COPD Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
A flare-up of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a long-term lung condition that makes breathing difficult. Hospital care typically includes inhaled breathing treatments, steroids, oxygen if needed, and monitoring until breathing improves.
Data notes for Kentucky
- The lowest published charge ($3,871 at Russell County Hospital) is unusually low for an inpatient stay. This may reflect a data-quality issue in the hospital's MRF rather than an actual price — verify directly with the hospital before relying on it.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Russell County Hospital
Russell Springs, KY
Gross charge $3,871Cash pay $3,097 - 2
TJ Health Columbia Hospital
Columbia, KY
Gross charge $4,633Cash pay $3,012 - 3
Pineville Community Health Center
Pineville, KY
Gross charge $5,444 - 4
Monroe County Medical Center
Tompkinsville, KY
Gross charge $13,054Cash pay $10,834Medicare pays (avg) $4,155 - 5
UK St. Claire
Morehead, KY
Gross charge $19,581Cash pay $14,686 - 6
Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Acute Care)
Murray, KY
Gross charge $19,646Cash pay $12,770 - 7
Jackson Purchase Medical Center
Mayfield, KY
Gross charge $20,192Cash pay $8,077 - 8
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $21,018Cash pay $13,661 - 9
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $21,018Cash pay $13,661 - 10
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $21,018Cash pay $13,661 - 11
Taylor Regional Hospital
Campbellsville, KY
Gross charge $21,634Cash pay $10,817 - 12
Kentucky River Medical Center
Jackson, KY
Gross charge $24,837Cash pay $14,902 - 13
Meadowview Regional Medical Center
Maysville, KY
Gross charge $27,372Cash pay $10,949 - 14
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $94,658Cash pay $37,863 - 15
Three Rivers Medical Center
Louisa, KY
Gross charge $103,714Cash pay $62,228 - 16
Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center
Prestonsburg, KY
Gross charge — - 17
UK King's Daughters Medical Center
Ashland, KY
Gross charge — - 18
Saint Joseph Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 19Gross charge —
- 20
UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital
Shelbyville, KY
Gross charge — - 21
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital
Bardstown, KY
Gross charge — - 22
UofL Health – Jewish Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 23
Jennie Stuart Medical Center
Hopkinsville, KY
Gross charge — - 24
Deaconess Henderson Hospital
Henderson, KY
Gross charge — - 25
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling
Mount Sterling, KY
Gross charge — - 26
Harrison Memorial Hospital
Cynthiana, KY
Gross charge — - 27
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)
Madisonville, KY
Gross charge — - 28
University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 29
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 30Gross charge —
- 31
McDowell ARH Hospital
Mc Dowell, KY
Gross charge — - 32
University of Kentucky Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 33
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 34
Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital
Paducah, KY
Gross charge — - 35Gross charge —
- 36
Harlan ARH Hospital
Harlan, KY
Gross charge — - 37
Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center
South Williamson, KY
Gross charge — - 38
Paintsville ARH Hospital
Paintsville, KY
Gross charge — - 39
Morgan County ARH Hospital
West Liberty, KY
Gross charge — - 40
Mary Breckinridge ARH Hospital
Hyden, KY
Gross charge — - 41
Knox County Hospital
Barbourville, KY
Gross charge —
15 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for copd under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $3,871 to $103,714. The cheapest is Russell County Hospital in Russell Springs; the most expensive is Three Rivers Medical Center in Louisa. The state average sits at $28,113.
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 192 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.