Collapsed Lung Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
A collapsed lung (pneumothorax) happens when air leaks into the space around the lung. Treatment often involves a small chest tube to remove the air so the lung can re-expand, with monitoring until breathing improves.
State average
$15,386
gross charge · DRG 201
Hospitals
15
with published pricing
Price range
$9,196 – $41,620
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $9,196Cash pay $6,897 - 2
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $9,196Cash pay $6,897 - 3
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $9,196Cash pay $6,897 - 4
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $9,196Cash pay $6,897 - 5
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $9,196Cash pay $6,897 - 6
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $9,196Cash pay $6,897 - 7
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $9,196Cash pay $6,897 - 8
Russell County Hospital
Russell Springs, KY
Gross charge $9,398Cash pay $7,518 - 9
UK St. Claire
Morehead, KY
Gross charge $10,586Cash pay $7,939 - 10
Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Acute Care)
Murray, KY
Gross charge $14,306Cash pay $9,299 - 11
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $19,147Cash pay $12,446 - 12
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $19,147Cash pay $12,446 - 13
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $19,147Cash pay $12,446 - 14
Meadowview Regional Medical Center
Maysville, KY
Gross charge $33,071Cash pay $13,229 - 15
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $41,620 - 16
UK King's Daughters Medical Center
Ashland, KY
Gross charge — - 17
Saint Joseph Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 18Gross charge —
- 19
UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital
Shelbyville, KY
Gross charge — - 20
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital
Bardstown, KY
Gross charge — - 21
UofL Health – Jewish Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 22
Jennie Stuart Medical Center
Hopkinsville, KY
Gross charge — - 23
Deaconess Henderson Hospital
Henderson, KY
Gross charge — - 24
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling
Mount Sterling, KY
Gross charge — - 25
Harrison Memorial Hospital
Cynthiana, KY
Gross charge — - 26
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)
Madisonville, KY
Gross charge — - 27
Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital
Paducah, KY
Gross charge — - 28
University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 29
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 30
Pineville Community Health Center
Pineville, KY
Gross charge —Cash pay $641 - 31Gross charge —
- 32
University of Kentucky Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge —
15 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for collapsed lung under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $9,196 to $41,620. The cheapest is Baptist Health Hardin in Elizabethtown; the most expensive is Norton Hospitals, Inc in Louisville. The state average sits at $15,386.
What's published is the gross charge — the starting point, not what you'd actually owe. Insurance plans negotiate substantial discounts, Medicare and Medicaid pay fixed federal rates, and uninsured patients can usually qualify for a cash-pay discount. But the gross charge still works as a useful benchmark: a hospital that lists collapsed lung at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
You usually don't choose a hospital during an urgent collapsed lung admission. This page is for the planning side: patients with chronic conditions weighing their options, caregivers picking ahead of time, or employers comparing in-network facilities. Click any hospital name for its full quality profile — CMS overall star rating, mortality and readmission rates, patient-experience scores. When two nearby hospitals look similar on quality, the one with lower published charges is the safer default for routine medical admissions.
Pricing comes from each hospital's Machine-Readable File (MRF), published under the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule. Kentucky hospitals missing from the list either don't perform collapsed lung in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 201 in their most recent MRF, or fell below our data-quality thresholds (we filter out clearly erroneous entries like $0 charges). The list refreshes as hospitals update their files.