Hospital prices in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY
3 procedures · 4 hospitals · Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN · 859 staffed beds across 4 facilities · files published through June 2026
What 3 common medical procedures actually cost at 4 hospitals in metropolitan Louisville/Jefferson County, KY (Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN), read from each hospital's own federally-required price-transparency file. Prices here run from about $5,656 for a Vaginal Delivery to $34,052 for a Hip/Knee Replacement, and 3 procedures have a published self-pay cash price. Hospitals covered include BAPTIST HEALTH LOUISVILLE, BAPTIST HEALTH FLOYD, BAPTIST HEALTH LA GRANGE. Every figure is tied to a named hospital and its file's publication date. These are price references from public data — not a quote, a bill, or medical or financial advice.
Important — a price reference, not a bill
These figures are aggregated from hospitals' public price-transparency files — not a quote, a
bill, an insurance benefit determination, or medical advice. Your actual out-of-pocket cost
depends on your insurance plan (deductible, copay, coinsurance, network), the exact service and
any complications, and which hospital you use. Always confirm price and coverage with the
hospital and your insurer before care.
What the Louisville/Jefferson County numbers show
The widest gap in Louisville/Jefferson County: the same Hip/Knee Replacement costs 8.2× as much at one hospital as at another
BAPTIST HEALTH LA GRANGE reports $11,239 for a Hip/Knee Replacement; BAPTIST HEALTH LOUISVILLE reports $92,436 for the same billing codes, in the same metro.
Who runs the 4 Louisville/Jefferson County-area hospitals behind these prices
3 non-profit, 1 government-run. The largest is BAPTIST HEALTH LOUISVILLE at 519 beds. Ownership matters to a price file: for-profit chains and non-profit systems publish self-pay cash prices at very different rates.
3 of 3 Louisville/Jefferson County procedures have a published self-pay cash price
The best-priced of them is a Vaginal Delivery at $12,265. Hospitals are not required to offer a cash price and most publish one only for outpatient imaging and lab work.
The Louisville/Jefferson County files behind this page span May 2026 to June 2026
Hospitals republish their Standard Charges file roughly once a year and each carries its own date, so these figures were not all filed at the same moment. Every hospital's own publication date is in its entry below.
How the negotiated, cash and chargemaster figures differ — and where each comes from — is
explained on the methodology page.
Surgery & procedures in Louisville/Jefferson County
Cheapest to dearest, the same Hip/Knee Replacement costs 8.2× as much across Louisville/Jefferson County-area hospitals: BAPTIST HEALTH LA GRANGE reports $11,239, BAPTIST HEALTH LOUISVILLE reports $92,436 — an unusually wide gap for identical billing codes.
The middle half fall between $14,616 and $62,381 — the upper end is 4.3× the lower, so the median hides a lot.
Every Louisville/Jefferson County-area hospital price for a Hip/Knee Replacement (4)
Every Louisville/Jefferson County-area hospital reporting a Hip/Knee Replacement in its
price-transparency file, sorted by negotiated price. "vs median" compares each hospital's
negotiated rate to the $34,052 median on this page. "File date" is
when that hospital last published. A dash means the hospital did not report that price — it is
never filled with a guess.
Hospital
Negotiated
vs median
Cash
List price
File date
BAPTIST HEALTH LA GRANGE
$11,239
67% below median
$60,493
$80,658
Jun 2026
HARRISON COUNTY HOSPITAL
$15,742
54% below median
$32,944
$54,907
May 2026
BAPTIST HEALTH FLOYD
$52,362
54% above median
$174,501
$232,668
Jun 2026
BAPTIST HEALTH LOUISVILLE
$92,436
171% above median
$97,835
$130,447
Jun 2026
Maternity & delivery in Louisville/Jefferson County
Cheapest to dearest, the same C-Section costs 2.2× as much across Louisville/Jefferson County-area hospitals: HARRISON COUNTY HOSPITAL reports $6,376, BAPTIST HEALTH LOUISVILLE reports $14,000 — a wide gap for identical billing codes.
