Hospitals in Kentucky: ratings, owners and penalties for 103 hospitals

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Kentucky has 103 hospitals in the CMS hospital files, 94 of them with emergency services. The average overall rating is 2.8 of 5 and 8 are rated one star. In fiscal year 2026, 21 of them faced a 1% Medicare payment reduction under the Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program, and 53 had an excess readmission ratio above 1.0 on at least one condition tracked by the Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program.

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Hospitals: 103
Average overall rating: 2.8 of 5
One star hospitals: 8
Five star hospitals: 5
With emergency services: 94
HAC payment reductions, fiscal year 2026: 21 of 59 in the program
With excess readmissions: 53

Hospitals by penalties and rating

Hospitals with a HAC payment reduction first, then by most conditions with excess readmissions, then by lowest star rating. Each row links to the page and its Medicare Care Compare record.

Hospital	City	Type	Stars	Emergency	HAC payment cut	Excess readmission conditions	Source
Norton Hospitals, Inc	Louisville	Acute Care Hospitals	2	Yes	Yes	6	medicare.gov
Pikeville Medical Center	Pikeville	Acute Care Hospitals	1	Yes	Yes	5	medicare.gov
University of Louisville Hospital	Louisville	Acute Care Hospitals	1	Yes	Yes	4	medicare.gov
Monroe County Medical Center	Tompkinsville	Acute Care Hospitals	1	Yes	Yes	3	medicare.gov
Harlan Arh Hospital	Harlan	Acute Care Hospitals	2	Yes	Yes	3	medicare.gov
Hazard Arh Regional Medical Center	Hazard	Acute Care Hospitals	2	Yes	Yes	3	medicare.gov
King's Daughters' Medical Center	Ashland	Acute Care Hospitals	3	Yes	Yes	3	medicare.gov
Murray-Calloway County Hospital	Murray	Acute Care Hospitals	3	Yes	Yes	3	medicare.gov
Jackson Purchase Medical Center	Mayfield	Acute Care Hospitals	1	Yes	Yes	2	medicare.gov
Highlands Arh Regional Medical Center	Prestonsburg	Acute Care Hospitals	2	Yes	Yes	2	medicare.gov
UOFL HEALTH, JEWISH HOSPITAL and Mary & Elizabeth Hospital	Louisville	Acute Care Hospitals	2	Yes	Yes	2	medicare.gov
Baptist Health Hardin	Elizabethtown	Acute Care Hospitals	3	Yes	Yes	2	medicare.gov
Jennie Stuart Medical Center	Hopkinsville	Acute Care Hospitals	1	Yes	Yes	1	medicare.gov
Rockcastle County Hospital, Inc.	Mount Vernon	Acute Care Hospitals	2	Yes	Yes	1	medicare.gov
The Medical Center (Bowling Green)	Bowling Green	Acute Care Hospitals	2	Yes	Yes	1	medicare.gov
AdventHealthManchester	Manchester	Acute Care Hospitals	3	Yes	Yes	1	medicare.gov
CHI Saint Joseph Flaget Memorial Hospital	Bardstown	Acute Care Hospitals	3	Yes	Yes	1	medicare.gov
Baptist Health Paducah	Paducah	Acute Care Hospitals	4	Yes	Yes	1	medicare.gov
Saint Joseph Mount Sterling	Mount Sterling	Acute Care Hospitals	4	Yes	Yes	1	medicare.gov
Taylor Regional Hospital	Campbellsville	Acute Care Hospitals	2	Yes	Yes	0	medicare.gov
University of Kentucky Hospital	Lexington	Acute Care Hospitals	4	Yes	Yes	0	medicare.gov
Saint Joseph Hospital	Lexington	Acute Care Hospitals	3	Yes	No	5	medicare.gov
St Claire Regional Medical Center	Morehead	Acute Care Hospitals	2	Yes	No	4	medicare.gov
Tristar Greenview Regional Hospital	Bowling Green	Acute Care Hospitals	2	Yes	No	4	medicare.gov
Mercy Health, Lourdes Hospital	Paducah	Acute Care Hospitals	3	Yes	No	4	medicare.gov
Middlesboro Arh Hospital	Middlesboro	Acute Care Hospitals	1	Yes	No	3	medicare.gov
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital	Somerset	Acute Care Hospitals	2	Yes	No	3	medicare.gov
Paintsville Arh Hospital	Paintsville	Acute Care Hospitals	2	Yes	No	3	medicare.gov
Saint Joseph East	Lexington	Acute Care Hospitals	2	Yes	No	3	medicare.gov
Tug Valley Arh Regional Medical Center	South Williamson	Acute Care Hospitals	2	Yes	No	3	medicare.gov
Saint Joseph London	London	Acute Care Hospitals	3	Yes	No	3	medicare.gov
Baptist Health Louisville	Louisville	Acute Care Hospitals	4	Yes	No	3	medicare.gov
St Elizabeth Edgewood	Edgewood	Acute Care Hospitals	5	Yes	No	3	medicare.gov
St Elizabeth Ft Thomas	Fort Thomas	Acute Care Hospitals	5	Yes	No	3	medicare.gov
Pineville Community Health Center, Inc	Pineville	Acute Care Hospitals	1	Yes	No	2	medicare.gov
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital	Owensboro	Acute Care Hospitals	2	Yes	No	2	medicare.gov
Clark Regional Medical Center	Winchester	Acute Care Hospitals	3	Yes	No	2	medicare.gov
Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center	Danville	Acute Care Hospitals	3	Yes	No	2	medicare.gov
Frankfort Regional Medical Center	Frankfort	Acute Care Hospitals	3	Yes	No	2	medicare.gov
Georgetown Community Hospital	Georgetown	Acute Care Hospitals	3	Yes	No	2	medicare.gov
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center	Leitchfield	Acute Care Hospitals	3	Yes	No	2	medicare.gov
St Elizabeth Florence	Florence	Acute Care Hospitals	3	Yes	No	2	medicare.gov
T J Samson Community Hospital	Glasgow	Acute Care Hospitals	3	Yes	No	2	medicare.gov
Whitesburg Arh Hospital	Whitesburg	Acute Care Hospitals	3	Yes	No	2	medicare.gov
Baptist Health Lexington	Lexington	Acute Care Hospitals	4	Yes	No	2	medicare.gov
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital	Greenville	Acute Care Hospitals	4	Yes	No	2	medicare.gov
Baptist Health Lagrange	La Grange	Acute Care Hospitals	5	Yes	No	2	medicare.gov
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville	Madisonville	Acute Care Hospitals	2	Yes	No	1	medicare.gov
Deaconess Henderson Hospital	Henderson	Acute Care Hospitals	2	Yes	No	1	medicare.gov
