Fluid Around the Lung Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
A buildup of fluid in the space around a lung (pleural effusion), which can make breathing difficult. The stay often involves draining the fluid with a needle or small tube and testing it to find the cause.
State average
$50,284
gross charge · DRG 186
Hospitals
17
with published pricing
Price range
$4,428 – $99,877
low to high
Data notes for Kentucky
- The lowest published charge ($4,428 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 $4,428 - 2
Spring View Hospital
Lebanon, KY
Gross charge $15,600Cash pay $6,240 - 3
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $26,550Cash pay $17,257 - 4
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $26,550Cash pay $17,257 - 5
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $26,550Cash pay $17,257 - 6
Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Acute Care)
Murray, KY
Gross charge $39,289Cash pay $25,538 - 7
UK St. Claire
Morehead, KY
Gross charge $44,110Cash pay $33,082 - 8
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $61,473Cash pay $46,105 - 9
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $61,473Cash pay $46,105 - 10
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $61,473Cash pay $46,105 - 11
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $61,473Cash pay $46,105 - 12
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $61,473Cash pay $46,105 - 13
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $61,473Cash pay $46,105 - 14
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $61,473Cash pay $46,105 - 15
Three Rivers Medical Center
Louisa, KY
Gross charge $62,159Cash pay $37,295 - 16
Jackson Purchase Medical Center
Mayfield, KY
Gross charge $79,398Cash pay $31,759 - 17
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $99,877Cash pay $39,951 - 18
Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center
Prestonsburg, KY
Gross charge — - 19
UK King's Daughters Medical Center
Ashland, KY
Gross charge — - 20
Saint Joseph Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 21Gross charge —
- 22
UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital
Shelbyville, KY
Gross charge — - 23
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital
Bardstown, KY
Gross charge — - 24
UofL Health – Jewish Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 25
Jennie Stuart Medical Center
Hopkinsville, KY
Gross charge — - 26
Deaconess Henderson Hospital
Henderson, KY
Gross charge — - 27
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling
Mount Sterling, KY
Gross charge — - 28
Harrison Memorial Hospital
Cynthiana, KY
Gross charge — - 29
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)
Madisonville, KY
Gross charge — - 30
University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 31
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 32Gross charge —
- 33
McDowell ARH Hospital
Mc Dowell, KY
Gross charge — - 34
University of Kentucky Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 35
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,243 - 36
Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital
Paducah, KY
Gross charge — - 37
Whitesburg ARH Hospital
Whitesburg, KY
Gross charge — - 38
Middlesboro ARH Hospital
Middlesboro, 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
Knox County Hospital
Barbourville, KY
Gross charge —
17 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for fluid around the lung under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $4,428 to $99,877. The cheapest is Pineville Community Health Center in Pineville; the most expensive is Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care) in Somerset. The state average sits at $50,284.
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 fluid around the lung 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 fluid around the lung 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 fluid around the lung in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 186 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.