Kentucky hospitals
Kentucky hospitals: racial-equity scorecards
88 Medicare-certified hospitals serve Kentucky, represented by the Kentucky Hospital Association. This page aggregates CMS Hospital Compare measures — overall star rating, mortality / safety / readmission / patient-experience measure-group performance — for each of those facilities.
University of Louisville Hospital and UK HealthCare carry the bulk of Medicaid admissions statewide. Kentucky adopted Medicaid expansion in 2014 under Governor Beshear's kyhealth initiative.
The state's recognized safety-net hospital systems — the facilities that carry a disproportionate share of Medicaid and uninsured admissions — include: UK HealthCare / University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital (Lexington), and University of Louisville Hospital. Each has its own detail page below.
Two editorial notes on scope. First, CMS does not publish a racial-disparity scorecard per-hospital at national scale; what we surface below is the facility's overall CMS rating paired with any race-stratified metric we could find in a primary source (AHRQ Disparities Atlas, a state discharge scorecard, or a published study). Second, we do not rank hospitals as 'worst for Black patients' without a primary-source citation — the legal standard for that claim requires it.
Safety-net systems in Kentucky
- UK HealthCare / University of Kentucky Chandler Hospital (Lexington)
- University of Louisville Hospital
All 88 hospitals in Kentucky
Adventhealthmanchester
Manchester · AdventHealth
Arh Our Lady Of The Way
Martin
Bluegrass Community Hospital
Versailles
Caldwell Medical Center
Princeton
Carroll County Memorial Hospital
Carrollton
Caverna Memorial Hospital
Horse Cave
Chi Saint Joseph Berea Nf
Berea · CommonSpirit Health
Chi Saint Joseph Flaget Memorial Hospital
Bardstown · CommonSpirit Health
Cumberland County Hospital
Burkesville
Ephraim Mcdowell Fort Logan Hospital
Stanford
Jane Todd Crawford Hospital
Greensburg
Kentucky River Medical Center
Jackson
Knox County Hospital
Barbourville
Livingston Hospital And Healthcare Services, Inc
Salem
Marshall County Hospital
Benton
Mary Breckinridge Arh Hospital
Hyden
Mcdowell Arh Hospital
Mc Dowell
Methodist Hospital Union County
Morganfield · Methodist Health System
Morgan County Arh Hospital
West Liberty
Ohio County Hospital
Hartford
Pineville Community Health Center, Inc
Pineville
Russell County Hospital
Russell Springs
Saint Joseph Mount Sterling
Mount Sterling
Spring View Hospital
Lebanon
St Elizabeth Grant
Williamstown
The James B. Haggin Memorial Hospital
Harrodsburg
The Medical Center At Albany
Albany
The Medical Center At Franklin
Franklin
The Medical Center At Russellville
Russellville
The Medical Center At Scottsville
Scottsville
Tj Health Columbia
Columbia
Trigg County Hospital
Cadiz
Uofl Health - Shelbyville Hospital
Shelbyville
Wayne County Hospital
Monticello
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah · Baptist Health
Baptist Health Corbin
Corbin · Baptist Health
Baptist Health Lagrange
La Grange · Baptist Health
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington · Baptist Health
Bourbon Community Hospital
Paris
Clark Regional Medical Center
Winchester
Marcum And Wallace Memorial Hospital
Irvine
Meadowview Regional Medical Center
Maysville
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville
St Claire Regional Medical Center
Morehead
St Elizabeth Edgewood
Edgewood
St Elizabeth Florence
Florence
University Of Kentucky Hospital
Lexington
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville
Madisonville · Baptist Health
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville · Baptist Health
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond · Baptist Health
Georgetown Community Hospital
Georgetown
Harrison Memorial Hospital
Cynthiana
King'S Daughters' Medical Center
Ashland
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield
Saint Joseph East
Lexington
Saint Joseph London
London
St Elizabeth Ft Thomas
Fort Thomas
T J Samson Community Hospital
Glasgow
Tug Valley Arh Regional Medical Center
South Williamson
Whitesburg Arh Hospital
Whitesburg
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown · Baptist Health
Breckinridge Memorial Hospital
Hardinsburg
Casey County Hospital
Liberty
Deaconess Henderson Hospital
Henderson
Ephraim Mcdowell Regional Medical Center
Danville
Frankfort Regional Medical Center
Frankfort
Harlan Arh Hospital
Harlan
Hazard Arh Regional Medical Center
Hazard
Highlands Arh Regional Medical Center
Prestonsburg
Jackson Purchase Medical Center
Mayfield
Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital
Paducah · Bon Secours Mercy Health
Middlesboro Arh Hospital
Middlesboro
Murray-Calloway County Hospital
Murray
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital
Owensboro
Paintsville Arh Hospital
Paintsville
Rockcastle County Hospital, Inc.
Mount Vernon
Saint Joseph Hospital
Lexington
Taylor Regional Hospital
Campbellsville
The Medical Center (Bowling Green)
Bowling Green
Three Rivers Medical Center
Louisa
Tristar Greenview Regional Hospital
Bowling Green
Uofl Health - Jewish Hospital And Mary & Elizabeth Hospital
Louisville
Jennie Stuart Medical Center
Hopkinsville
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital
Somerset
Monroe County Medical Center
Tompkinsville
Pikeville Medical Center
Pikeville
University Of Louisville Hospital
Louisville
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Data sources
- CMS Hospital Compare — Hospital General Information (data.cms.gov/provider-data/dataset/xubh-q36u).
- Kentucky Hospital Association — state hospital trade body (https://www.kyha.com/).
- Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services — Office of Inspector General, Division of Health Care — state hospital licensing + oversight (https://www.chfs.ky.gov/agencies/os/oig/dhc/Pages/default.aspx).
- AHRQ National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Report (ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr).
- CDC Pregnancy Mortality Surveillance System state releases (cdc.gov/pmss).
- The Leapfrog Group hospital safety grades (leapfroggroup.org).
Data refreshed: