Major Chest Surgery Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
Major surgery inside the chest, such as removing part of a lung. The stay includes the operation, a chest tube while the lungs heal, and closely monitored recovery.
State average
$92,993
gross charge · DRG 164
Hospitals
7
with published pricing
Price range
$39,391 – $144,793
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $39,391Cash pay $15,757 - 2
UK St. Claire
Morehead, KY
Gross charge $51,990Cash pay $38,993 - 3
Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Acute Care)
Murray, KY
Gross charge $84,435Cash pay $54,883 - 4
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $110,113Cash pay $71,573 - 5
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $110,113Cash pay $71,573 - 6
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $110,113Cash pay $71,573 - 7
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $144,793Medicare pays (avg) $21,134 - 8
Whitesburg ARH Hospital
Whitesburg, KY
Gross charge — - 9
Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center
Prestonsburg, KY
Gross charge — - 10
UK King's Daughters Medical Center
Ashland, KY
Gross charge — - 11
Saint Joseph Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 12Gross charge —
- 13
UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital
Shelbyville, KY
Gross charge — - 14
Middlesboro ARH Hospital
Middlesboro, KY
Gross charge — - 15
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital
Bardstown, KY
Gross charge — - 16Gross charge —
- 17
UofL Health – Jewish Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $12,460 - 18
Harlan ARH Hospital
Harlan, KY
Gross charge — - 19
Jennie Stuart Medical Center
Hopkinsville, KY
Gross charge — - 20
Deaconess Henderson Hospital
Henderson, KY
Gross charge — - 21
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling
Mount Sterling, KY
Gross charge — - 22
Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center
South Williamson, KY
Gross charge — - 23
Paintsville ARH Hospital
Paintsville, KY
Gross charge — - 24
Harrison Memorial Hospital
Cynthiana, KY
Gross charge — - 25
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)
Madisonville, KY
Gross charge — - 26
Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital
Paducah, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $13,717 - 27
University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 28
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 29
ARH Our Lady of the Way Hospital
Martin, KY
Gross charge — - 30
Morgan County ARH Hospital
West Liberty, KY
Gross charge — - 31
Mary Breckinridge ARH Hospital
Hyden, KY
Gross charge — - 32
Knox County Hospital
Barbourville, KY
Gross charge — - 33Gross charge —
- 34
McDowell ARH Hospital
Mc Dowell, KY
Gross charge — - 35
University of Kentucky Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $15,469
7 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for major chest surgery under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $39,391 to $144,793. The cheapest is Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care) in Somerset; the most expensive is Norton Hospitals, Inc in Louisville. The state average sits at $92,993.
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 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 major 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 major chest surgery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 164 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.