The Medical Center at Russellville	Russellville	Acute Care Hospitals	2	Yes	No	1	medicare.gov
Harrison Memorial Hospital	Cynthiana	Acute Care Hospitals	3	Yes	No	1	medicare.gov
Three Rivers Medical Center	Louisa	Acute Care Hospitals	3	Yes	No	1	medicare.gov
Uofl Health, Shelbyville Hospital	Shelbyville	Acute Care Hospitals	3	Yes	No	1	medicare.gov
Baptist Health Richmond	Richmond	Acute Care Hospitals	4	Yes	No	1	medicare.gov
Meadowview Regional Medical Center	Maysville	Acute Care Hospitals	4	Yes	No	1	medicare.gov
Breckinridge Memorial Hospital	Hardinsburg	Critical Access Hospitals	1	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Bourbon Community Hospital	Paris	Acute Care Hospitals	2	Yes	No	0	medicare.gov
Marshall County Hospital	Benton	Critical Access Hospitals	2	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Ohio County Hospital	Hartford	Critical Access Hospitals	2	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Baptist Health Corbin	Corbin	Acute Care Hospitals	3	Yes	No	0	medicare.gov
Casey County Hospital	Liberty	Critical Access Hospitals	3	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Lexington VA Medical Center	Lexington	Acute Care, Veterans Administration	3	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
CHI Saint Joseph Berea NF	Berea	Critical Access Hospitals	4	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Livingston Hospital and Healthcare Services, Inc	Salem	Critical Access Hospitals	4	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Marcum and Wallace Memorial Hospital	Irvine	Critical Access Hospitals	4	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Louisville VA Medical Center	Louisville	Acute Care, Veterans Administration	5	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Spring View Hospital	Lebanon	Acute Care Hospitals	5	Yes	No	0	medicare.gov
Arh Our Lady of the Way	Martin	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Blanchfield ACH (FT Campbell)	Fort Campbell	Acute Care, Department of Defense	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Bluegrass Community Hospital	Versailles	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Caldwell Medical Center	Princeton	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Carroll County Memorial Hospital	Carrollton	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Caverna Memorial Hospital	Horse Cave	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Central State Hospital	Louisville	Psychiatric	Not listed	No	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Crittenden Community Hospital	Marion	Rural Emergency Hospital	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Cumberland County Hospital	Burkesville	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Cumberland Hall Hospital	Hopkinsville	Psychiatric	Not listed	No	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Eastern State Hospital	Lexington	Psychiatric	Not listed	No	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Ephraim McDowell Fort Logan Hospital	Stanford	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Fleming County Hospital	Flemingsburg	Rural Emergency Hospital	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Jane Todd Crawford Hospital	Greensburg	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Kentucky River Medical Center	Jackson	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Knox County Hospital	Barbourville	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Lincoln Trail Behavioral Health System	Radcliff	Psychiatric	Not listed	No	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Mary Breckinridge Arh Hospital	Hyden	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
McDowell Arh Hospital	MC Dowell	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Methodist Hospital Union County	Morganfield	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Morgan County Arh Hospital	West Liberty	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Rivendell Behavioral Health Services	Bowling Green	Psychiatric	Not listed	No	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Russell County Hospital	Russell Springs	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
St Elizabeth Grant	Williamstown	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Sun Behavioral Health	Erlanger	Psychiatric	Not listed	No	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
TJ Health Columbia	Columbia	Acute Care Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	No	0	medicare.gov
The Brook Hospital, Dupont	Louisville	Psychiatric	Not listed	No	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
The Brook Hospital, Kmi	Louisville	Psychiatric	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
The James B. Haggin Memorial Hospital	Harrodsburg	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
The Medical Center at Albany	Albany	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
The Medical Center at Franklin	Franklin	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
The Medical Center at Scottsville	Scottsville	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
The Ridge Behavioral Health System	Lexington	Psychiatric	Not listed	No	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Trigg County Hospital	Cadiz	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Wayne County Hospital	Monticello	Critical Access Hospitals	Not listed	Yes	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov
Western State Hospital	Hopkinsville	Psychiatric	Not listed	No	Not in program	Not listed	medicare.gov

