Lung Cancer Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
A hospital stay for cancer of the lung or airways, in patients who also have other serious health problems. Care focuses on managing symptoms such as breathing trouble, along with tests and treatment.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Pineville Community Health Center
Pineville, KY
Gross charge $9,387 - 2
Monroe County Medical Center
Tompkinsville, KY
Gross charge $20,796Cash pay $17,261 - 3
Taylor Regional Hospital
Campbellsville, KY
Gross charge $27,993Cash pay $13,997 - 4
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $29,192Medicare pays (avg) $10,818 - 5
Kentucky River Medical Center
Jackson, KY
Gross charge $29,347Cash pay $17,608 - 6
Meadowview Regional Medical Center
Maysville, KY
Gross charge $41,257Cash pay $16,503 - 7
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $41,406Cash pay $26,914 - 8
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $41,406Cash pay $26,914 - 9
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $41,406Cash pay $26,914 - 10
UK St. Claire
Morehead, KY
Gross charge $43,926Cash pay $32,945 - 11
Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Acute Care)
Murray, KY
Gross charge $46,977Cash pay $30,535 - 12
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $76,662Cash pay $57,496Medicare pays (avg) $10,324 - 13
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $76,662Cash pay $57,496 - 14
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $76,662Cash pay $57,496 - 15
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $76,662Cash pay $57,496 - 16
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $76,662Cash pay $57,496 - 17
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $76,662Cash pay $57,496 - 18
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $76,662Cash pay $57,496 - 19
Jackson Purchase Medical Center
Mayfield, KY
Gross charge $96,652Cash pay $38,661 - 20
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $102,327Cash pay $40,931 - 21
Whitesburg ARH Hospital
Whitesburg, KY
Gross charge — - 22
Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center
Prestonsburg, KY
Gross charge — - 23
UK King's Daughters Medical Center
Ashland, KY
Gross charge — - 24
Saint Joseph Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 25Gross charge —
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UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital
Shelbyville, KY
Gross charge — - 27
Middlesboro ARH Hospital
Middlesboro, KY
Gross charge — - 28
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital
Bardstown, KY
Gross charge — - 29Gross charge —
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UofL Health – Jewish Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 31
Harlan ARH Hospital
Harlan, KY
Gross charge — - 32
Jennie Stuart Medical Center
Hopkinsville, KY
Gross charge — - 33
Deaconess Henderson Hospital
Henderson, KY
Gross charge — - 34
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling
Mount Sterling, KY
Gross charge — - 35
Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center
South Williamson, KY
Gross charge — - 36
Paintsville ARH Hospital
Paintsville, KY
Gross charge — - 37
Harrison Memorial Hospital
Cynthiana, KY
Gross charge — - 38
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)
Madisonville, KY
Gross charge — - 39
Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital
Paducah, KY
Gross charge — - 40
University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 41
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 42
ARH Our Lady of the Way Hospital
Martin, KY
Gross charge — - 43
Morgan County ARH Hospital
West Liberty, KY
Gross charge — - 44
Mary Breckinridge ARH Hospital
Hyden, KY
Gross charge — - 45
Knox County Hospital
Barbourville, KY
Gross charge — - 46Gross charge —
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Russell County Hospital
Russell Springs, KY
Gross charge —Cash pay $2,313 - 48
McDowell ARH Hospital
Mc Dowell, KY
Gross charge — - 49
University of Kentucky Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,798
20 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for lung cancer under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $9,387 to $102,327. The cheapest is Pineville Community Health Center in Pineville; the most expensive is Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care) in Somerset. The state average sits at $55,435.
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 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 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 in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 180 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.