Baptist Health Louisville
Baptist Health Louisville, a nonprofit hospital in Louisville, KY, charges 8.4x the Medicare reimbursement rate based on analysis of 182 procedures.
Louisville, KY 40207 · Acute Care Hospitals · CMS Rating: 3/5
About the analyst
Elena Vasquez leads hospital billing pattern analysis at BillRazor Research. She focuses on identifying overcharges, markup outliers, and patient advocacy strategies. Expertise: hospital billing patterns, overcharge analysis, patient advocacy.
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Pricing grade
F
Very high
Avg markup vs Medicare
8.39x
Charge / Medicare rate
Max markup
18.55x
Worst procedure
Procedures analyzed
182
With pricing data
Outlier procedures
6%
Above 90th percentile
Pricing grades reflect how this hospital's chargemaster (list) rates compare to Medicare reimbursement benchmarks within the same state. Grades measure pricing patterns only — not quality of care, patient outcomes, or clinical performance. A lower grade does not mean a hospital provides inferior care. Based on publicly available federal data. Not endorsed by or affiliated with any government agency.
| Procedure | Code | Gross charge | Cash price | Medicare | Markup |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DYSEQUILIBRIUM | 149 | $58,221 | $29,111 | — | 18.6x |
| PERCUTANEOUS CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH INTRALUMINAL DEVICE WITHOUT MCC | 322 | $167,353 | $83,677 | — | 18x |
| PERCUTANEOUS CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH DRUG-ELUTING STENT WITHOUT MCC | 247 | $183,900 | $91,950 | — | 16.4x |
| PERCUTANEOUS CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH INTRALUMINAL DEVICE WITH MCC OR 4+ ARTERIES/ | 321 | $227,137 | $113,569 | — | 14.3x |
| MAJOR CHEST PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC | 165 | $139,264 | $69,632 | — | 14x |
| REVISION OF HIP OR KNEE REPLACEMENT WITHOUT CC/MCC | 468 | $252,486 | $126,243 | — | 13.3x |
| INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITHOUT CC/MCC | 066 | $40,253 | $20,127 | — | 13.2x |
| CAROTID ARTERY STENT PROCEDURES WITH CC | 035 | $149,937 | $74,968 | — | 13.2x |
| PERMANENT CARDIAC PACEMAKER IMPLANT WITH CC | 243 | $188,737 | $94,369 | — | 13.1x |
| MAJOR CHEST PROCEDURES WITH CC | 164 | $178,514 | $89,257 | — | 12.6x |
| PERCUTANEOUS AND OTHER INTRACARDIAC PROCEDURES WITHOUT MCC | 274 | $260,566 | $130,283 | — | 12.5x |
| TRANSIENT ISCHEMIA WITHOUT THROMBOLYTIC | 069 | $42,929 | $21,464 | — | 12.2x |
| CAROTID ARTERY STENT PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC | 036 | $125,160 | $62,580 | — | 12.2x |
| PERCUTANEOUS CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH DRUG-ELUTING STENT WITH MCC OR 4+ ARTERIES O | 246 | $211,064 | $105,532 | — | 12.1x |
| BIOPSIES OF MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE WITH CC | 478 | $144,328 | $72,164 | — | 12.1x |
| OTHER DISORDERS OF NERVOUS SYSTEM WITH MCC | 091 | $101,555 | $50,777 | — | 11.9x |
| EXTENSIVE O.R. PROCEDURES UNRELATED TO PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS WITH CC | 982 | $171,615 | $85,808 | — | 11.9x |
| CIRCULATORY DISORDERS EXCEPT AMI, WITH CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION WITHOUT MCC | 287 | $64,605 | $32,303 | — | 11.8x |
| GASTROINTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION WITHOUT CC/MCC | 390 | $22,896 | $11,448 | — | 11.7x |
| PULMONARY EMBOLISM WITHOUT MCC | 176 | $48,759 | $24,380 | — | 11.7x |
| SPINAL FUSION EXCEPT CERVICAL WITHOUT MCC | 460 | $314,429 | $157,214 | — | 11.6x |
| CRANIOTOMY WITH MAJOR DEVICE IMPLANT OR ACUTE COMPLEX CNS PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS WITHOUT MC | 024 | $239,578 | $119,789 | — | 11.4x |
