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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

By Elena Vasquez , Medical Billing Research Lead · ·
Data from CMS files published FY 2024 CMS IPPS. Refreshed weekly.
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.

182 procedures analyzed
CMS price transparency data
Updated 2026-04-03
Median 5.9x3.4x15.0x
8.4x
Medicare markup ratio
KY lowestBaptist Health LouisvilleKY highest
8.4x
Avg markup ratio
7.9x
Median markup
182
Procedures
6%
Outlier procedures
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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.

ProcedureCodeGross chargeCash priceMedicareMarkup
DYSEQUILIBRIUM149$58,221$29,11118.6x
PERCUTANEOUS CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH INTRALUMINAL DEVICE WITHOUT MCC322$167,353$83,67718x
PERCUTANEOUS CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH DRUG-ELUTING STENT WITHOUT MCC247$183,900$91,95016.4x
PERCUTANEOUS CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH INTRALUMINAL DEVICE WITH MCC OR 4+ ARTERIES/321$227,137$113,56914.3x
MAJOR CHEST PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC165$139,264$69,63214x
REVISION OF HIP OR KNEE REPLACEMENT WITHOUT CC/MCC468$252,486$126,24313.3x
INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE OR CEREBRAL INFARCTION WITHOUT CC/MCC066$40,253$20,12713.2x
CAROTID ARTERY STENT PROCEDURES WITH CC035$149,937$74,96813.2x
PERMANENT CARDIAC PACEMAKER IMPLANT WITH CC243$188,737$94,36913.1x
MAJOR CHEST PROCEDURES WITH CC164$178,514$89,25712.6x
PERCUTANEOUS AND OTHER INTRACARDIAC PROCEDURES WITHOUT MCC274$260,566$130,28312.5x
TRANSIENT ISCHEMIA WITHOUT THROMBOLYTIC069$42,929$21,46412.2x
CAROTID ARTERY STENT PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC036$125,160$62,58012.2x
PERCUTANEOUS CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH DRUG-ELUTING STENT WITH MCC OR 4+ ARTERIES O246$211,064$105,53212.1x
BIOPSIES OF MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE WITH CC478$144,328$72,16412.1x
OTHER DISORDERS OF NERVOUS SYSTEM WITH MCC091$101,555$50,77711.9x
EXTENSIVE O.R. PROCEDURES UNRELATED TO PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS WITH CC982$171,615$85,80811.9x
CIRCULATORY DISORDERS EXCEPT AMI, WITH CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION WITHOUT MCC287$64,605$32,30311.8x
GASTROINTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION WITHOUT CC/MCC390$22,896$11,44811.7x
PULMONARY EMBOLISM WITHOUT MCC176$48,759$24,38011.7x
SPINAL FUSION EXCEPT CERVICAL WITHOUT MCC460$314,429$157,21411.6x
CRANIOTOMY WITH MAJOR DEVICE IMPLANT OR ACUTE COMPLEX CNS PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS WITHOUT MC024$239,578$119,78911.4x
AORTIC AND HEART ASSIST PROCEDURES EXCEPT PULSATION BALLOON WITHOUT MCC269$342,109$171,05511.4x
LOWER EXTREMITY AND HUMERUS PROCEDURES EXCEPT HIP, FOOT AND FEMUR WITH CC493$138,182$69,09111.4x
MAJOR HIP AND KNEE JOINT REPLACEMENT OR REATTACHMENT OF LOWER EXTREMITY WITHOUT MCC470$132,584$66,29211.3x
CRANIOTOMY AND ENDOVASCULAR INTRACRANIAL PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC027$257,906$128,95311.3x
ENDOVASCULAR CARDIAC VALVE REPLACEMENT AND SUPPLEMENT PROCEDURES WITH MCC266$492,173$246,08711x
COMBINED ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR SPINAL FUSION WITHOUT CC/MCC455$423,027$211,51411x
PATHOLOGICAL FRACTURES AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE MALIGNANCY WITH CC543$61,770$30,88511x
ENDOVASCULAR CARDIAC VALVE REPLACEMENT AND SUPPLEMENT PROCEDURES WITHOUT MCC267$451,854$225,92710.9x
EXTRACRANIAL PROCEDURES WITH CC038$105,547$52,77310.8x
OTHER VASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH CC253$176,864$88,43210.7x
MAJOR JOINT OR LIMB REATTACHMENT PROCEDURES OF UPPER EXTREMITIES483$146,654$73,32710.7x
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS WITHOUT MCC948$38,193$19,09710.6x
OTHER RESPIRATORY SYSTEM O.R. PROCEDURES WITH CC167$166,198$83,09910.6x
OTHER MAJOR CARDIOVASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH CC271$255,737$127,86810.5x
MAJOR SMALL AND LARGE BOWEL PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC331$91,809$45,90510.5x
EXTRACRANIAL PROCEDURES WITHOUT CC/MCC039$57,624$28,81210.5x
RED BLOOD CELL DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC812$45,512$22,75610.4x
REVISION OF HIP OR KNEE REPLACEMENT WITH CC467$287,057$143,52910.3x
COMBINED ANTERIOR AND POSTERIOR SPINAL FUSION WITH CC454$451,214$225,60710.2x
CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA AND CONDUCTION DISORDERS WITHOUT CC/MCC310$21,331$10,66510x
SIMPLE PNEUMONIA AND PLEURISY WITHOUT CC/MCC195$26,300$13,15010x
HIP AND FEMUR PROCEDURES EXCEPT MAJOR JOINT WITHOUT CC/MCC482$82,958$41,4799.8x
OTHER MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM AND CONNECTIVE TISSUE O.R. PROCEDURES WITH CC516$127,700$63,8509.7x
CORONARY BYPASS WITHOUT CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION WITHOUT MCC236$206,121$103,0619.6x
OTHER VASCULAR PROCEDURES WITH MCC252$191,659$95,8309.5x
CRANIAL AND PERIPHERAL NERVE DISORDERS WITHOUT MCC074$46,831$23,4169.5x
KIDNEY AND URETER PROCEDURES FOR NEOPLASM WITHOUT CC/MCC658$79,583$39,7929.5x
HIP REPLACEMENT WITH PRINCIPAL DIAGNOSIS OF HIP FRACTURE WITHOUT MCC522$116,622$58,3119.5x

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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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