COPD Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) exacerbation with major comorbidities.
What this hospital charge usually covers
The gross-charge number above is the hospital's facility bill for copd. Here's what's typically inside that price (typical inpatient stay: 4–7 days):
Included in the hospital bill
- Inpatient room and respiratory monitoring
- Oxygen therapy and (if needed) BiPAP or ventilator support
- IV steroids, antibiotics, and nebulizer treatments
- Chest imaging and routine labs during admission
Usually billed separately
- Pulmonologist and hospitalist professional fees
- Outpatient pulmonary rehab program
- Home oxygen equipment after discharge
- Long-term inhaler maintenance medications
Quality signals to check before picking a hospital
Price alone won't tell you which hospital does copd best. These are the CMS quality measures that matter most for this specific procedure. Click any hospital below for its full profile, then look for these:
COPD Mortality (30-day)
How often patients hospitalized for COPD exacerbation survive 30 days.
COPD Readmissions
COPD is among the most-readmitted conditions. Strong discharge planning and pulmonary rehab referral lower this.
When the cheapest hospital may not be the best fit
The list below sorts by price. For copd, the lowest price isn't automatically the best fit — these are situations where it's worth weighing additional factors against price. None of the below is medical advice; talk to your doctor about what applies to your specific situation.
- For advanced COPD with frequent exacerbations, a hospital with a strong outpatient pulmonary program may be worth paying more for.
- For patients being considered for lung volume reduction surgery or transplant, an academic medical center is typically the right setting.
Questions to ask your hospital or insurer
The gross charge is the starting point. These are the procedure-specific questions to ask before you commit:
- Is home oxygen prescribed, and is the supplier in my insurance network?
- Is there a pulmonary rehab program available after discharge?
- Will any of my physicians be out-of-network?
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
TJ Health Columbia Hospital
Columbia, KY
Gross charge $7,961Cash pay $5,175 - 2
Russell County Hospital
Russell Springs, KY
Gross charge $13,733Cash pay $10,986 - 3
Monroe County Medical Center
Tompkinsville, KY
Gross charge $15,601Cash pay $12,949Medicare pays (avg) $7,554 - 4
Pineville Community Health Center
Pineville, KY
Gross charge $15,712 - 5
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $19,604Cash pay $12,742 - 6
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $19,604Cash pay $12,742Medicare pays (avg) $6,956 - 7
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $19,604Cash pay $12,742 - 8
Taylor Regional Hospital
Campbellsville, KY
Gross charge $25,435Cash pay $12,718Medicare pays (avg) $7,938 - 9
UK St. Claire
Morehead, KY
Gross charge $28,893Cash pay $21,669 - 10
Jackson Purchase Medical Center
Mayfield, KY
Gross charge $29,572Cash pay $11,829Medicare pays (avg) $6,652 - 11
Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Acute Care)
Murray, KY
Gross charge $34,836Cash pay $22,643Medicare pays (avg) $7,477 - 12
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $37,356Cash pay $28,017Medicare pays (avg) $6,206 - 13
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $37,356Cash pay $28,017Medicare pays (avg) $6,949 - 14
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $37,356Cash pay $28,017Medicare pays (avg) $6,269 - 15
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $37,356Cash pay $28,017Medicare pays (avg) $6,082 - 16
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $37,356Cash pay $28,017Medicare pays (avg) $6,363 - 17
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $37,356Cash pay $28,017Medicare pays (avg) $5,910 - 18
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $37,356Cash pay $28,017 - 19
Kentucky River Medical Center
Jackson, KY
Gross charge $39,031Cash pay $23,418 - 20
Three Rivers Medical Center
Louisa, KY
Gross charge $41,412Cash pay $24,847 - 21
Spring View Hospital
Lebanon, KY
Gross charge $43,212Cash pay $17,285Medicare pays (avg) $7,695 - 22
Meadowview Regional Medical Center
Maysville, KY
Gross charge $43,568Cash pay $17,427Medicare pays (avg) $7,182 - 23
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $53,637Cash pay $21,455Medicare pays (avg) $7,010 - 24
Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center
Prestonsburg, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,068 - 25
UK King's Daughters Medical Center
Ashland, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,708 - 26
Saint Joseph Hospital
Lexington, KY
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UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital
Shelbyville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,411 - 29
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital
Bardstown, KY
Gross charge — - 30
UofL Health – Jewish Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,858 - 31
Jennie Stuart Medical Center
Hopkinsville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,878 - 32
Deaconess Henderson Hospital
Henderson, KY
Gross charge — - 33
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling
Mount Sterling, KY
Gross charge — - 34
Harrison Memorial Hospital
Cynthiana, KY
Gross charge — - 35
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)
Madisonville, KY
Gross charge — - 36
University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 37
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 38
Marcum and Wallace Memorial Hospital
Irvine, KY
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McDowell ARH Hospital
Mc Dowell, KY
Gross charge — - 41
University of Kentucky Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 42
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,530 - 43
Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital
Paducah, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,347 - 44
Whitesburg ARH Hospital
Whitesburg, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,840 - 45
Middlesboro ARH Hospital
Middlesboro, KY
Gross charge — - 46Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $6,598
- 47
Harlan ARH Hospital
Harlan, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,230 - 48
Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center
South Williamson, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,438 - 49
Paintsville ARH Hospital
Paintsville, KY
Gross charge — - 50
ARH Our Lady of the Way Hospital
Martin, KY
Gross charge — - 51
Morgan County ARH Hospital
West Liberty, KY
Gross charge — - 52
Mary Breckinridge ARH Hospital
Hyden, KY
Gross charge — - 53
Knox County Hospital
Barbourville, KY
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23 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for copd under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $7,961 to $53,637. The cheapest is TJ Health Columbia Hospital in Columbia; the most expensive is Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care) in Somerset. The state average sits at $30,996.
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 copd 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 copd 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 copd in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 190 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.