IV hydration cost in Louisville, KY
In Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN, 18 hospitals list a cash price for IV hydration (fluids through a vein), first 31 to 60 minutes: from $119.76 to $1,213.91, with a median of $199.49. The lowest listed price is at University of Louisville Hospital — $79.73 less than the median here. Across Kentucky, the median is $284.25 at 80 hospitals.
- The median here, $199.49, is 38% below the US median of $321.46.
- That is 0.9× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($217.31).
- Louisville, KY has the lowest median of 2 metro areas in Kentucky with at least 10 hospitals pricing this code.
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Cash prices at 18 facilities across 9 cities for code 96360, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 9, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 1, 2026 and Sep 30, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Louisville Hospital lowest Louisville, KY · (502) 562-3000 HYDRATION IV INFUSION INIT 31-60+11 more lines at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $119.76 | $499.00 | $83.83–$499.00 | 76% |
| Norton Clark Hospital Jeffersonville, IN · (812) 283-2147 HB IV INFUSION HYDRATION INIT HR+1 more line at this price File of Jun 3, 2026 · source file | $120.12 | $858.00 | $220.71–$750.75 | 86% |
| Norton West Louisville Hospital Louisville, KY HB OP IV INFUSION HYDRATN INT HR+2 more lines at this price File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $144.40 | $722.00 | $119.13–$665.68 | 80% |
| Norton Children's Hospital Louisville, KY HB IV INFUSION HYDRATION INIT HR+2 more lines at this price File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $144.40 | $722.00 | $119.13–$613.70 | 80% |
| Norton Hospital Louisville, KY · (502) 629-8000 HB IV INFUSION HYDRATION INIT HR+2 more lines at this price File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $144.40 | $722.00 | $119.13–$665.68 | 80% |
| Norton Women's and Kosair Children's Hospital Louisville, KY HB IV INFUSION HYDRATION INIT HR+2 more lines at this price File of Feb 13, 2026 · source file | $144.40 | $722.00 | $119.13–$665.68 | 80% |
| Norton Brownsboro Hospital Louisville, KY HB IV INFUSION HYDRATION INIT HR+2 more lines at this price File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $144.40 | $722.00 | $119.13–$665.68 | 80% |
| University of Louisville Hospital Louisville, KY · (502) 562-3000 HYDRATION INIT 31 MIN-1HR File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $155.52 | $648.00 | $108.86–$648.00 | 76% |
| Saints Mary & Elizabeth Hospital Louisville, KY IV HYDRATION 31 MIN TO 1 HR+7 more lines at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $165.24 | $459.00 | $77.11–$459.00 | 64% |
| UofL Health -Shelbyville Shelbyville, KY · (502) 647-4000 HYDRATION INIT 31 MIN - 1 HR+2 more lines at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $174.42 | $459.00 | $61.46–$459.00 | 62% |
| UofL Health - Jewish Hospital and Mary & Elizabeth Hospital Louisville, KY · (502) 587-4011 HYDRATION IV INFUSION INI+5 more lines at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $224.55 | $499.00 | $83.83–$499.00 | 55% |
| UofL Health-Louisville – South Hospital Shepherdville, KY HYDRATION INIT 31 MIN-1 HR+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $224.55 | $499.00 | $83.83–$499.00 | 55% |
| Our Lady of Peace Louisville, KY HYDRATION IV INFUSION INIT 31 60 File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $257.96 | $459.00 | $82.62–$459.00 | 44% |
| UofL Health-Louisville – South Hospital Shepherdville, KY HYDRATION IV INFUSION INIT 31-60 File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $291.60 | $648.00 | $108.86–$648.00 | 55% |
| Harrison County Hospital Corydon, IN · (812) 738-4251 Infusion into a vein for hydration, 31-60 minutes File of Jul 16, 2026 · source file | $312.00 | $520.00 | $100.46–$520.00 | 40% |
| St. Vincent Salem Hospital Salem, IN · (812) 883-5881 IV HYDRATION 1ST HR+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $443.40 | $739.00 | $11.75–$83.90 | 40% |
| CHI Saint Joseph Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown, KY · (502) 350-5000 HC IV Inf Hydra Init 31-60m File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $757.91 | $1,796.00 | $209.57–$1,431.41 | 58% |
| Baptist Health Floyd New Albany, IN · (812) 944-7701 Infusion into a vein for hydration, 31-60 minutes File of Sep 25, 2026 · source file | $1,213.91 | $1,618.55 | $32.66–$2,427.83 | 25% |
| Baptist Health LaGrange La Grange, KY · (502) 222-5388 Infusion into a vein for hydration, 31-60 minutes File of Sep 25, 2026 · source file | $1,213.91 | $1,618.55 | $145.67–$3,237.10 | 25% |
| Baptist Health Louisville Louisville, KY · (502) 897-8100 Infusion into a vein for hydration, 31-60 minutes File of Sep 25, 2026 · source file | $1,213.91 | $1,618.55 | $178.04–$3,237.10 | 25% |
Outpatient: lowest $119.76, median $199.49, highest $1,213.91 — a 10.1× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 14 facilities here, median $154.82. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 17 of 18 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 it is below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
What IV hydration is, what the price covers and why prices differ: IV hydration explained.