Ear & Upper Respiratory Infections Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
Middle-ear infections and upper airway infections, such as severe sinus or throat infections, that need inpatient care. The stay usually involves antibiotics or other medication, fluids, and monitoring.
State average
$31,228
gross charge · DRG 153
Hospitals
19
with published pricing
Price range
$3,187 – $52,600
low to high
Data notes for Kentucky
- The lowest published charge ($3,187 at Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community 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
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $3,187Cash pay $2,072 - 2
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $3,187Cash pay $2,072 - 3
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $3,187Cash pay $2,072 - 4
UK St. Claire
Morehead, KY
Gross charge $3,985Cash pay $2,989 - 5
Monroe County Medical Center
Tompkinsville, KY
Gross charge $9,797Cash pay $8,132 - 6
Spring View Hospital
Lebanon, KY
Gross charge $11,856Cash pay $4,742 - 7
Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Acute Care)
Murray, KY
Gross charge $20,533Cash pay $13,347 - 8
Taylor Regional Hospital
Campbellsville, KY
Gross charge $21,977Cash pay $10,989 - 9
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $27,754Cash pay $11,102 - 10
Jackson Purchase Medical Center
Mayfield, KY
Gross charge $37,804Cash pay $15,121 - 11
Kentucky River Medical Center
Jackson, KY
Gross charge $40,783Cash pay $24,470 - 12
Three Rivers Medical Center
Louisa, KY
Gross charge $41,080Cash pay $24,648 - 13
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $52,600Cash pay $39,450 - 14
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $52,600Cash pay $39,450 - 15
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $52,600Cash pay $39,450 - 16
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $52,600Cash pay $39,450 - 17
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $52,600Cash pay $39,450 - 18
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $52,600Cash pay $39,450 - 19
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $52,600Cash pay $39,450 - 20
UK King's Daughters Medical Center
Ashland, KY
Gross charge — - 21
Saint Joseph Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 22Gross charge —
- 23
UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital
Shelbyville, KY
Gross charge — - 24
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital
Bardstown, KY
Gross charge — - 25
UofL Health – Jewish Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 26
Jennie Stuart Medical Center
Hopkinsville, KY
Gross charge — - 27
Deaconess Henderson Hospital
Henderson, KY
Gross charge — - 28
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling
Mount Sterling, KY
Gross charge — - 29
Harrison Memorial Hospital
Cynthiana, KY
Gross charge — - 30
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)
Madisonville, KY
Gross charge — - 31
University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 32
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 33
Pineville Community Health Center
Pineville, KY
Gross charge —Cash pay $977 - 34Gross charge —
- 35
University of Kentucky Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 36
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 37
Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital
Paducah, KY
Gross charge — - 38
Whitesburg ARH Hospital
Whitesburg, KY
Gross charge — - 39Gross charge —
- 40
Harlan ARH Hospital
Harlan, KY
Gross charge — - 41
Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center
South Williamson, KY
Gross charge — - 42
Morgan County ARH Hospital
West Liberty, KY
Gross charge — - 43
Mary Breckinridge ARH Hospital
Hyden, KY
Gross charge —
19 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for ear & upper respiratory infections under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $3,187 to $52,600. The cheapest is Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital in Greenville; the most expensive is Baptist Health La Grange in La Grange. The state average sits at $31,228.
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 153 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.