Lung & Chest Surgery Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
An operation involving the lungs or chest, such as removing diseased tissue or draining fluid from around the lungs. The stay includes surgery, chest tubes, and close breathing monitoring.
State average
$79,663
gross charge · DRG 166
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$31,135 – $180,221
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
UK St. Claire
Morehead, KY
Gross charge $31,135Cash pay $23,352 - 2
Taylor Regional Hospital
Campbellsville, KY
Gross charge $45,394Cash pay $22,697 - 3
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $56,889Cash pay $36,978 - 4
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $56,889Cash pay $36,978 - 5
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $56,889Cash pay $36,978 - 6
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $75,141Cash pay $56,356Medicare pays (avg) $23,367 - 7
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $75,141Cash pay $56,356 - 8
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $75,141Cash pay $56,356 - 9
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $75,141Cash pay $56,356 - 10
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $75,141Cash pay $56,356 - 11
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $75,141Cash pay $56,356Medicare pays (avg) $22,453 - 12
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $75,141Cash pay $56,356 - 13
Jackson Purchase Medical Center
Mayfield, KY
Gross charge $161,874Cash pay $64,750 - 14
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $180,221Cash pay $72,088 - 15
Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center
Prestonsburg, KY
Gross charge — - 16
UK King's Daughters Medical Center
Ashland, KY
Gross charge — - 17
Saint Joseph Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 18Gross charge —
- 19
UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital
Shelbyville, KY
Gross charge — - 20
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital
Bardstown, KY
Gross charge — - 21
UofL Health – Jewish Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 22
Jennie Stuart Medical Center
Hopkinsville, KY
Gross charge — - 23
Deaconess Henderson Hospital
Henderson, KY
Gross charge — - 24
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling
Mount Sterling, KY
Gross charge — - 25
Harrison Memorial Hospital
Cynthiana, KY
Gross charge — - 26
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)
Madisonville, KY
Gross charge — - 27
University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 28
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 29Gross charge —
- 30
McDowell ARH Hospital
Mc Dowell, KY
Gross charge — - 31
University of Kentucky Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $32,734 - 32
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $23,650 - 33
Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital
Paducah, KY
Gross charge — - 34Gross charge —
- 35
Paintsville ARH Hospital
Paintsville, KY
Gross charge —
14 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for lung & chest surgery under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $31,135 to $180,221. The cheapest is UK St. Claire in Morehead; the most expensive is Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care) in Somerset. The state average sits at $79,663.
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 & chest surgery 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 & chest surgery 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 & chest surgery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 166 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.