The middle half fall between $7,490 and $12,890 — the upper end is 1.7× the lower, so the median hides a lot.
Every Louisville/Jefferson County-area hospital price for a C-Section (4)
Every Louisville/Jefferson County-area hospital reporting a C-Section in its
price-transparency file, sorted by negotiated price. "vs median" compares each hospital's
negotiated rate to the $10,191 median on this page. "File date" is
when that hospital last published. A dash means the hospital did not report that price — it is
never filled with a guess.
Hospital
Negotiated
vs median
Cash
List price
File date
HARRISON COUNTY HOSPITAL
$6,376
37% below median
$21,018
$35,030
May 2026
BAPTIST HEALTH LA GRANGE
$7,861
23% below median
$24,776
$33,035
Jun 2026
BAPTIST HEALTH FLOYD
$12,521
23% above median
$27,538
$36,717
Jun 2026
BAPTIST HEALTH LOUISVILLE
$14,000
37% above median
$33,408
$44,543
Jun 2026
How these 4 hospitals label a C-Section in their own files
HARRISON COUNTY HOSPITAL
CESAREAN SECTION WITHOUT STERILIZATION WITHOUT CC/MCC; CESAREAN SECTION WITHOUT STERILIZATION WITH CC
BAPTIST HEALTH LA GRANGE
CESAREAN SECTION WITHOUT STERILIZATION WITHOUT CC/MCC; CESAREAN SECTION WITHOUT STERILIZATION WITH MCC; CESAREAN SECTION WITHOUT STERILIZATION WITH CC
BAPTIST HEALTH FLOYD
CESAREAN SECTION WITHOUT STERILIZATION WITHOUT CC/MCC; CESAREAN SECTION WITHOUT STERILIZATION WITH MCC; CESAREAN SECTION WITHOUT STERILIZATION WITH CC
BAPTIST HEALTH LOUISVILLE
CESAREAN SECTION WITHOUT STERILIZATION WITHOUT CC/MCC; CESAREAN SECTION WITHOUT STERILIZATION WITH MCC; CESAREAN SECTION WITHOUT STERILIZATION WITH CC
Cheapest to dearest, the same Vaginal Delivery costs 44% more across Louisville/Jefferson County-area hospitals: HARRISON COUNTY HOSPITAL reports $5,221, BAPTIST HEALTH LOUISVILLE reports $7,540 — a modest gap for identical billing codes.
The middle half of hospitals fall between $5,286 and $6,389, a narrow band around the median.
Every Louisville/Jefferson County-area hospital price for a Vaginal Delivery (4)
Every Louisville/Jefferson County-area hospital reporting a Vaginal Delivery in its
price-transparency file, sorted by negotiated price. "vs median" compares each hospital's
negotiated rate to the $5,656 median on this page. "File date" is
when that hospital last published. A dash means the hospital did not report that price — it is
never filled with a guess.
Hospital
Negotiated
vs median
Cash
List price
File date
HARRISON COUNTY HOSPITAL
$5,221
8% below median
$7,294
$12,156
May 2026
BAPTIST HEALTH LA GRANGE
$5,307
6% below median
$12,481
$16,641
Jun 2026
BAPTIST HEALTH FLOYD
$6,005
6% above median
$12,049
$16,065
Jun 2026
BAPTIST HEALTH LOUISVILLE
$7,540
33% above median
$14,468
$19,291
Jun 2026
How these 4 hospitals label a Vaginal Delivery in their own files
HARRISON COUNTY HOSPITAL
VAGINAL DELIVERY WITHOUT STERILIZATION OR D&C WITHOUT CC/MCC; VAGINAL DELIVERY WITHOUT STERILIZATION OR D&C WITH MCC; VAGINAL DELIVERY WITHOUT STERILIZATION OR D&C WITH CC
BAPTIST HEALTH LA GRANGE
VAGINAL DELIVERY WITHOUT STERILIZATION OR D&C WITHOUT CC/MCC; VAGINAL DELIVERY WITHOUT STERILIZATION OR D&C WITH MCC; VAGINAL DELIVERY WITHOUT STERILIZATION OR D&C WITH CC
BAPTIST HEALTH FLOYD
VAGINAL DELIVERY WITHOUT STERILIZATION OR D&C WITHOUT CC/MCC; VAGINAL DELIVERY WITHOUT STERILIZATION OR D&C WITH MCC; VAGINAL DELIVERY WITHOUT STERILIZATION OR D&C WITH CC
BAPTIST HEALTH LOUISVILLE
VAGINAL DELIVERY WITHOUT STERILIZATION OR D&C WITHOUT CC/MCC; VAGINAL DELIVERY WITHOUT STERILIZATION OR D&C WITH MCC; VAGINAL DELIVERY WITHOUT STERILIZATION OR D&C WITH CC
The 4 Louisville/Jefferson County-area hospitals behind these prices
Every price on this page comes from one of these hospitals' own machine-readable Standard
Charges files. They sit in 4 different towns
(Corydon, La Grange, Louisville, New Albany) across 4counties
(Floyd, Harrison, Jefferson, Oldham). A hospital's ownership, size and the completeness of its file all
shape what you see above.
