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
$13,512
gross charge · DRG 201
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$9,196 – $33,071
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
UK King's Daughters Medical Center
Ashland, KY
Gross charge — - 16
Saint Joseph Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 17Gross charge —
- 18
UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital
Shelbyville, KY
Gross charge — - 19
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital
Bardstown, KY
Gross charge — - 20
UofL Health – Jewish Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 21
Jennie Stuart Medical Center
Hopkinsville, KY
Gross charge — - 22
Deaconess Henderson Hospital
Henderson, KY
Gross charge — - 23
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling
Mount Sterling, KY
Gross charge — - 24
Harrison Memorial Hospital
Cynthiana, KY
Gross charge — - 25
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)
Madisonville, KY
Gross charge — - 26
University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 27
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 28
Pineville Community Health Center
Pineville, KY
Gross charge — - 29Gross charge —
- 30
University of Kentucky Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 31
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 32Gross charge —
- 33
Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center
South Williamson, KY
Gross charge — - 34
Paintsville ARH Hospital
Paintsville, KY
Gross charge — - 35
Mary Breckinridge ARH Hospital
Hyden, KY
Gross charge —
14 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for collapsed lung under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $9,196 to $33,071. The cheapest is Baptist Health Hardin in Elizabethtown; the most expensive is Meadowview Regional Medical Center in Maysville. The state average sits at $13,512.
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.