Medical costs in Louisville, KY
4 hospitals · 30 procedures tracked
By Michael Glenn , Healthcare Data Analyst · ·
Data from CMS files published FY 2024 CMS IPPS. Refreshed weekly.
About the analyst
Michael Glenn reviews CMS datasets and drug pricing at BillRazor Research. He focuses on NADAC acquisition costs and procedure coding accuracy. Expertise: drug pricing, NADAC data, CPT coding.
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4 hospitals
Updated 2026-04-03
Compare your charges against 4 CMS benchmark datasets — including the rates shown on this page.
Hospitals in metro
4
Procedures tracked
30
vs national avg
0.85x
Top procedures by average charge in LOUISVILLE
All tracked procedures
| Procedure | Hospitals | Avg charge | vs national | Markup |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COMBINED ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR SPINAL FUSION WITH CCDRG 454 | 3 | $434,414 | 1.72x | 7.5x |
| ENDOVASCULAR CARDIAC VALVE REPLACEMENT AND SUPPLEMENT PROCEDURES WITH MCCDRG 266 | 3 | $411,833 | 1.54x | 8.1x |
| TRACHEOSTOMY WITH MV >96 HOURS OR PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS EXCEPT FACE, MOUTH AND NECK WITHOUDRG 004 | 4 | $331,153 | 0.54x | 4.4x |
| CRANIOTOMY AND ENDOVASCULAR INTRACRANIAL PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCCDRG 027 | 4 | $180,096 | 1.35x | 8.3x |
| INFECTIOUS AND PARASITIC DISEASES WITH O.R. PROCEDURES WITH MCCDRG 853 | 4 | $176,865 | 0.87x | 5.4x |
| EXTENSIVE O.R. PROCEDURES UNRELATED TO PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS WITH MCCDRG 981 | 4 | $167,201 | 0.84x | 5.6x |
| MAJOR SMALL AND LARGE BOWEL PROCEDURES WITH MCCDRG 329 | 4 | $160,532 | 0.80x | 5.1x |
| HIP AND FEMUR PROCEDURES EXCEPT MAJOR JOINT WITH MCCDRG 480 | 4 | $113,059 | 0.87x | 5.6x |
| EXTENSIVE O.R. PROCEDURES UNRELATED TO PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS WITH CCDRG 982 | 4 | $100,079 | 0.88x | 6.5x |
| MAJOR SMALL AND LARGE BOWEL PROCEDURES WITH CCDRG 330 | 4 | $91,612 | 0.83x | 6.3x |
| RESPIRATORY SYSTEM DIAGNOSIS WITH VENTILATOR SUPPORT <=96 HOURSDRG 208 | 4 | $82,534 | 0.66x | 4.8x |
| INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITH MCCDRG 064 | 4 | $78,419 | 0.90x | 6.1x |
| MAJOR SMALL AND LARGE BOWEL PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCCDRG 331 | 4 | $77,690 | 0.99x | 7.5x |
| SEPTICEMIA OR SEVERE SEPSIS WITHOUT MV >96 HOURS WITH MCCDRG 871 | 4 | $67,509 | 0.90x | 5.1x |
| RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS AND INFLAMMATIONS WITH MCCDRG 177 | 4 | $59,136 | 0.95x | 4.6x |
| INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITH CC OR TPA IN 24 HOURSDRG 065 | 4 | $57,150 | 1.08x | 8.4x |
| INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITHOUT CC/MCCDRG 066 | 4 | $51,750 | 1.28x | 10.9x |
| ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION, DISCHARGED ALIVE WITH CCDRG 281 | 4 | $47,492 | 0.97x | 8.7x |
| RENAL FAILURE WITH MCCDRG 682 | 4 | $45,886 | 0.76x | 4.8x |
| SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITH MCCDRG 193 | 4 | $45,657 | 0.84x | 5.5x |
Rates shown are from the 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule and CMS IPPS. BillRazor compares your bill against these data sources. See how it works →
Data sources: CMS Hospital Price Transparency files, Medicare IPPS DRG rates, FY 2024. All pricing data publicly available under 45 CFR Part 180.
City-level methodology: Cost indices are computed by comparing the average markup ratio of hospitals in this metro area against the national median. Values above 1.0x indicate higher-than-average charges relative to Medicare.