| AORTIC AND HEART ASSIST PROCEDURES EXCEPT PULSATION BALLOON WITHOUT MCC | 269 | $342,109 | $171,055 | — | 11.4x |
| LOWER EXTREMITY AND HUMERUS PROCEDURES EXCEPT HIP, FOOT AND FEMUR WITH CC | 493 | $138,182 | $69,091 | — | 11.4x |
| MAJOR HIP AND KNEE JOINT REPLACEMENT OR REATTACHMENT OF LOWER EXTREMITY WITHOUT MCC | 470 | $132,584 | $66,292 | — | 11.3x |
| CRANIOTOMY AND ENDOVASCULAR INTRACRANIAL PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC | 027 | $257,906 | $128,953 | — | 11.3x |
| ENDOVASCULAR CARDIAC VALVE REPLACEMENT AND SUPPLEMENT PROCEDURES WITH MCC | 266 | $492,173 | $246,087 | — | 11x |
| COMBINED ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR SPINAL FUSION WITHOUT CC/MCC | 455 | $423,027 | $211,514 | — | 11x |
| PATHOLOGICAL FRACTURES AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE MALIGNANCY WITH CC | 543 | $61,770 | $30,885 | — | 11x |
| ENDOVASCULAR CARDIAC VALVE REPLACEMENT AND SUPPLEMENT PROCEDURES WITHOUT MCC | 267 | $451,854 | $225,927 | — | 10.9x |
| EXTRACRANIAL PROCEDURES WITH CC | 038 | $105,547 | $52,773 | — | 10.8x |
| OTHER VASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH CC | 253 | $176,864 | $88,432 | — | 10.7x |
| MAJOR JOINT OR LIMB REATTACHMENT PROCEDURES OF UPPER EXTREMITIES | 483 | $146,654 | $73,327 | — | 10.7x |
| SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS WITHOUT MCC | 948 | $38,193 | $19,097 | — | 10.6x |
| OTHER RESPIRATORY SYSTEM O.R. PROCEDURES WITH CC | 167 | $166,198 | $83,099 | — | 10.6x |
| OTHER MAJOR CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH CC | 271 | $255,737 | $127,868 | — | 10.5x |
| MAJOR SMALL AND LARGE BOWEL PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC | 331 | $91,809 | $45,905 | — | 10.5x |
| EXTRACRANIAL PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC | 039 | $57,624 | $28,812 | — | 10.5x |
| RED BLOOD CELL DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC | 812 | $45,512 | $22,756 | — | 10.4x |
| REVISION OF HIP OR KNEE REPLACEMENT WITH CC | 467 | $287,057 | $143,529 | — | 10.3x |
| COMBINED ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR SPINAL FUSION WITH CC | 454 | $451,214 | $225,607 | — | 10.2x |
| CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA AND CONDUCTION DISORDERS WITHOUT CC/MCC | 310 | $21,331 | $10,665 | — | 10x |
| SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITHOUT CC/MCC | 195 | $26,300 | $13,150 | — | 10x |
| HIP AND FEMUR PROCEDURES EXCEPT MAJOR JOINT WITHOUT CC/MCC | 482 | $82,958 | $41,479 | — | 9.8x |
| OTHER MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE O.R. PROCEDURES WITH CC | 516 | $127,700 | $63,850 | — | 9.7x |
| CORONARY BYPASS WITHOUT CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION WITHOUT MCC | 236 | $206,121 | $103,061 | — | 9.6x |
| OTHER VASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH MCC | 252 | $191,659 | $95,830 | — | 9.5x |
| CRANIAL AND PERIPHERAL NERVE DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC | 074 | $46,831 | $23,416 | — | 9.5x |
| KIDNEY AND URETER PROCEDURES FOR NEOPLASM WITHOUT CC/MCC | 658 | $79,583 | $39,792 | — | 9.5x |
| HIP REPLACEMENT WITH PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS OF HIP FRACTURE WITHOUT MCC | 522 | $116,622 | $58,311 | — | 9.5x |
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Methodology: Hospital gross charges divided by Medicare payment for the same DRG. A ratio of 3.0x means the hospital's listed price is 3 times what Medicare pays. Chargemaster rates are list prices — they are not what most insured patients pay. Grades measure pricing patterns only — not quality of care or clinical performance.
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