75	$29.58	$46.75	—	$16.65	—	—
LIVINGSTON HOSPITAL AND HEALTHCARE SERVICES SALEM	$63.45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
MIDDLESBORO ARH HOSPITAL W CUMBERLAND AVENUE MIDDLESBORO	$63.60	$19.46	$60.36	$19.46	$50.00	—	$19.46	—	—
UOFL HEALTH - UOFL HOSPITAL LOUISVILLE	$63.84	$73.84	—	—	$95.75	$82.54	—	—	—
HARLAN ARH HOSPITAL BALL PARK ROAD HARLAN	$66.60	$17.76	$80.87	$17.76	$50.00	—	$18.12	—	—
PAINTSVILLE ARH HOSPITAL JAMES S TRIMBLE BLVD PAINTSVILLE	$66.60	$15.85	$15.85	$15.85	$55.43	—	$15.85	—	—
HIGHLANDS ARH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER PRESTONSBURG	$66.60	$33.16	$49.40	$32.19	$65.72	—	$32.83	—	—
HAZARD ARH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER MEDICAL CENTER DRIVE HAZARD	$67.20	$25.13	$71.56	$25.13	$50.00	—	$25.13	—	—
TRIGG COUNTY HOSPITAL CADIZ	$68.40	$10.54	$10.46	$53.01	$10.75	—	—	—	$12.11
JENNIE STUART MEDICAL CENTER HOPKINSVILLE	$72.23	$10.67	$10.67	$11.20	$10.67	$10.67	—	$198	—
UOFL HEALTH - MARY & ELIZABETH HOSPITAL LOUISVILLE	$75.24	$73.84	—	—	$109	$82.54	—	—	—
UOFL HEALTH - SHELBYVILLE HOSPITAL SHELBYVILLE	$79.42	$73.84	—	—	$109	$82.54	—	—	—
KINGS DAUGHTERS MEDICAL CENTER ASHLAND	$93.58	—	$145	$173	—	—	$1,200	$211	—
CHI SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL LONDON LONDON	$107	$62.79	$64.05	$62.79	$50.24	—	$42.70	$272	—
CENTERPOINT HEALTH - VERSAILLES AMSDEN AVENUE VERSAILLES	$110	$30.30	$30.60	$30.90	$30.00	—	—	$88.00	$30.00
SAINT JOSEPH BEREA BEREA	$112	$65.24	$66.55	$67.20	$64.29	$161	$68.51	$212	—
EPHRAIM MCDOWELL JAMES B. HAGGIN HOSPITAL HARRODSBURG	$119	$88.05	$1.00	$88.05	—	$1.00	—	—	$88.05
UOFL HEALTH - MEDICAL CENTER SOUTHWEST LOUISVILLE	$120	$73.84	—	—	$109	$82.54	—	—	—
UOFL HEALTH - MEDICAL CENTER SOUTH SHEPHERDSVILLE	$120	$73.84	—	—	$109	$82.54	—	—	—
UOFL HEALTH - MEDICAL CENTER EAST LOUISVILLE	$120	$73.84	—	—	$109	$82.54	—	—	—
UOFL HEALTH - JEWISH HOSPITAL LOUISVILLE	$120	$73.84	—	—	$109	$82.54	—	—	—
OWENSBORO HEALTH REGIONAL HOSPITAL OWENSBORO	$133	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
MARY BRECKINRIDGE ARH HOSPITAL KATE IRELAND DR HAYDEN	$142	$35.40	$44.84	$35.40	$35.75	—	$36.11	—	—
BARBOURVILLE ARH HOSPITAL HOSPITAL DR BARBOURVILLE	$142	$40.12	$68.44	$40.12	$40.52	—	$40.92	—	—
FLEMING COUNTY HOSPITAL FOUNDATION DRIVE FLEMINGSBURG	$144	$20.00	$19.38	$22.60	—	—	—	$80.00	$20.00
CRITTENDEN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL MARION	$148	—	$839	$218	$142	$218	—	—	$65.90
UOFL HEALTH - PEACE HOSPITAL LOUISVILLE	$149	$73.84	—	—	$109	$82.54	—	—	—
PIKEVILLE MEDICAL CENTER PIKEVILLE	$189	—	—	$79.12	$111	—	—	—	—
SAINT JOSEPH MOUNT STERLING MT. STERLING	$192	$82.79	$84.45	$85.27	$82.79	—	$86.93	$477	—
OWENSBORO HEALTH MUHLENBERG COMMUNITY HOSPITAL GREENVILLE	$194	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
MARSHALL COUNTY HOSPITAL BENTON	$197	$122	$124	—	—	—	—	—	$122
CHI SAINT JOSEPH HEALTH FLAGET MEMORIAL HOSPITAL BARDSTOWN	$199	$82.91	$86.00	$84.60	$84.31	$343	$88.53	$428	—
CHI HEALTH SAINT JOSEPH JESSAMINE NICHOLASVILLE	$220	$86.51	$89.97	$89.11	$86.51	$336	$90.84	$398	—
CHI SAINT JOSEPH HEALTH WOMEN'S HOSPITAL AT SAINT JOSEPH EAST LEXINGTON	$222	$86.51	$89.97	$89.11	$86.51	$353	$90.84	$502	—
MEADOWVIEW REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER MAYSVILLE	$228	$103	$43.30	$37.00	—	—	—	—	$100
JACKSON PURCHASE MEDICAL CENTER MAYFIELD	$237	$100	$44.10	$100	$100	—	$105	$85.00	$100
NORTON HEALTHCARE PAVILION LOUISVILLE	$260	$585	$82.54	$82.54	$82.54	$484	—	$1,014	—
NORTON WEST LOUISVILLE HOSPITAL LOUISVILLE	$260	$585	$82.54	$82.54	$82.54	$484	—	$1,014	—
NORTON WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL LOUISVILLE	$260	$585	$82.54	$82.54	$82.54	$484	—	$1,014	—
NORTON BROWNSBORO HOSPITAL LOUISVILLE	$260	$585	$82.54	$82.54	$82.54	$484	—	$1,014	—
NORTON AUDUBON HOSPITAL LOUISVILLE	$260	$585	$82.54	$82.54	$82.54	$484	—	$1,014	—
NORTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL LOUISVILLE	$260	$312	$82.54	$82.54	$82.54	$815	—	$1,105	—
CHI HEALTH SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL LEXINGTON	$260	$86.51	$89.97	$89.11	$86.51	$348	$90.84	$502	—
SPRING VIEW HOSPITAL LORETTO RD LEBANON	$263	$100	$43.30	$57.50	—	—	—	—	$100
CENTERPOINT HEALTH - WINCHESTER WINCHESTER	$264	$36.05	$45.50	$70.70	$100	$100	—	$70.00	$100
CENTERPOINT HEALTH - PARIS LINVILLE DRIVE PARIS	$271	$29.19	$43.30	$34.80	$100	$92.00	—	$92.00	$100
CENTERPOINT HEALTH - GEORGETOWN GEORGETOWN	$276	$28.83	$44.30	$37.30	$100	—	—	$88.00	$100
MERCY HEALTH - LOURDES HOSPITAL PADUCAH	$316	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
LAKE CUMBERLAND REGIONAL HOSPITAL SOMERSET	$330	$100	$44.60	$103	—	—	—	—	—
THE MEDICAL CENTER AT ALBANY ALBANY	$334	$100	$100	$100	—	$245	—	—	$104