Star ratings

Overall rating	Hospitals
5 of 5	5
4 of 5	11
3 of 5	22
2 of 5	21
1 of 5	8
Not rated	36

Owners and managers with the most hospitals in Kentucky

Organization	Hospitals	Average stars	One star	HAC payment cuts	With excess readmissions
DSB Acquisition LLC	9	2.9	1	1	5
Historic Lifepoint Hospitals LLC	9	2.9	1	1	5
Legacy Lifepoint Health LLC	9	2.9	1	1	5
Lifepoint Corporate Services General Partnership	9	2.9	1	1	5
Lifepoint Health Inc	9	2.9	1	1	5
Lifepoint Holdings 2 LLC	9	2.9	1	1	5
Lifepoint Hospitals Holdings LLC	9	2.9	1	1	5
Commonspirit Health	6	3.2	0	2	5
Commonwealth Health Corporation, Inc.	6	2	0	1	2
Kentuckyone Health Inc	6	3.2	0	2	5
Lifepoint of Kentucky LLC	6	2.5	1	1	3
Uhs of Delaware Inc	6	Not listed	0	0	0
Universal Health Services Inc	6	Not listed	0	0	0
Appalachian Regional Healthcare Inc	5	2	0	1	2
Deaconess Health Kentucky Inc	3	1.5	1	1	2
Psychiatric Solutions, Inc.	3	Not listed	0	0	0
University of Kentucky	3	3.5	0	2	1
University of Louisville	3	2	1	2	3
Uofl Health, Inc.	3	2	1	2	3
Bon Secours Mercy Health Inc	2	3.5	0	0	1
Frisco Holding II	2	2.5	0	0	2
Goldentree Distressed Master Fund III LTD	2	3	0	0	1
Goldentree Distressed Onshore Master Fund III LP	2	3	0	0	1
Goldentree Select Offshore Intermediate Fund LP	2	3	0	0	1
Gtam Onshore Blocker 2 LLC	2	3	0	0	1

Updated November 7, 2026. Read from CMS Provider Data Catalog and data.cms.gov, hospitals. Open data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (US government work). Ratings and program results are as CMS lists them on the date shown and CMS refreshes them on its own schedule. The CMS files are joined on the CMS Certification Number. CMS gives each owner organization an ID, and an owner page groups hospitals on that ID. Names of individual owners and managers are not shown. This page uses CMS data and is not endorsed or certified by CMS. Free to reuse with credit to SpecStream under CC BY 4.0. Spot a wrong value? Write to [email protected] with the link to this page.