Prestonsburg, Kentucky: the hospital's own report to Medicare
What Highlands Arh Regional Medical Center pays nurses per hour
Average hourly wages in 2022 pay periods, its own and contract staff together, before benefits, from the hospital's report to Medicare: the 7th highest registered nurse average of 57 Kentucky hospitals. It is Appalachian Regional Healthcare's, hiring on this site.
Highlands Arh Regional Medical Center: common questions
How much does Highlands Arh Regional Medical Center pay registered nurses per hour?
Highlands Arh Regional Medical Center in Prestonsburg, KY reported an average of $67.24 per registered nurse hour to Medicare's occupational mix survey (in 2022 pay periods, its own and contract staff together, before benefits): the 7th highest of 57 Kentucky hospitals. Kentucky's hospitals together averaged $58.38 an hour, all US hospitals $60.42 an hour. An average over every RN hour, staff and travel nurses together, not a starting rate.
What does Highlands Arh Regional Medical Center pay LPNs and nursing aides?
Licensed practical nurse hours averaged $23.43 an hour (Kentucky $31.78). Nursing aide hours averaged $15.91 an hour (Kentucky $23.48). Medical assistant hours averaged $13.86 an hour.
What is Highlands Arh Regional Medical Center's Medicare star rating?
2 of 5 stars in Medicare's overall rating; 79% of its patients said their nurses always communicated well, and 66% would definitely recommend it. Medicare cut its pay in fiscal year 2026 under the Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program (the quarter of hospitals scoring worst on patient harm). It is a for-profit hospital (every Kentucky hospital by rating).
Is Highlands Arh Regional Medical Center hiring nurses?
It is Appalachian Regional Healthcare's, and Appalachian Regional Healthcare's open jobs are on this site, read from its own job board. Every registered nurse job in Kentucky.
Sources and method
The hospital's survey wages over its paid hours for each category, its own and contract staff together, before benefits; the state's over all its hospitals' hours. Medicare number 180005. Read 10 Nov 2026.
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare wage index occupational mix survey (FY 2027 April public use file)
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital General Information (Care Compare)
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Patient survey (HCAHPS) - Hospital (Care Compare)
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CareJobs.Now. (2026). What Highlands Arh Regional Medical Center pays nurses per hour. Data as of 10 Nov 2026. https://carejobs.now/hospital-nurse-pay/kentucky/highlands-arh-regional-medical-center