Nutrition counseling cost in Louisville, KY
In Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN, 16 hospitals list a cash price for nutrition counseling (medical nutrition therapy), first visit, 15 minutes: from $18.90 to $35.40, with a median of $25.00. The lowest listed price is at Baptist Health LaGrange and 2 other hospitals — $6.10 less than the median here. Across Kentucky, the median is $29.69 at 56 hospitals.
- The median here, $25.00, is 52% below the US median of $52.20.
- That is 0.7× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($36.74).
- 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 16 facilities across 8 cities for code 97802, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baptist Health LaGrange lowest La Grange, KY · (502) 222-5388 Therapy procedure for nutrition management, each 15 minutes File of Sep 25, 2026 · source file | $18.90 | $25.20 | $2.27–$50.40 | 25% |
| Baptist Health Louisville lowest Louisville, KY · (502) 897-8100 Therapy procedure for nutrition management, each 15 minutes File of Sep 25, 2026 · source file | $18.90 | $25.20 | $2.77–$50.40 | 25% |
| Baptist Health Floyd lowest New Albany, IN · (812) 944-7701 Therapy procedure for nutrition management, each 15 minutes File of Sep 25, 2026 · source file | $18.90 | $25.20 | $6.21–$38.42 | 25% |
| University of Louisville Hospital Louisville, KY · (502) 562-3000 NUTR THPY INIT ASMT EA - 15 MIN File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $18.96 | $79.00 | $13.27–$79.00 | 76% |
| Saints Mary & Elizabeth Hospital Louisville, KY NUTR THPY INIT ASMT EA - 15 MIN File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $21.96 | $61.00 | $10.25–$61.00 | 64% |
| UofL Health - Jewish Hospital and Mary & Elizabeth Hospital Louisville, KY · (502) 587-4011 NUTR THPY INIT ASMT EA - 15 MIN File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $24.75 | $55.00 | $9.24–$55.00 | 55% |
| Norton Brownsboro Hospital Louisville, KY HB NURTITIONAL W/RD INITIAL 15MIN File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $25.00 | $125.00 | $20.63–$115.25 | 80% |
| Norton Children's Hospital Louisville, KY HB NURTITIONAL W/RD INITIAL 15MIN File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $25.00 | $125.00 | $20.63–$106.25 | 80% |
| Norton Hospital Louisville, KY · (502) 629-8000 HB NURTITIONAL W/RD INITIAL 15MIN File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $25.00 | $125.00 | $20.63–$115.25 | 80% |
| Norton Women's and Kosair Children's Hospital Louisville, KY HB NURTITIONAL W/RD INITIAL 15MIN File of Feb 13, 2026 · source file | $25.00 | $125.00 | $20.63–$115.25 | 80% |
| Norton West Louisville Hospital Louisville, KY HB NURTITIONAL W/RD INITIAL 15MIN File of Feb 11, 2026 · source file | $25.00 | $125.00 | $20.63–$115.25 | 80% |
| UofL Health-Louisville – South Hospital Shepherdville, KY NUTR THPY INIT ASMT EA - 15 MIN File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $27.45 | $61.00 | $10.25–$61.00 | 55% |
| UofL Health -Shelbyville Shelbyville, KY · (502) 647-4000 NUTR THPY INIT ASMT EA 15 MIN File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $30.02 | $79.00 | $10.58–$79.00 | 62% |
| CHI Saint Joseph Flaget Memorial Hospital Bardstown, KY · (502) 350-5000 HC Mnt Initial Each 15m File of Sep 30, 2026 · source file | $31.23 | $74.00 | $13.70–$58.98 | 58% |
| Harrison County Hospital Corydon, IN · (812) 738-4251 Therapy procedure for nutrition management, each 15 minutes File of Jul 16, 2026 · source file | $33.60 | $56.00 | $10.82–$70.00 | 40% |
| St. Vincent Salem Hospital Salem, IN · (812) 883-5881 MNT INITL ASSESS+INTERVN 15MIN+1 more line at this price File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file | $35.40 | $59.00 | $5.60–$39.98 | 40% |
Outpatient: lowest $18.90, median $25.00, highest $35.40 — a 1.9× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 12 facilities here, median $25.00. 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 16 of 16 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it 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 nutrition counseling is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Nutrition counseling explained.