Cheapest hospitals in Lexington, KY without insurance
Of 9 hospitals in the Lexington, KY area we can compare, Saint Joseph East (Lexington) has the lowest cash prices: its typical outpatient price is 15% below the Kentucky median across 315 procedures. The ranking compares each hospital's own cash price with the median of all hospitals in its state, procedure by procedure.
Collected Sep 29, 2026 Hospitals with at least 30 comparable procedures
| Hospital | Typical price vs state | Below median | Above median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Saint Joseph East Lexington | 15% below | 218 of 315 | 91 of 315 |
| 2. University of Kentucky Hospital Lexington | 7% below | 195 of 337 | 135 of 337 |
| 3. Saint Joseph Hospital Lexington | at median | 155 of 308 | 143 of 308 |
| 4. Saint Joseph Hospital Nicholasville | 1% above | 72 of 152 | 79 of 152 |
| 5. Bluegrass Community Hospital Versailles | 13% above | 84 of 276 | 182 of 276 |
| 6. Bourbon Community Hospital Paris | 46% above | 41 of 270 | 224 of 270 |
| 7. Clark Regional Medical Center Winchester | 47% above | 55 of 347 | 282 of 347 |
| 8. Georgetown Community Hospital Georgetown | 85% above | 26 of 346 | 318 of 346 |
| 9. Baptist Health Lexington Lexington | 141% above | 14 of 272 | 250 of 272 |
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How the ranking works
- For every procedure, we take the hospital's lowest outpatient cash price and compare it with the median of all hospitals in the same state that publish a cash price for the same code (only codes with at least three hospitals in the state).
- "Typical price" is the middle of those comparisons: half of the hospital's procedures are cheaper than that, half are dearer. One expensive surgery does not outweigh a hundred cheap lab tests, and the other way round.
- Hospitals with fewer than 30 comparable procedures are left out: with a handful of codes the place would be decided by chance.
- Prices far below every other hospital are worth a phone call: some price files list only part of a service (for example the facility fee without the doctor's fee), or a discount that depends on income.
- A low rank does not mean every price is low. Open the hospital to see the procedure you need, then ask its billing office for a Good Faith Estimate in writing.