Pneumonia Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for simple pneumonia and pleurisy with complications — one of the most common medical admissions.
What this hospital charge usually covers
The gross-charge number above is the hospital's facility bill for pneumonia. Here's what's typically inside that price (typical inpatient stay: 3–5 days):
Included in the hospital bill
- Inpatient room and respiratory monitoring
- IV antibiotics and oxygen therapy
- Chest imaging, blood cultures, and routine labs
- Respiratory treatments (nebulizers, etc.) during the stay
Usually billed separately
- Hospitalist and infectious-disease consultant professional fees
- Pulmonologist consultation if required
- Outpatient antibiotics after discharge
- Follow-up chest imaging
Quality signals to check before picking a hospital
Price alone won't tell you which hospital does pneumonia best. These are the CMS quality measures that matter most for this specific procedure. Click any hospital below for its full profile, then look for these:
Pneumonia Mortality (30-day)
How often patients hospitalized for pneumonia survive 30 days. The headline pneumonia outcome.
Pneumonia Readmissions
Strong discharge planning, the right outpatient antibiotic, and follow-up reduce returns to the hospital.
Sepsis Care Bundle
Severe pneumonia can become sepsis. Hospitals with strong sepsis-bundle compliance catch and treat it early.
When the cheapest hospital may not be the best fit
The list below sorts by price. For pneumonia, the lowest price isn't automatically the best fit — these are situations where it's worth weighing additional factors against price. None of the below is medical advice; talk to your doctor about what applies to your specific situation.
- For patients with weakened immunity (chemotherapy, transplant, HIV), a hospital with infectious-disease specialists on staff may handle complex cases better.
- For severe pneumonia that may require ICU care, a hospital with a closed-staffed ICU is generally better equipped.
Questions to ask your hospital or insurer
The gross charge is the starting point. These are the procedure-specific questions to ask before you commit:
- Will any of my physicians be out-of-network?
- What outpatient antibiotic is prescribed, and is it covered?
- When is the follow-up chest X-ray, and where will it be done?
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
TJ Health Columbia Hospital
Columbia, KY
Gross charge $9,827Cash pay $6,388 - 2
Russell County Hospital
Russell Springs, KY
Gross charge $13,811Cash pay $11,049 - 3
UK St. Claire
Morehead, KY
Gross charge $14,194Cash pay $10,645 - 4
Monroe County Medical Center
Tompkinsville, KY
Gross charge $15,122Cash pay $12,551Medicare pays (avg) $5,133 - 5
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $16,777Cash pay $10,905 - 6
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $16,777Cash pay $10,905Medicare pays (avg) $5,630 - 7
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $16,777Cash pay $10,905 - 8
Pineville Community Health Center
Pineville, KY
Gross charge $18,065 - 9
Taylor Regional Hospital
Campbellsville, KY
Gross charge $21,039Cash pay $10,520Medicare pays (avg) $5,366 - 10
Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Acute Care)
Murray, KY
Gross charge $27,507Cash pay $17,879Medicare pays (avg) $5,481 - 11
Three Rivers Medical Center
Louisa, KY
Gross charge $31,737Cash pay $19,042 - 12
Jackson Purchase Medical Center
Mayfield, KY
Gross charge $33,703Cash pay $13,481Medicare pays (avg) $4,631 - 13
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $35,212Cash pay $26,409Medicare pays (avg) $3,863 - 14
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $35,212Cash pay $26,409Medicare pays (avg) $5,044 - 15
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $35,212Cash pay $26,409 - 16
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $35,212Cash pay $26,409Medicare pays (avg) $3,965 - 17
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $35,212Cash pay $26,409Medicare pays (avg) $4,506 - 18
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $35,212Cash pay $26,409Medicare pays (avg) $3,954 - 19
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $35,212Cash pay $26,409 - 20
Spring View Hospital
Lebanon, KY
Gross charge $36,054Cash pay $14,422 - 21
Meadowview Regional Medical Center
Maysville, KY
Gross charge $36,650Cash pay $14,660 - 22
Kentucky River Medical Center
Jackson, KY
Gross charge $40,267Cash pay $24,160 - 23
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $47,162Cash pay $18,865Medicare pays (avg) $4,804 - 24
Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center
Prestonsburg, KY
Gross charge — - 25
UK King's Daughters Medical Center
Ashland, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,105 - 26
Saint Joseph Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 27Gross charge —
- 28
UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital
Shelbyville, KY
Gross charge — - 29
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital
Bardstown, KY
Gross charge — - 30
UofL Health – Jewish Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,728 - 31
Jennie Stuart Medical Center
Hopkinsville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,423 - 32
Deaconess Henderson Hospital
Henderson, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,282 - 33
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling
Mount Sterling, KY
Gross charge — - 34
Harrison Memorial Hospital
Cynthiana, KY
Gross charge — - 35
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)
Madisonville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,210 - 36
University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 37
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 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 —Medicare pays (avg) $2,349 - 42
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,483 - 43
Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital
Paducah, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $4,233 - 44
Whitesburg ARH Hospital
Whitesburg, KY
Gross charge — - 45
Middlesboro ARH Hospital
Middlesboro, KY
Gross charge — - 46Gross charge —
- 47
Harlan ARH Hospital
Harlan, KY
Gross charge — - 48
Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center
South Williamson, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,236 - 49
Paintsville ARH Hospital
Paintsville, KY
Gross charge — - 50
ARH Our Lady of the Way Hospital
Martin, KY
Gross charge — - 51
Morgan County ARH Hospital
West Liberty, KY
Gross charge — - 52
Mary Breckinridge ARH Hospital
Hyden, KY
Gross charge — - 53
Knox County Hospital
Barbourville, KY
Gross charge —
23 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for pneumonia under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $9,827 to $47,162. The cheapest is TJ Health Columbia Hospital in Columbia; the most expensive is Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care) in Somerset. The state average sits at $27,911.
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 194 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.