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. A hospital stay usually involves oxygen, inhaled breathing treatments, and steroid or antibiotic medicines until breathing improves.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
TJ Health Columbia Hospital
Columbia, KY
Gross charge $6,608Cash pay $4,295 - 2
Russell County Hospital
Russell Springs, KY
Gross charge $11,353Cash pay $9,082 - 3
Monroe County Medical Center
Tompkinsville, KY
Gross charge $13,481Cash pay $11,189 - 4
Pineville Community Health Center
Pineville, KY
Gross charge $13,826 - 5
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $17,991Cash pay $11,694 - 6
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $17,991Cash pay $11,694 - 7
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $17,991Cash pay $11,694 - 8
UK St. Claire
Morehead, KY
Gross charge $20,057Cash pay $15,043 - 9
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $27,183Cash pay $20,387Medicare pays (avg) $4,432 - 10
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $27,183Cash pay $20,387 - 11
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $27,183Cash pay $20,387 - 12
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $27,183Cash pay $20,387Medicare pays (avg) $4,748 - 13
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $27,183Cash pay $20,387Medicare pays (avg) $4,647 - 14
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $27,183Cash pay $20,387Medicare pays (avg) $3,985 - 15
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $27,183Cash pay $20,387 - 16
Taylor Regional Hospital
Campbellsville, KY
Gross charge $28,787Cash pay $14,393 - 17
Jackson Purchase Medical Center
Mayfield, KY
Gross charge $30,396Cash pay $12,158 - 18
Three Rivers Medical Center
Louisa, KY
Gross charge $31,514Cash pay $18,909 - 19
Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Acute Care)
Murray, KY
Gross charge $32,938Cash pay $21,410 - 20
Kentucky River Medical Center
Jackson, KY
Gross charge $35,589Cash pay $21,353 - 21
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $39,910Medicare pays (avg) $4,953 - 22
Spring View Hospital
Lebanon, KY
Gross charge $42,195Cash pay $16,878 - 23
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $55,266Cash pay $22,106 - 24
Meadowview Regional Medical Center
Maysville, KY
Gross charge $62,353Cash pay $24,941 - 25
Whitesburg ARH Hospital
Whitesburg, KY
Gross charge — - 26
Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center
Prestonsburg, KY
Gross charge — - 27
UK King's Daughters Medical Center
Ashland, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,670 - 28
Saint Joseph Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 29Gross charge —
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UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital
Shelbyville, KY
Gross charge — - 31
Middlesboro ARH Hospital
Middlesboro, KY
Gross charge — - 32
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital
Bardstown, KY
Gross charge — - 33Gross charge —
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UofL Health – Jewish Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 35
Harlan ARH Hospital
Harlan, KY
Gross charge — - 36
Jennie Stuart Medical Center
Hopkinsville, KY
Gross charge — - 37
Deaconess Henderson Hospital
Henderson, KY
Gross charge — - 38
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling
Mount Sterling, KY
Gross charge — - 39
Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center
South Williamson, KY
Gross charge — - 40
Paintsville ARH Hospital
Paintsville, KY
Gross charge — - 41
Harrison Memorial Hospital
Cynthiana, KY
Gross charge — - 42
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)
Madisonville, KY
Gross charge — - 43
Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital
Paducah, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,770 - 44
University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 45
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 46
Marcum and Wallace Memorial Hospital
Irvine, KY
Gross charge — - 47
ARH Our Lady of the Way Hospital
Martin, KY
Gross charge — - 48
Morgan County ARH Hospital
West Liberty, KY
Gross charge — - 49
Mary Breckinridge ARH Hospital
Hyden, KY
Gross charge — - 50
Knox County Hospital
Barbourville, KY
Gross charge — - 51Gross charge —
- 52
McDowell ARH Hospital
Mc Dowell, KY
Gross charge — - 53
University of Kentucky Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge —
24 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for copd under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $6,608 to $62,353. The cheapest is TJ Health Columbia Hospital in Columbia; the most expensive is Meadowview Regional Medical Center in Maysville. The state average sits at $27,855.
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 191 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.