Pneumonia Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for simple pneumonia and pleurisy without major complications.
State average
$18,479
gross charge · DRG 195
Hospitals
22
with published pricing
Price range
$2,564 – $33,487
low to high
Data notes for Kentucky
- The lowest published charge ($2,564 at Meadowview Regional Medical Center) is unusually low for an inpatient stay. This may reflect a data-quality issue in the hospital's MRF rather than an actual price — verify directly with the hospital before relying on it.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Meadowview Regional Medical Center
Maysville, KY
Gross charge $2,564Cash pay $1,026 - 2
TJ Health Columbia Hospital
Columbia, KY
Gross charge $6,489Cash pay $4,218 - 3
Russell County Hospital
Russell Springs, KY
Gross charge $10,668Cash pay $8,534 - 4
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $11,879Cash pay $7,721 - 5
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $11,879Cash pay $7,721 - 6
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $11,879Cash pay $7,721 - 7
Monroe County Medical Center
Tompkinsville, KY
Gross charge $12,175Cash pay $10,105Medicare pays (avg) $3,604 - 8
Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Acute Care)
Murray, KY
Gross charge $13,825Cash pay $8,986 - 9
Taylor Regional Hospital
Campbellsville, KY
Gross charge $15,405Cash pay $7,703 - 10
Spring View Hospital
Lebanon, KY
Gross charge $18,774Cash pay $7,510 - 11
Jackson Purchase Medical Center
Mayfield, KY
Gross charge $20,232Cash pay $8,093 - 12
UK St. Claire
Morehead, KY
Gross charge $21,722Cash pay $16,292 - 13
Kentucky River Medical Center
Jackson, KY
Gross charge $23,401Cash pay $14,041 - 14
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $23,447Cash pay $17,585Medicare pays (avg) $2,994 - 15
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $23,447Cash pay $17,585 - 16
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $23,447Cash pay $17,585 - 17
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $23,447Cash pay $17,585Medicare pays (avg) $2,736 - 18
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $23,447Cash pay $17,585Medicare pays (avg) $3,007 - 19
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $23,447Cash pay $17,585Medicare pays (avg) $2,483 - 20
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $23,447Cash pay $17,585 - 21
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $28,025Cash pay $11,210 - 22
Three Rivers Medical Center
Louisa, KY
Gross charge $33,487Cash pay $20,092 - 23
Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center
Prestonsburg, KY
Gross charge — - 24
UK King's Daughters Medical Center
Ashland, KY
Gross charge — - 25
Saint Joseph Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 26Gross charge —
- 27
UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital
Shelbyville, KY
Gross charge — - 28
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital
Bardstown, KY
Gross charge — - 29
UofL Health – Jewish Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 30
Jennie Stuart Medical Center
Hopkinsville, KY
Gross charge — - 31
Deaconess Henderson Hospital
Henderson, KY
Gross charge — - 32
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling
Mount Sterling, KY
Gross charge — - 33
Harrison Memorial Hospital
Cynthiana, KY
Gross charge — - 34
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)
Madisonville, KY
Gross charge — - 35
University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 36
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 37
Pineville Community Health Center
Pineville, KY
Gross charge —Cash pay $1,342 - 38
Marcum and Wallace Memorial Hospital
Irvine, KY
Gross charge — - 39Gross charge —
- 40
McDowell ARH Hospital
Mc Dowell, KY
Gross charge — - 41
University of Kentucky Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 42
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 43
Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital
Paducah, KY
Gross charge — - 44
Whitesburg ARH Hospital
Whitesburg, KY
Gross charge — - 45Gross charge —
- 46
Harlan ARH Hospital
Harlan, KY
Gross charge — - 47
Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center
South Williamson, KY
Gross charge — - 48
Paintsville ARH Hospital
Paintsville, KY
Gross charge — - 49
ARH Our Lady of the Way Hospital
Martin, KY
Gross charge — - 50
Morgan County ARH Hospital
West Liberty, KY
Gross charge — - 51
Knox County Hospital
Barbourville, KY
Gross charge —
22 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for pneumonia under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $2,564 to $33,487. The cheapest is Meadowview Regional Medical Center in Maysville; the most expensive is Three Rivers Medical Center in Louisa. The state average sits at $18,479.
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 pneumonia 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 pneumonia 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 pneumonia in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 195 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.