Heart Attack Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
Acute myocardial infarction (heart attack) with major complications — discharged alive.
State average
$43,617
gross charge · DRG 280
Hospitals
23
with published pricing
Price range
$6,767 – $65,017
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
TJ Health Columbia Hospital
Columbia, KY
Gross charge $6,767Cash pay $4,399 - 2
Russell County Hospital
Russell Springs, KY
Gross charge $7,857Cash pay $6,285 - 3
Monroe County Medical Center
Tompkinsville, KY
Gross charge $11,176Cash pay $9,276 - 4
Pineville Community Health Center
Pineville, KY
Gross charge $13,870 - 5
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $26,748Cash pay $17,386 - 6
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $26,748Cash pay $17,386Medicare pays (avg) $11,940 - 7
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $26,748Cash pay $17,386 - 8
Taylor Regional Hospital
Campbellsville, KY
Gross charge $28,841Cash pay $14,420 - 9
UK St. Claire
Morehead, KY
Gross charge $38,677Cash pay $29,008 - 10
Spring View Hospital
Lebanon, KY
Gross charge $42,257Cash pay $16,903 - 11
Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Acute Care)
Murray, KY
Gross charge $42,424Cash pay $27,575Medicare pays (avg) $11,257 - 12
Kentucky River Medical Center
Jackson, KY
Gross charge $55,363Cash pay $33,218 - 13
Three Rivers Medical Center
Louisa, KY
Gross charge $56,743Cash pay $34,046 - 14
Jackson Purchase Medical Center
Mayfield, KY
Gross charge $57,357Cash pay $22,943 - 15
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $58,701Cash pay $23,480Medicare pays (avg) $10,068 - 16
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $62,558Cash pay $46,918Medicare pays (avg) $9,359 - 17
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $62,558Cash pay $46,918 - 18
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $62,558Cash pay $46,918Medicare pays (avg) $9,212 - 19
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $62,558Cash pay $46,918Medicare pays (avg) $9,225 - 20
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $62,558Cash pay $46,918Medicare pays (avg) $9,313 - 21
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $62,558Cash pay $46,918Medicare pays (avg) $8,587 - 22
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $62,558Cash pay $46,918 - 23
Meadowview Regional Medical Center
Maysville, KY
Gross charge $65,017Cash pay $26,007 - 24
Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center
Prestonsburg, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,005 - 25
UK King's Daughters Medical Center
Ashland, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,473 - 26
Saint Joseph Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,361 - 27Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,160
- 28
UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital
Shelbyville, KY
Gross charge — - 29
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital
Bardstown, KY
Gross charge — - 30
UofL Health – Jewish Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,014 - 31
Jennie Stuart Medical Center
Hopkinsville, KY
Gross charge — - 32
Deaconess Henderson Hospital
Henderson, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,511 - 33
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling
Mount Sterling, KY
Gross charge — - 34
Harrison Memorial Hospital
Cynthiana, KY
Gross charge — - 35
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)
Madisonville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,151 - 36
University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,641 - 37
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 38Gross charge —
- 39
McDowell ARH Hospital
Mc Dowell, KY
Gross charge — - 40
University of Kentucky Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,533 - 41
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,928 - 42
Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital
Paducah, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,531 - 43
Whitesburg ARH Hospital
Whitesburg, KY
Gross charge — - 44
Middlesboro ARH Hospital
Middlesboro, KY
Gross charge — - 45Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,820
- 46
Harlan ARH Hospital
Harlan, KY
Gross charge — - 47
Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center
South Williamson, KY
Gross charge — - 48
Paintsville ARH Hospital
Paintsville, KY
Gross charge — - 49
Morgan County ARH Hospital
West Liberty, KY
Gross charge — - 50
Mary Breckinridge ARH Hospital
Hyden, KY
Gross charge — - 51
Knox County Hospital
Barbourville, KY
Gross charge —
23 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for heart attack under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $6,767 to $65,017. The cheapest is TJ Health Columbia Hospital in Columbia; the most expensive is Meadowview Regional Medical Center in Maysville. The state average sits at $43,617.
What's listed is each hospital's gross charge — its published price for the inpatient stay, before any insurance discount. 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 heart attack at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
If you're scheduling heart attack in Kentucky, sort the list below by price, then click each hospital name to see its quality profile — CMS overall star rating, surgical-safety measures, readmission rates, patient-experience scores. The cheapest hospital isn't always the right call. Teaching hospitals often charge more because they take complex cases, and a higher-rated community hospital may deliver equivalent outcomes for a straightforward case at a lower price. Use the price column to narrow the field; use the quality data to make the final call.
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 heart attack in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 280 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.