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Hospitals in Kentucky with the lowest medicare spending per patient

59 Kentucky hospitals ranked by medicare spending per patient in the 2026 Medicare (CMS) data. Filter by type, ownership and size, choose the measures you care about, and sort by any column.

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59 hospitals ranked in Kentucky by medicare spending per patient; 44 more match but have no reported value.

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#HospitalMedicare spending per patientlower is betterOverall star ratinghigher is betterPatient survey star ratinghigher is betterHeart attack death ratelower is betterHeart failure death ratelower is betterHospital-wide readmission ratelower is better · 2025 dataSerious complicationslower is betterTime in emergency departmentlower is betterTotal beds
National average1.003.311.9%11.1%15.0%1.00162 min
51Tristar Greenview Regional HospitalBowling Green, KY · Acute care1.082312.5%10.6%15.8%0.81148 min211Compare
T52St Elizabeth Ft ThomasFort Thomas, KY · Acute care1.0954—9.8%15.9%1.01144 min178Compare
T52Baptist Health LexingtonLexington, KY · Acute care1.094411.7%10.6%14.4%0.96183 min371Compare
T52Taylor Regional HospitalCampbellsville, KY · Acute care1.0924—12.1%14.4%1.28138 min90Compare
T52Middlesboro ARH HospitalMiddlesboro, KY · Acute care1.0913—14.8%15.6%0.97166 min96Compare
56Meadowview Regional Medical CenterMaysville, KY · Acute care1.104310.8%11.9%14.3%0.89149 min111Compare
57University Of Louisville HospitalLouisville, KY · Acute care1.131212.5%12.0%16.4%0.91198 min404Compare
58Bourbon Community HospitalParis, KY · Acute care1.222——12.2%15.2%—105 min58Compare
59Pineville Community Health Center, IncPineville, KY · Acute care1.331———14.9%—132 min120Compare

About these rankings

Rankings use the 2026 release of CMS Care Compare data. Hospitals share a rank (“T”) when their values are equal, and only hospitals with a reported value for the sorted measure are ranked. Shading compares each value with every hospital in the country, so it doesn’t change with your filters. Small differences are often not statistically meaningful; use the methodology and glossary for context.

Medicare spending per patient
Medicare spending per beneficiary episode relative to the national median (1.0 = national median).
Overall star rating
CMS overall hospital quality star rating (1-5).
Patient survey star rating
HCAHPS summary star rating (1-5).
Heart attack death rate
30-day death rate for heart attack patients.
Heart failure death rate
30-day death rate for heart failure patients.
Hospital-wide readmission rate
Rate of unplanned readmission within 30 days, all conditions. From 2025 CMS reports the Hybrid Hospital-Wide Readmission measure (claims plus EHR data), which replaced the claims-only measure; values are close but not strictly comparable across the change. CMS suppressed it for 2026.. Latest available: 2025 release.
Serious complications
Patient safety and adverse events composite (PSI 90; 1.0 = national value).
Time in emergency department
Median time patients spent in the emergency department before leaving.
Total beds
Total beds reported to CMS (Provider of Services file).