Major Chest Surgery Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
Major surgery inside the chest, most often removing part of a lung for cancer or other disease, in patients with serious complicating conditions. Recovery typically involves chest tubes, breathing exercises, and several days in the hospital.
State average
$147,316
gross charge · DRG 163
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$58,250 – $186,496
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Taylor Regional Hospital
Campbellsville, KY
Gross charge $58,250Cash pay $29,125 - 2
UK St. Claire
Morehead, KY
Gross charge $75,064Cash pay $56,298 - 3
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $89,862Cash pay $35,945 - 4
Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Acute Care)
Murray, KY
Gross charge $97,068Cash pay $63,094 - 5
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $145,570Cash pay $94,621 - 6
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $145,570Cash pay $94,621 - 7
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $145,570Cash pay $94,621 - 8
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $186,496Cash pay $139,872 - 9
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $186,496Cash pay $139,872 - 10
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $186,496Cash pay $139,872 - 11
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $186,496Cash pay $139,872Medicare pays (avg) $30,821 - 12
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $186,496Cash pay $139,872 - 13
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $186,496Cash pay $139,872Medicare pays (avg) $24,199 - 14
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $186,496Cash pay $139,872 - 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 —Medicare pays (avg) $29,747 - 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) $44,741 - 32
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $29,903 - 33
Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital
Paducah, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $30,765 - 34Gross charge —
- 35
Paintsville ARH Hospital
Paintsville, KY
Gross charge —
14 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for major chest surgery under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $58,250 to $186,496. The cheapest is Taylor Regional Hospital in Campbellsville; the most expensive is Baptist Health La Grange in La Grange. The state average sits at $147,316.
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 163 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.