Heart Failure Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for heart failure with major comorbidities or complications, often involving fluid overload, low ejection fraction, or arrhythmia.
State average
$33,425
gross charge · DRG 291
Hospitals
23
with published pricing
Price range
$11,579 – $53,992
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
TJ Health Columbia Hospital
Columbia, KY
Gross charge $11,579Cash pay $7,526 - 2
Russell County Hospital
Russell Springs, KY
Gross charge $14,846Cash pay $11,877 - 3
Monroe County Medical Center
Tompkinsville, KY
Gross charge $15,034Cash pay $12,479Medicare pays (avg) $8,568 - 4
Pineville Community Health Center
Pineville, KY
Gross charge $16,123 - 5
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $21,752Cash pay $14,139Medicare pays (avg) $9,145 - 6
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $21,752Cash pay $14,139Medicare pays (avg) $9,914 - 7
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $21,752Cash pay $14,139Medicare pays (avg) $8,713 - 8
Taylor Regional Hospital
Campbellsville, KY
Gross charge $22,535Cash pay $11,268Medicare pays (avg) $9,414 - 9
UK St. Claire
Morehead, KY
Gross charge $25,512Cash pay $19,134Medicare pays (avg) $8,318 - 10
Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Acute Care)
Murray, KY
Gross charge $30,387Cash pay $19,752Medicare pays (avg) $9,405 - 11
Jackson Purchase Medical Center
Mayfield, KY
Gross charge $33,670Cash pay $13,468Medicare pays (avg) $7,932 - 12
Spring View Hospital
Lebanon, KY
Gross charge $34,643Cash pay $13,857Medicare pays (avg) $9,200 - 13
Kentucky River Medical Center
Jackson, KY
Gross charge $41,874Cash pay $25,125 - 14
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $43,697Cash pay $32,773Medicare pays (avg) $7,577 - 15
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $43,697Cash pay $32,773Medicare pays (avg) $8,073 - 16
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $43,697Cash pay $32,773Medicare pays (avg) $7,212 - 17
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $43,697Cash pay $32,773Medicare pays (avg) $7,319 - 18
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $43,697Cash pay $32,773Medicare pays (avg) $7,968 - 19
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $43,697Cash pay $32,773Medicare pays (avg) $7,084 - 20
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $43,697Cash pay $32,773Medicare pays (avg) $8,092 - 21
Meadowview Regional Medical Center
Maysville, KY
Gross charge $45,910Cash pay $18,364Medicare pays (avg) $8,977 - 22
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $51,544Cash pay $20,618Medicare pays (avg) $8,361 - 23
Three Rivers Medical Center
Louisa, KY
Gross charge $53,992Cash pay $32,395Medicare pays (avg) $9,185 - 24
Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center
Prestonsburg, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,505 - 25
UK King's Daughters Medical Center
Ashland, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,221 - 26
Saint Joseph Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,123 - 27Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,429
- 28
UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital
Shelbyville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,035 - 29
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital
Bardstown, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,339 - 30
UofL Health – Jewish Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,451 - 31
Jennie Stuart Medical Center
Hopkinsville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,332 - 32
Deaconess Henderson Hospital
Henderson, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,515 - 33
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling
Mount Sterling, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,937 - 34
Harrison Memorial Hospital
Cynthiana, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,849 - 35
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)
Madisonville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,300 - 36
University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,376 - 37
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
Lexington, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,756 - 38
Marcum and Wallace Memorial Hospital
Irvine, KY
Gross charge — - 39Gross charge —
- 40
McDowell ARH Hospital
Mc Dowell, KY
Gross charge — - 41
University of Kentucky Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,572 - 42
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,905 - 43
Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital
Paducah, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,069 - 44
Whitesburg ARH Hospital
Whitesburg, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,672 - 45
Middlesboro ARH Hospital
Middlesboro, KY
Gross charge — - 46Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,595
- 47
Harlan ARH Hospital
Harlan, KY
Gross charge — - 48
Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center
South Williamson, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,846 - 49
Paintsville ARH Hospital
Paintsville, KY
Gross charge — - 50
ARH Our Lady of the Way Hospital
Martin, KY
Gross charge — - 51
Morgan County ARH Hospital
West Liberty, KY
Gross charge — - 52
Mary Breckinridge ARH Hospital
Hyden, KY
Gross charge — - 53
Knox County Hospital
Barbourville, KY
Gross charge —
23 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for heart failure under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $11,579 to $53,992. The cheapest is TJ Health Columbia Hospital in Columbia; the most expensive is Three Rivers Medical Center in Louisa. The state average sits at $33,425.
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 heart failure 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 heart failure 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 heart failure in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 291 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.