Lung Cancer & Chest Tumors Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
A hospital stay for cancer or tumors of the lung or airways, often to manage symptoms like breathing trouble, fluid buildup, or infection. Care can include oxygen, medications, and procedures to ease breathing.
State average
$30,869
gross charge · DRG 181
Hospitals
19
with published pricing
Price range
$1,730 – $99,582
low to high
Data notes for Kentucky
- The lowest published charge ($1,730 at Russell County Hospital) 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
Russell County Hospital
Russell Springs, KY
Gross charge $1,730Cash pay $1,384 - 2
Pineville Community Health Center
Pineville, KY
Gross charge $3,344 - 3
Taylor Regional Hospital
Campbellsville, KY
Gross charge $7,749Cash pay $3,875 - 4
Monroe County Medical Center
Tompkinsville, KY
Gross charge $11,437Cash pay $9,492 - 5
Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Acute Care)
Murray, KY
Gross charge $16,921Cash pay $10,999 - 6
UK St. Claire
Morehead, KY
Gross charge $23,885Cash pay $17,914 - 7
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $29,794Cash pay $19,366 - 8
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $29,794Cash pay $19,366 - 9
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $29,794Cash pay $19,366 - 10
Kentucky River Medical Center
Jackson, KY
Gross charge $30,498Cash pay $18,299 - 11
Jackson Purchase Medical Center
Mayfield, KY
Gross charge $32,468Cash pay $12,987 - 12
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $38,503Cash pay $28,877 - 13
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $38,503Cash pay $28,877 - 14
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $38,503Cash pay $28,877 - 15
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $38,503Cash pay $28,877 - 16
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $38,503Cash pay $28,877 - 17
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $38,503Cash pay $28,877 - 18
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $38,503Cash pay $28,877 - 19
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $99,582Cash pay $39,833 - 20
Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center
Prestonsburg, KY
Gross charge — - 21
UK King's Daughters Medical Center
Ashland, KY
Gross charge — - 22
Saint Joseph Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 23Gross charge —
- 24
UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital
Shelbyville, KY
Gross charge — - 25
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital
Bardstown, KY
Gross charge — - 26
UofL Health – Jewish Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 27
Jennie Stuart Medical Center
Hopkinsville, KY
Gross charge — - 28
Deaconess Henderson Hospital
Henderson, KY
Gross charge — - 29
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling
Mount Sterling, KY
Gross charge — - 30
Harrison Memorial Hospital
Cynthiana, KY
Gross charge — - 31
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)
Madisonville, KY
Gross charge — - 32
University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 33
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 34Gross charge —
- 35
McDowell ARH Hospital
Mc Dowell, KY
Gross charge — - 36
University of Kentucky Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 37
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,220 - 38
Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital
Paducah, KY
Gross charge — - 39
Middlesboro ARH Hospital
Middlesboro, KY
Gross charge — - 40Gross charge —
- 41
Harlan ARH Hospital
Harlan, KY
Gross charge —
19 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for lung cancer & chest tumors under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $1,730 to $99,582. The cheapest is Russell County Hospital in Russell Springs; the most expensive is Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care) in Somerset. The state average sits at $30,869.
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 cancer & chest tumors 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 cancer & chest tumors 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 cancer & chest tumors in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 181 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.