What these prices are. Each figure is the facility’s own published self-pay (cash) price for CPT 99281, filed under the federal price transparency rule (45 CFR Part 180). Hospital facility charges may not include separate physician, anesthesia, or pathology fees. National median for this code: $183 across all reporting facilities. Dataset: Q4 2026. Always confirm the final price with the facility before booking.

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Medicare reimbursement benchmark

For CPT 99281 in Kentucky, Medicare reimburses about $10.75 on the 2026 Physician Fee Schedule (non-facility, state average across localities). Hospital cash prices for the same code in Kentucky range from $21.00 to $734 — that means hospital cash prices are typically 17.6x what Medicare pays. If a self-pay quote you receive is more than 2-3x the Medicare rate, ask the hospital for the cash-discount price in writing.

Frequently asked questions

How much does emergency department visit for problem that may not require health care professi… cost in Kentucky?: Cash prices for emergency department visit for problem that may not require health care professi… (CPT 99281) in Kentucky range from $21.00 to $734, with a median of $189. Prices vary widely by hospital.
Where can I find the cheapest emergency department visit for problem that may not require health care professi… in Kentucky?: The cheapest Kentucky hospital published cash price for this procedure is $21.00. Use the table above sorted by cash price to find the lowest-priced facility near you.
Are these the prices I'll pay?: These are the rates hospitals publish. Final price depends on your insurance, deductible, and the specific services billed. Always confirm with the facility and your insurer before any procedure.
Why do prices vary so much between hospitals?: Hospitals set cash prices independently, and insurance contracts negotiate different rates per payer. Two facilities a few miles apart can charge 5-10x different prices for the same procedure.
Where does this data come from?: Federal law (45 CFR § 180) requires hospitals to publish their pricing in a machine-readable file. We aggregate these files and republish in a consumer-friendly format.

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Methodology. Cash prices and insurance-negotiated rates published by each Kentucky facility under federal price transparency rules (45 CFR § 180). CPT code 99281 (Doctor Visits). Data refreshed regularly; verify with the facility before any procedure.