Major Chest Injury Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
A serious chest injury, such as multiple broken ribs or a bruised lung, often from a fall or vehicle crash. The hospital stay involves pain control, breathing support and therapy, and close monitoring of the lungs.
State average
$31,901
gross charge · DRG 183
Hospitals
10
with published pricing
Price range
$6,850 – $53,347
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Pineville Community Health Center
Pineville, KY
Gross charge $6,850 - 2
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $22,842Cash pay $14,847 - 3
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $22,842Cash pay $14,847 - 4
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $22,842Cash pay $14,847 - 5
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $29,192 - 6
Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Acute Care)
Murray, KY
Gross charge $29,240Cash pay $19,006 - 7
Taylor Regional Hospital
Campbellsville, KY
Gross charge $38,534Cash pay $19,267 - 8
Kentucky River Medical Center
Jackson, KY
Gross charge $44,071Cash pay $26,443 - 9
Jackson Purchase Medical Center
Mayfield, KY
Gross charge $49,248Cash pay $19,699 - 10
UK St. Claire
Morehead, KY
Gross charge $53,347Cash pay $40,010 - 11
Whitesburg ARH Hospital
Whitesburg, KY
Gross charge — - 12
Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center
Prestonsburg, KY
Gross charge — - 13
UK King's Daughters Medical Center
Ashland, KY
Gross charge — - 14
Saint Joseph Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 15Gross charge —
- 16
UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital
Shelbyville, KY
Gross charge — - 17
Middlesboro ARH Hospital
Middlesboro, KY
Gross charge — - 18
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital
Bardstown, KY
Gross charge — - 19Gross charge —
- 20
UofL Health – Jewish Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 21
Harlan ARH Hospital
Harlan, 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
Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center
South Williamson, KY
Gross charge — - 26
Paintsville ARH Hospital
Paintsville, KY
Gross charge — - 27
Harrison Memorial Hospital
Cynthiana, KY
Gross charge — - 28
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)
Madisonville, KY
Gross charge — - 29
Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital
Paducah, KY
Gross charge — - 30
University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 31
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 32
ARH Our Lady of the Way Hospital
Martin, KY
Gross charge — - 33
Morgan County ARH Hospital
West Liberty, KY
Gross charge — - 34
Mary Breckinridge ARH Hospital
Hyden, KY
Gross charge — - 35
Knox County Hospital
Barbourville, KY
Gross charge — - 36Gross charge —
- 37
McDowell ARH Hospital
Mc Dowell, KY
Gross charge — - 38
University of Kentucky Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,398
10 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for major chest injury under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $6,850 to $53,347. The cheapest is Pineville Community Health Center in Pineville; the most expensive is UK St. Claire in Morehead. The state average sits at $31,901.
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 major chest injury 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 major chest injury 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 major chest injury in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 183 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.