Fonteum Care Compare · Kentucky
Kentucky hospitals: 102 Medicare-certified, source-cited CMS quality data.
Fonteum tracks 102 Medicare-certified hospitals in Kentucky in this snapshot, with available CMS rating, hospital-type, ownership, and emergency-services fields. Facility pages identify the CMS Hospital General Information dataset and snapshot 2026-05-07; individual facts are not signed.
Reviewed by Jennifer Montecillo, MD, medical reviewer. Non-practicing medical reviewer. Last reviewed: June 2026 · Next review: December 2026.
Kentucky hospitals at a glance
Type, ownership, emergency-services availability, and CMS overall-rating distribution across Kentucky’s 102 Medicare-certified hospitals.
Offer emergency services
93 (91.2%)
Birthing-friendly designation
42
Average CMS overall rating (of 5)
2.71
By hospital type
| Acute Care Hospitals | 59 |
| Critical Access Hospitals | 29 |
| Psychiatric | 10 |
| Acute Care - Veterans Administration | 2 |
| Acute Care - Department of Defense | 1 |
By ownership
| Voluntary non-profit - Private | 45 |
| Proprietary | 20 |
| Voluntary non-profit - Other | 9 |
| Voluntary non-profit - Church | 8 |
| Government - Local | 7 |
By CMS overall star rating
| 5 of 5 ★ | 2 |
| 4 of 5 ★ | 13 |
| 3 of 5 ★ | 13 |
| 2 of 5 ★ | 23 |
| 1 of 5 ★ | 5 |
Hospitals in Kentucky, ranked by CMS overall rating
56 of 102 Kentucky hospitals carry a CMS overall star rating (state average 2.71 of 5). The table is an unlinked state inventory.
| Hospital | City | Overall (of 5) |
|---|---|---|
| Baptist Health Paducah | Paducah | 5 / 5 |
| Louisville Va Medical Center | Louisville | 5 / 5 |
| Baptist Health Corbin | Corbin | 4 / 5 |
| Baptist Health Lagrange | La Grange | 4 / 5 |
| Baptist Health Lexington | Lexington | 4 / 5 |
| Bourbon Community Hospital | Paris | 4 / 5 |
| Clark Regional Medical Center | Winchester | 4 / 5 |
| Lexington Va Medical Center | Lexington | 4 / 5 |
| Marcum And Wallace Memorial Hospital | Irvine | 4 / 5 |
| Meadowview Regional Medical Center | Maysville | 4 / 5 |
| Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital | Greenville | 4 / 5 |
| St Claire Regional Medical Center | Morehead | 4 / 5 |
| St Elizabeth Edgewood | Edgewood | 4 / 5 |
| St Elizabeth Florence | Florence | 4 / 5 |
| University Of Kentucky Hospital | Lexington | 4 / 5 |
| Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville | Madisonville | 3 / 5 |
| Baptist Health Louisville | Louisville | 3 / 5 |
| Baptist Health Richmond | Richmond | 3 / 5 |
| Georgetown Community Hospital | Georgetown | 3 / 5 |
| Harrison Memorial Hospital | Cynthiana | 3 / 5 |
| King's Daughters' Medical Center | Ashland | 3 / 5 |
| Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center | Leitchfield | 3 / 5 |
| Saint Joseph East | Lexington | 3 / 5 |
| Saint Joseph London | London | 3 / 5 |
| St Elizabeth Ft Thomas | Fort Thomas | 3 / 5 |
| T J Samson Community Hospital | Glasgow | 3 / 5 |
| Tug Valley Arh Regional Medical Center | South Williamson | 3 / 5 |
| Whitesburg Arh Hospital | Whitesburg | 3 / 5 |
| Baptist Health Hardin | Elizabethtown | 2 / 5 |
| Breckinridge Memorial Hospital | Hardinsburg | 2 / 5 |
| Casey County Hospital | Liberty | 2 / 5 |
| Deaconess Henderson Hospital | Henderson | 2 / 5 |
| Ephraim Mcdowell Regional Medical Center | Danville | 2 / 5 |
| Frankfort Regional Medical Center | Frankfort | 2 / 5 |
| Harlan Arh Hospital | Harlan | 2 / 5 |
| Hazard Arh Regional Medical Center | Hazard | 2 / 5 |
| Highlands Arh Regional Medical Center | Prestonsburg | 2 / 5 |
| Jackson Purchase Medical Center | Mayfield | 2 / 5 |
| Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital | Paducah | 2 / 5 |
| Middlesboro Arh Hospital | Middlesboro | 2 / 5 |
| Murray-calloway County Hospital | Murray | 2 / 5 |
| Norton Hospitals, Inc | Louisville | 2 / 5 |
| Owensboro Health Regional Hospital | Owensboro | 2 / 5 |
| Paintsville Arh Hospital | Paintsville | 2 / 5 |
