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Metro area

Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN

CMS cut 4 of the 10 hospitals in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN with a payment decision for fiscal year 2026: 40.0%, against 24.9% nationally.

This metro area reaches into IN, KY; this page shows all of its hospitals.

Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN · FY2026Compared with the nation

1Hospitals cut

4

Of 10 with a payment decision

2Share cut

40.0%

+15.1 pts vs the nation (24.9%)

3Rank

5th of 59

Share cut, highest first, among metro areas with at least 10 hospitals with a decision

4Median score

0.2257

Nation: −0.0453

5Scored on all 6

6

Of 10 scored (60%; nation 66%)

6Scored without data

0

Hospitals CMS gave its worst score on a measure

7Estimated dollars

$4.0M estimate
1.3% of the nation’s $306M, this site’s estimate

Likely range $3.2–4.3M

8Per traditional Medicare stay

$108

The nation: $47

40% cut

Average Lowest score: −1.4728 Highest score: 2.3133 CMS’s line 4 of 718 here Average Lowest score: −1.4728 Highest score: 2.3133 CMS’s line 718 cut nationally · 4 here
Every hospital in the nation with a payment decision, lowest score to highest, each as tall as its score (above the rule, worse than average); the solid hairlines are Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN’s, red where CMS cut.

On the map

Each dot is a hospital in CMS’s file: red, cut; ringed, not cut; gray, no decision. Pick one to open its page.

Figure 1. Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN: 4 cut of 10 with a payment decision.
Norton Clark Hospital, Jeffersonville: −0.2125 · not cutBaptist Health Floyd, New Albany: 0.3429 · not cutPhysicians' Medical Center LLC, New Albany: −0.4140 · not cutUofL Health - Shelbyville Hospital, Shelbyville: −0.2788 · not cutCHI Saint Joseph Flaget Memorial Hospital, Bardstown: 0.5378 · cutUOFL HEALTH - JEWISH HOSPITAL and Mary & Elizabeth Hospital, Louisville: 0.6917 · cutNorton Hospitals, Inc, Louisville: 0.4739 · cutBaptist Health Louisville, Louisville: 0.1084 · not cutBaptist Health Lagrange, La Grange: −0.0692 · not cutUniversity of Louisville Hospital, Louisville: 0.7073 · cut Norton Clark Hospital, Jeffersonville: −0.2125 · not cutBaptist Health Floyd, New Albany: 0.3429 · not cutPhysicians' Medical Center LLC, New Albany: −0.4140 · not cutUofL Health - Shelbyville Hospital, Shelbyville: −0.2788 · not cutCHI Saint Joseph Flaget Memorial Hospital, Bardstown: 0.5378 · cutUOFL HEALTH - JEWISH HOSPITAL and Mary & Elizabeth Hospital, Louisville: 0.6917 · cutNorton Hospitals, Inc, Louisville: 0.4739 · cutBaptist Health Louisville, Louisville: 0.1084 · not cutBaptist Health Lagrange, La Grange: −0.0692 · not cutUniversity of Louisville Hospital, Louisville: 0.7073 · cut
  • Cut
  • Not cut
  • Not subject (Maryland) or no score

Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.

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HospitalCityTotal HAC ScorePayment reduction
Baptist Health FloydNew Albany0.3429No
Baptist Health LagrangeLa Grange−0.0692No
Baptist Health LouisvilleLouisville0.1084No
CHI Saint Joseph Flaget Memorial HospitalBardstown0.5378Yes
Norton Clark HospitalJeffersonville−0.2125No
Norton Hospitals, IncLouisville0.4739Yes
Physicians' Medical Center LLCNew Albany−0.4140No
University of Louisville HospitalLouisville0.7073Yes
UOFL HEALTH - JEWISH HOSPITAL and Mary & Elizabeth HospitalLouisville0.6917Yes
UofL Health - Shelbyville HospitalShelbyville−0.2788No

Its scores against the nation’s

The columns are this place’s hospitals; the outline is every hospital in the nation. Both are shares of their own hospitals, so a small place and the nation compare.

Figure 2. 40.0% of hospitals here scored past CMS’s line, against 24.9% nationally; the middle score here is 0.2257, and nationally −0.0453.
0%5%10%15%20% −1.6 to −1.4: 0% here, 1% nationally−1.4 to −1.2: 0% here, 1% nationally−1.2 to −1.0: 0% here, 2% nationally−1.0 to −0.8: 0% here, 4% nationally−0.8 to −0.6: 0% here, 7% nationally−0.6 to −0.4: 0% here, 10% nationally−0.4 to −0.2: 20% here, 12% nationally−0.2 to 0.0: 20% here, 14% nationally0.0 to 0.2: 10% here, 12% nationally0.2 to 0.4: 10% here, 12% nationally0.4 to 0.6: 20% here, 8% nationally0.6 to 0.8: 20% here, 6% nationally0.8 to 1.0: 0% here, 4% nationally1.0 to 1.2: 0% here, 3% nationally1.2 to 1.4: 0% here, 1% nationally1.4 to 1.6: 0% here, 1% nationally1.6 to 1.8: 0% here, 0% nationally1.8 to 2.0: 0% here, 0% nationally2.0 to 2.2: 0% here, 0% nationally2.2 to 2.4: 0% here, 1% nationally CMS’s line −1.00.01.02.0 0%5%10%15%20% −1.6 to −1.4: 0% here, 1% nationally−1.4 to −1.2: 0% here, 1% nationally−1.2 to −1.0: 0% here, 2% nationally−1.0 to −0.8: 0% here, 4% nationally−0.8 to −0.6: 0% here, 7% nationally−0.6 to −0.4: 0% here, 10% nationally−0.4 to −0.2: 20% here, 12% nationally−0.2 to 0.0: 20% here, 14% nationally0.0 to 0.2: 10% here, 12% nationally0.2 to 0.4: 10% here, 12% nationally0.4 to 0.6: 20% here, 8% nationally0.6 to 0.8: 20% here, 6% nationally0.8 to 1.0: 0% here, 4% nationally1.0 to 1.2: 0% here, 3% nationally1.2 to 1.4: 0% here, 1% nationally1.4 to 1.6: 0% here, 1% nationally1.6 to 1.8: 0% here, 0% nationally1.8 to 2.0: 0% here, 0% nationally2.0 to 2.2: 0% here, 0% nationally2.2 to 2.4: 0% here, 1% nationally CMS’s line −1.5−1.0−0.50.00.51.01.52.0

Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.

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Score fromtoHereNation
−1.6−1.4040
−1.4−1.2017
−1.2−1.0051
−1.0−0.80126
−0.8−0.60204
−0.6−0.40290
−0.4−0.22357
−0.20.02407
0.00.21343
0.20.41333
0.40.62237
0.60.82173
0.81.00116
1.01.2091
1.21.4030
1.41.6021
1.61.8010
1.82.003
2.02.2013
2.22.4024

Measure by measure

For each measure, the share of this place’s hospitals with a value worse than the national median. Half would be ordinary; a stem to the right of the line is a measure where more hospitals here did worse.

Figure 3. Worst against the nation on SSI (100% of its hospitals above the national median); best on CAUTI (33%).

Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.

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MeasureHospitals with a valueHalf
PSI 901050%
CLABSI667%
CAUTI633%
SSI7100%
CDI967%
MRSA683%

Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN across the line

The nation’s hospitals within 0.05 of CMS’s line that this site estimates, Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN’s in full ink: scores a hair apart, money all or nothing.

Figure 4. Of the nation’s 141 hospitals within 0.05 of CMS’s line that this site estimates, Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN has 1 hospital not cut, where a cut would have been about $635K.
CMS’s line 82 not cut $52.8M at stake82 not cut$52.8M at stake 59 cut $29.8M cut59 cut$29.8M cut 0.340.360.380.400.42 Total HAC Score CMS’s line 82 not cut $52.8M at stake82 not cut$52.8M at stake 59 cut $29.8M cut59 cut$29.8M cut Baptist Health Floyd, New Albany, IN: score 0.3429; a cut would have been $635K 0.340.360.380.400.42 Total HAC Score

3 more within 0.05 have no estimate, and Maryland’s 2 are exempt.

Estimate · Source: this site’s arithmetic on CMS’s FY2026 IPPS final rule files (the impact file, the rate tables and the value-based factors), its FY2026 HRRP supplemental file and HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.

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Side of the lineHospitalsEstimated cut, taken or not (whole dollars)
Under the line: not cut82$52,846,861
Over the line: cut59$29,847,503

Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN, year by year

Every hospital in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN with a payment decision in any year, one sliver each, one row per fiscal year; red where CMS cut it. At the right of each row: the share of Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN’s hospitals cut that year, then the nation’s.

Figure 5. Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN’s share cut was above the nation’s in 10 of the 11 years CMS cut anyone; 10 of its 10 hospitals have been cut at least once.
201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026 No hospital scored or cut 40.0% · 21.9%30.0% · 23.4%40.0% · 24.0%40.0% · 23.6%80.0% · 25.0%40.0% · 25.0%20.0% · 24.9%40.0% · 25.0%30.0% · 24.9%50.0% · 24.8%40.0% · 24.9% 201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026 No hospital scored or cut 40.0% · 21.9%30.0% · 23.4%40.0% · 24.0%40.0% · 23.6%80.0% · 25.0%40.0% · 25.0%20.0% · 24.9%40.0% · 25.0%30.0% · 24.9%50.0% · 24.8%40.0% · 24.9%

Source: CMS, HACRP hospital files for fiscal years 2015 to 2026 (Provider Data Catalog, its archives and, for the oldest years, the Internet Archive’s copies), and CMS’s cut lists for FY2015 and FY2016.

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Fiscal yearHospitals with a decisionCutShare cutNation
FY201510440.0%21.9%
FY201610330.0%23.4%
FY201710440.0%24.0%
FY201810440.0%23.6%
FY201910880.0%25.0%
FY202010440.0%25.0%
FY202110220.0%24.9%
FY202210440.0%25.0%
FY202300
FY202410330.0%24.9%
FY202510550.0%24.8%
FY202610440.0%24.9%

Every hospital in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN

The sortable table of this place’s hospitals needs JavaScript; the CSV file holds every hospital’s values.

Download all hospitals’ data (CSV) · Data dictionary · CMS’s dataset page

Download all hospitals’ data (CSV) · Data dictionary · CMS’s dataset page

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A penalty reflects how CMS’s formula scored relative performance; it is not a verdict on the quality of care.

Cite this page

Paid & Penalized. Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN: hospital-acquired conditions, FY2026. https://paidandpenalized.org/hacrp/metro/31140/. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog, HACRP FY2026 (yq43-i98g), released August 13, 2026.