Heart Attack Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
Acute myocardial infarction (heart attack) without major complications — discharged alive.
State average
$36,519
gross charge · DRG 282
Hospitals
20
with published pricing
Price range
$3,703 – $77,499
low to high
Data notes for Kentucky
- The lowest published charge ($3,703 at Monroe County Medical 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
Monroe County Medical Center
Tompkinsville, KY
Gross charge $3,703Cash pay $3,074 - 2
Pineville Community Health Center
Pineville, KY
Gross charge $8,237 - 3
Jackson Purchase Medical Center
Mayfield, KY
Gross charge $21,543Cash pay $8,617 - 4
Taylor Regional Hospital
Campbellsville, KY
Gross charge $23,580Cash pay $11,790 - 5
UK St. Claire
Morehead, KY
Gross charge $26,480Cash pay $19,860 - 6
Kentucky River Medical Center
Jackson, KY
Gross charge $32,185Cash pay $19,311 - 7
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $32,532Cash pay $21,146 - 8
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $32,532Cash pay $21,146Medicare pays (avg) $4,415 - 9
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $32,532Cash pay $21,146 - 10
Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Acute Care)
Murray, KY
Gross charge $36,036Cash pay $23,424 - 11
Three Rivers Medical Center
Louisa, KY
Gross charge $39,912Cash pay $23,947 - 12
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $44,071Cash pay $33,053 - 13
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $44,071Cash pay $33,053 - 14
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $44,071Cash pay $33,053Medicare pays (avg) $4,201 - 15
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $44,071Cash pay $33,053 - 16
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $44,071Cash pay $33,053 - 17
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $44,071Cash pay $33,053 - 18
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $44,071Cash pay $33,053 - 19
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $55,103Cash pay $22,041Medicare pays (avg) $4,146 - 20
Meadowview Regional Medical Center
Maysville, KY
Gross charge $77,499Cash pay $30,999 - 21
Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center
Prestonsburg, KY
Gross charge — - 22
UK King's Daughters Medical Center
Ashland, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $3,751 - 23
Saint Joseph Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 24Gross charge —
- 25
UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital
Shelbyville, KY
Gross charge — - 26
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital
Bardstown, KY
Gross charge — - 27
UofL Health – Jewish Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,033 - 28
Jennie Stuart Medical Center
Hopkinsville, KY
Gross charge — - 29
Deaconess Henderson Hospital
Henderson, KY
Gross charge — - 30
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling
Mount Sterling, KY
Gross charge — - 31
Harrison Memorial Hospital
Cynthiana, KY
Gross charge — - 32
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)
Madisonville, KY
Gross charge — - 33
University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 34
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 35Gross charge —
- 36
McDowell ARH Hospital
Mc Dowell, KY
Gross charge — - 37
University of Kentucky Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 38
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $3,718 - 39
Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital
Paducah, KY
Gross charge — - 40
Whitesburg ARH Hospital
Whitesburg, KY
Gross charge — - 41
Middlesboro ARH Hospital
Middlesboro, KY
Gross charge — - 42Gross charge —
- 43
Harlan ARH Hospital
Harlan, KY
Gross charge — - 44
Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center
South Williamson, KY
Gross charge — - 45
Paintsville ARH Hospital
Paintsville, KY
Gross charge — - 46
Knox County Hospital
Barbourville, KY
Gross charge —
20 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for heart attack under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $3,703 to $77,499. The cheapest is Monroe County Medical Center in Tompkinsville; the most expensive is Meadowview Regional Medical Center in Maysville. The state average sits at $36,519.
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 282 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.