| Rockcastle County Hospital, Inc. | Mount Vernon | 2 / 5 |
| Saint Joseph Hospital | Lexington | 2 / 5 |
| Taylor Regional Hospital | Campbellsville | 2 / 5 |
| The Medical Center (bowling Green) | Bowling Green | 2 / 5 |
| Three Rivers Medical Center | Louisa | 2 / 5 |
| Tristar Greenview Regional Hospital | Bowling Green | 2 / 5 |
| Uofl Health - Jewish Hospital And Mary & Elizabeth Hospital | Louisville | 2 / 5 |
| Jennie Stuart Medical Center | Hopkinsville | 1 / 5 |
| Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital | Somerset | 1 / 5 |
| Monroe County Medical Center | Tompkinsville | 1 / 5 |
| Pikeville Medical Center | Pikeville | 1 / 5 |
| University Of Louisville Hospital | Louisville | 1 / 5 |
| Adventhealthmanchester | Manchester | — |
| Arh Our Lady Of The Way | Martin | — |
| Blanchfield Ach (ft Campbell) | Fort Campbell | — |
| Bluegrass Community Hospital | Versailles | — |
| Caldwell Medical Center | Princeton | — |
| Carroll County Memorial Hospital | Carrollton | — |
| Caverna Memorial Hospital | Horse Cave | — |
| Central State Hospital | Louisville | — |
| Chi Saint Joseph Berea Nf | Berea | — |
| Chi Saint Joseph Flaget Memorial Hospital | Bardstown | — |
| Crittenden Community Hospital | Marion | — |
| Cumberland County Hospital | Burkesville | — |
| Cumberland Hall Hospital | Hopkinsville | — |
| Eastern State Hospital | Lexington | — |
| Ephraim Mcdowell Fort Logan Hospital | Stanford | — |
| Jane Todd Crawford Hospital | Greensburg | — |
| Kentucky River Medical Center | Jackson | — |
| Knox County Hospital | Barbourville | — |
| Lincoln Trail Behavioral Health System | Radcliff | — |
| 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 | — |
| Morgan County Arh Hospital | West Liberty | — |
| Ohio County Hospital | Hartford | — |
| Pineville Community Health Center, Inc | Pineville | — |
| Rivendell Behavioral Health Services | Bowling Green | — |
| Russell County Hospital | Russell Springs | — |
| Saint Joseph Mount Sterling | Mount Sterling | — |
| Spring View Hospital | Lebanon | — |
| St Elizabeth Grant | Williamstown | — |
| Sun Behavioral Health | Erlanger | — |
| The Brook Hospital - Dupont | Louisville | — |
| The Brook Hospital - Kmi | Louisville | — |
| 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 | — |
| The Ridge Behavioral Health System | Lexington | — |
| Tj Health Columbia | Columbia | — |
| Trigg County Hospital | Cadiz | — |
| Uofl Health - Shelbyville Hospital | Shelbyville | — |
| Wayne County Hospital | Monticello | — |
| Western State Hospital | Hopkinsville | — |
Kentucky hospitals — FAQ
- How many Medicare-certified hospitals are in Kentucky?
- 102 Medicare-certified hospitals operate in Kentucky as of the CMS Hospital General Information snapshot (2026-05-07). 56 carry a CMS overall star rating, averaging 2.71 of 5.
- What kinds of hospitals does Kentucky have?
- Kentucky's hospitals break down by CMS hospital type (acute care, critical access, children's, psychiatric and more) and by ownership (government, proprietary, and voluntary non-profit). 91.2% offer emergency services. The breakdown tables on this page aggregate every facility CMS lists in the state.
- What does the CMS overall star rating mean?
- The CMS overall hospital rating (1–5 stars) summarizes performance across measure groups such as mortality, safety of care, readmission, patient experience, and timely & effective care. CMS does not rate every hospital; facilities below the reporting threshold show no rating and are excluded from the state average rather than counted as zero.
- Where does this hospital data come from and how current is it?
- The displayed fields come from the CMS Hospital General Information file, source-modified 2026-01-26. Record-level provenance can be null; cross-check a consequential facility record at Medicare.gov.
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