Ear & Upper Respiratory Infections Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
Hospital treatment for a middle ear infection or an upper respiratory infection, such as a severe sinus or throat infection. The stay typically involves antibiotics, fluids, and monitoring of breathing and other symptoms.
State average
$36,753
gross charge · DRG 152
Hospitals
15
with published pricing
Price range
$2,018 – $57,682
low to high
Data notes for Kentucky
- The lowest published charge ($2,018 at Pineville Community Health Center) 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
Pineville Community Health Center
Pineville, KY
Gross charge $2,018 - 2
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $12,784Cash pay $8,309 - 3
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $12,784Cash pay $8,309 - 4
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $12,784Cash pay $8,309 - 5
Spring View Hospital
Lebanon, KY
Gross charge $17,216Cash pay $6,887 - 6
UK St. Claire
Morehead, KY
Gross charge $19,238Cash pay $14,428 - 7
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $43,072Cash pay $17,229 - 8
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $53,388Cash pay $40,041 - 9
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $53,388Cash pay $40,041 - 10
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $53,388Cash pay $40,041 - 11
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $53,388Cash pay $40,041 - 12
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $53,388Cash pay $40,041 - 13
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $53,388Cash pay $40,041 - 14
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $53,388Cash pay $40,041 - 15
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $57,682 - 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 — - 30Gross charge —
- 31
University of Kentucky Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge —
15 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for ear & upper respiratory infections under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $2,018 to $57,682. The cheapest is Pineville Community Health Center in Pineville; the most expensive is Norton Hospitals, Inc in Louisville. The state average sits at $36,753.
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 ear & upper respiratory infections 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 ear & upper respiratory infections 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 ear & upper respiratory infections in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 152 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.