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Health care in Louisville, KY: hospitals, ERs, clinics and pharmacies

Louisville, KY has 11 hospitals in Medicare (CMS) data; 6 list emergency services and 1 state a trauma center designation on their own website. Our data also lists 14 urgent care centers, 150 pharmacies, 22 community health center sites, 35 nursing homes, 1 hospice, 8 home health agencies, 25 dialysis facilities and 46 licensed assisted living homes in Louisville.

Built automatically from official data (Medicare, the NPI Registry, HRSA and state licence lists) and from what each hospital publishes on its own website; see Sources and dates. Services change: call before you go.

In a medical emergency, call 911. This guide says what the official data lists for the city on the dates shown; it is not medical advice and not a ranking.

Emergency care

6 of the 11 hospitals in Louisville list emergency services in Medicare's data; 4 of them state 24-hour emergency care on their own website, and 1 state a trauma center designation. The wording of each designation is quoted from the hospital’s website.

Walk-in care

14 urgent care centers in Louisville are registered in the federal NPI Registry. Urgent care centers treat illnesses and injuries that need care soon but are not emergencies, usually without an appointment. The registry does not record opening hours: call before you go.

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Pharmacies

150 pharmacies in Louisville are registered in the NPI Registry (Community/retail pharmacy: 85; Pharmacy: 62; Clinic pharmacy: 3). The registry does not record opening hours or 24-hour service: call the pharmacy. All pharmacies in Louisville →

Low-cost care

22 community health center sites in Louisville (Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), funded by HRSA: 21; Federally Qualified Health Center enrolled in Medicare (CMS): 1). Health centers in the federal Health Center Program (HRSA) must offer a sliding fee based on income and serve patients whether or not they have insurance. Weekly hours are as reported to HRSA.

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Hospitals compared

11 hospitals, highest Medicare rating first. Rating: CMS overall hospital star rating, 1 to 5 (5 of 11 rated). Beds: from the hospital's own website where our research has read it (5 of 11). Price list: the hospital's federal price-transparency file is on its page (7 of 11).

Hospitals in Louisville, KY: type, emergency services, Medicare rating, beds and price list
HospitalTypeEmergencyMedicare ratingBedsPrice list
Louisville VA Medical Center · Full profile Federal/VA Acute Care Hospital ER 5 of 5 stars — —
Baptist Health Louisville · Full profile Acute Care Hospital ER 4 of 5 stars 490 Yes
Norton Hospitals, Inc · Full profile Acute Care Hospital ER 2 of 5 stars 605 Yes
UOFL HEALTH - JEWISH HOSPITAL and Mary & Elizabeth Hospital · Full profile Acute Care Hospital ER 2 of 5 stars 462 Yes
University of Louisville Hospital · Full profile Acute Care Hospital ER 1 of 5 stars — Yes
Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital · Full profile Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital Not listed Not rated — Yes
Central State Hospital · Full profile Psychiatric Hospital Not listed Not rated — —
Kindred Hospital Louisville · Full profile Long-Term Acute Care Hospital Not listed Not rated 123 Yes
The Brook Hospital - Dupont · Full profile Psychiatric Hospital Not listed Not rated — —
The Brook Hospital - Kmi · Full profile Psychiatric Hospital ER Not rated — —
Uoflhealth, Frazierrehabilitationhospital-Brownsbor… · Full profile Inpatient Rehabilitation Hospital Not listed Not rated 40 Yes

Specialists

Clinicians affiliated with these 11 hospitals, by specialty, from Medicare's clinician data; the number counts clinicians whose primary specialty belongs to that page.

Specialties the hospitals list on their own websites

The number is how many hospitals here list it on their own website (hospitals with a reviewed website profile only).

Long-term care

Medicare-certified providers in Louisville, with Medicare star ratings where published, and the state’s licensed assisted living homes.

Nursing homes in Louisville with the highest Medicare overall rating

Sources and dates

This guide is generated from the data files above for the 100 U.S. cities with the most hospitals in Medicare's data (cities as CMS spells them; the data has no metro-area definition). Wording last revised November 8, 2026. Not medical advice.

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