Lung & Breathing Disorders Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
Breathing or lung problems that don't fit a more specific category. The stay usually involves oxygen support as needed, breathing treatments, and tests to find the cause.
State average
$31,498
gross charge · DRG 206
Hospitals
16
with published pricing
Price range
$1,438 – $45,583
low to high
Data notes for Kentucky
- The lowest published charge ($1,438 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 $1,438 - 2
UK St. Claire
Morehead, KY
Gross charge $12,010Cash pay $9,007 - 3
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $18,822Cash pay $12,234 - 4
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $18,822Cash pay $12,234 - 5
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $18,822Cash pay $12,234 - 6
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $19,117Cash pay $7,647 - 7
Meadowview Regional Medical Center
Maysville, KY
Gross charge $28,039Cash pay $11,216 - 8
Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Acute Care)
Murray, KY
Gross charge $30,390Cash pay $19,754 - 9
Jackson Purchase Medical Center
Mayfield, KY
Gross charge $37,433Cash pay $14,973 - 10
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $45,583Cash pay $34,187 - 11
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $45,583Cash pay $34,187 - 12
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $45,583Cash pay $34,187 - 13
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $45,583Cash pay $34,187 - 14
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $45,583Cash pay $34,187 - 15
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $45,583Cash pay $34,187 - 16
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $45,583Cash pay $34,187 - 17
Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center
Prestonsburg, KY
Gross charge — - 18
UK King's Daughters Medical Center
Ashland, KY
Gross charge — - 19
Saint Joseph Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 20Gross charge —
- 21
UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital
Shelbyville, KY
Gross charge — - 22
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital
Bardstown, KY
Gross charge — - 23
UofL Health – Jewish Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 24
Jennie Stuart Medical Center
Hopkinsville, KY
Gross charge — - 25
Deaconess Henderson Hospital
Henderson, KY
Gross charge — - 26
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling
Mount Sterling, KY
Gross charge — - 27
Harrison Memorial Hospital
Cynthiana, KY
Gross charge — - 28
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)
Madisonville, KY
Gross charge — - 29
University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 30
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 31Gross charge —
- 32
McDowell ARH Hospital
Mc Dowell, KY
Gross charge — - 33
University of Kentucky Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 34
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 35
Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital
Paducah, KY
Gross charge — - 36Gross charge —
- 37
Harlan ARH Hospital
Harlan, KY
Gross charge — - 38
Paintsville ARH Hospital
Paintsville, KY
Gross charge — - 39
Mary Breckinridge ARH Hospital
Hyden, KY
Gross charge —
16 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for lung & breathing disorders under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $1,438 to $45,583. The cheapest is Pineville Community Health Center in Pineville; the most expensive is Baptist Health La Grange in La Grange. The state average sits at $31,498.
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 lung & breathing disorders 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 lung & breathing disorders 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 lung & breathing disorders in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 206 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.