BAPTIST HEALTH LOUISVILLE
4000 Kresge Way, Louisville, KY (Jefferson County)
It is a large 519-bed private non-profit acute-care hospital with an emergency department. CMS rates it 4 stars out of 5 overall.
It publishes a negotiated rate for 3 of the 3 procedures tracked here, a self-pay cash price on 3 and a chargemaster list price on 3. Its file was last published June 2026 as CSV (CMS schema v3).
It is a mid-sized 225-bed private non-profit acute-care hospital with an emergency department. CMS rates it 3 stars out of 5 overall.
It publishes a negotiated rate for 3 of the 3 procedures tracked here, a self-pay cash price on 3 and a chargemaster list price on 3. Its file was last published June 2026 as CSV (CMS schema v3).
1025 New Moody Lane, La Grange, KY (Oldham County)
It is a small 90-bed private non-profit acute-care hospital with an emergency department. CMS rates it 5 stars out of 5 overall.
It publishes a negotiated rate for 3 of the 3 procedures tracked here, a self-pay cash price on 3 and a chargemaster list price on 3. Its file was last published June 2026 as CSV (CMS schema v3).
1141 Hospital Dr Nw, Corydon, IN (Harrison County)
It is a small 25-bed county or city government critical-access hospital with an emergency department. CMS rates it 3 stars out of 5 overall.
It publishes a negotiated rate for 3 of the 3 procedures tracked here, a self-pay cash price on 3 and a chargemaster list price on 3. Its file was last published May 2026 as CSV (CMS schema v3).
Source: hospitals' own machine-readable Standard Charges files,
published under the U.S. Hospital Price Transparency rule (45 CFR §180.50).
Most recent hospital file in this dataset: July 2026.
Prices are references, not quotes or bills, and never medical or financial advice —
where a hospital reports no price, nothing is shown rather than a guess.
Frequently asked questions
Which Louisville/Jefferson County hospitals publish their prices?
4 Louisville/Jefferson County-area hospitals publish a usable Standard Charges file covering the procedures tracked here: BAPTIST HEALTH LOUISVILLE, BAPTIST HEALTH FLOYD, BAPTIST HEALTH LA GRANGE, HARRISON COUNTY HOSPITAL. Each hospital's own file date, bed count and what it does and does not report are listed on this page.
What is the cheapest and most expensive procedure priced in Louisville/Jefferson County?
Of the 3 procedures tracked here, a Vaginal Delivery has the lowest typical negotiated price at $5,656 and a Hip/Knee Replacement the highest at $34,052. Both figures are medians across the Louisville/Jefferson County-area hospitals that published a rate for them.
Can I pay cash for a procedure in Louisville/Jefferson County?
3 of the 3 procedures here have at least one Louisville/Jefferson County hospital publishing a self-pay cash price — the lowest is $12,265 for a Vaginal Delivery. Hospitals are not required to publish one, and most that do only publish cash prices for outpatient imaging and lab work.