ECMO or Tracheostomy with Ventilation Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
The most intensive level of life support: a heart-lung bypass machine (ECMO) or a surgically placed breathing tube (tracheostomy) with a ventilator for an extended period. These are long intensive-care stays for critically ill patients whose heart or lungs are failing.
State average
$464,919
gross charge · DRG 003
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$129,849 – $806,808
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Acute Care)
Murray, KY
Gross charge $129,849Cash pay $84,402 - 2
Jackson Purchase Medical Center
Mayfield, KY
Gross charge $244,326Cash pay $97,730 - 3
Taylor Regional Hospital
Campbellsville, KY
Gross charge $298,743Cash pay $149,371 - 4
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $343,325Cash pay $223,161 - 5
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $343,325Cash pay $223,161 - 6
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $343,325Cash pay $223,161 - 7
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $571,309Cash pay $428,482 - 8
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $571,309Cash pay $428,482 - 9
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $571,309Cash pay $428,482 - 10
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $571,309Cash pay $428,482 - 11
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $571,309Cash pay $428,482 - 12
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $571,309Cash pay $428,482 - 13
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $571,309Cash pay $428,482 - 14
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $806,808Cash pay $322,723 - 15
Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center
Prestonsburg, KY
Gross charge — - 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 —Medicare pays (avg) $126,215 - 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
University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $104,399 - 28
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 29Gross charge —
- 30
McDowell ARH Hospital
Mc Dowell, KY
Gross charge — - 31
University of Kentucky Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $141,949 - 32
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 33
Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital
Paducah, KY
Gross charge — - 34Gross charge —
- 35
Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center
South Williamson, KY
Gross charge —
14 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for ecmo or tracheostomy with ventilation under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $129,849 to $806,808. The cheapest is Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Acute Care) in Murray; the most expensive is Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care) in Somerset. The state average sits at $464,919.
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 ecmo or tracheostomy with ventilation 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 ecmo or tracheostomy with ventilation 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 ecmo or tracheostomy with ventilation in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 003 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.