Prolonged Ventilator Support Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
A serious lung or breathing condition that requires a mechanical ventilator (breathing machine) for more than four days. This involves intensive care with continuous monitoring and breathing support.
State average
$186,175
gross charge · DRG 207
Hospitals
16
with published pricing
Price range
$41,129 – $267,708
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Three Rivers Medical Center
Louisa, KY
Gross charge $41,129Cash pay $24,677 - 2
Taylor Regional Hospital
Campbellsville, KY
Gross charge $79,329Cash pay $39,664 - 3
Jackson Purchase Medical Center
Mayfield, KY
Gross charge $91,745Cash pay $36,698 - 4
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $147,096Cash pay $95,613 - 5
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $147,096Cash pay $95,613 - 6
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $147,096Cash pay $95,613 - 7
UK St. Claire
Morehead, KY
Gross charge $153,654Cash pay $115,240 - 8
Kentucky River Medical Center
Jackson, KY
Gross charge $166,972Cash pay $100,183 - 9
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $248,140Cash pay $186,105 - 10
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $248,140Cash pay $186,105 - 11
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $248,140Cash pay $186,105 - 12
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $248,140Cash pay $186,105 - 13
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $248,140Cash pay $186,105 - 14
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $248,140Cash pay $186,105 - 15
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $248,140Cash pay $186,105 - 16
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $267,708Cash pay $107,083 - 17
Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center
Prestonsburg, KY
Gross charge — - 18
UK King's Daughters Medical Center
Ashland, KY
Gross charge — - 19
Saint Joseph Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 20Gross charge —
- 21
UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital
Shelbyville, KY
Gross charge — - 22
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital
Bardstown, KY
Gross charge — - 23
UofL Health – Jewish Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 24
Jennie Stuart Medical Center
Hopkinsville, KY
Gross charge — - 25
Deaconess Henderson Hospital
Henderson, KY
Gross charge — - 26
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling
Mount Sterling, KY
Gross charge — - 27
Harrison Memorial Hospital
Cynthiana, KY
Gross charge — - 28
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)
Madisonville, KY
Gross charge — - 29
University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 30
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 31Gross charge —
- 32
McDowell ARH Hospital
Mc Dowell, KY
Gross charge — - 33
University of Kentucky Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $37,029 - 34
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $41,893 - 35
Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital
Paducah, KY
Gross charge — - 36
Whitesburg ARH Hospital
Whitesburg, KY
Gross charge — - 37
Middlesboro ARH Hospital
Middlesboro, KY
Gross charge — - 38Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $46,921
- 39
Harlan ARH Hospital
Harlan, KY
Gross charge — - 40
Paintsville ARH Hospital
Paintsville, KY
Gross charge — - 41
Knox County Hospital
Barbourville, KY
Gross charge —
16 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for prolonged ventilator support under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $41,129 to $267,708. The cheapest is Three Rivers Medical Center in Louisa; the most expensive is Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care) in Somerset. The state average sits at $186,175.
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 prolonged ventilator support 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 prolonged ventilator support 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 prolonged ventilator support in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 207 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.