Respiratory Failure Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for pulmonary edema and respiratory failure, often requiring ventilator support.
State average
$37,899
gross charge · DRG 189
Hospitals
23
with published pricing
Price range
$8,656 – $62,342
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Pineville Community Health Center
Pineville, KY
Gross charge $8,656 - 2
TJ Health Columbia Hospital
Columbia, KY
Gross charge $11,856Cash pay $7,706 - 3
Russell County Hospital
Russell Springs, KY
Gross charge $13,933Cash pay $11,147 - 4
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $20,548Cash pay $13,356 - 5
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $20,548Cash pay $13,356Medicare pays (avg) $8,867 - 6
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $20,548Cash pay $13,356Medicare pays (avg) $8,567 - 7
UK St. Claire
Morehead, KY
Gross charge $22,843Cash pay $17,132Medicare pays (avg) $8,201 - 8
Taylor Regional Hospital
Campbellsville, KY
Gross charge $26,607Cash pay $13,303Medicare pays (avg) $8,977 - 9
Monroe County Medical Center
Tompkinsville, KY
Gross charge $29,484Cash pay $24,472 - 10
Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Acute Care)
Murray, KY
Gross charge $35,778Cash pay $23,255Medicare pays (avg) $9,030 - 11
Meadowview Regional Medical Center
Maysville, KY
Gross charge $36,849Cash pay $14,740 - 12
Jackson Purchase Medical Center
Mayfield, KY
Gross charge $40,841Cash pay $16,337Medicare pays (avg) $8,385 - 13
Kentucky River Medical Center
Jackson, KY
Gross charge $45,135Cash pay $27,081 - 14
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $50,885Cash pay $38,163Medicare pays (avg) $7,377 - 15
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $50,885Cash pay $38,163Medicare pays (avg) $7,953 - 16
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $50,885Cash pay $38,163Medicare pays (avg) $7,445 - 17
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $50,885Cash pay $38,163Medicare pays (avg) $6,680 - 18
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $50,885Cash pay $38,163Medicare pays (avg) $7,562 - 19
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $50,885Cash pay $38,163Medicare pays (avg) $6,671 - 20
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $50,885Cash pay $38,163 - 21
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $58,444Cash pay $23,377Medicare pays (avg) $8,280 - 22
Three Rivers Medical Center
Louisa, KY
Gross charge $61,072Cash pay $36,643 - 23
Spring View Hospital
Lebanon, KY
Gross charge $62,342Cash pay $24,937 - 24
Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center
Prestonsburg, KY
Gross charge — - 25
UK King's Daughters Medical Center
Ashland, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,200 - 26
Saint Joseph Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,491 - 27Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,506
- 28
UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital
Shelbyville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,737 - 29
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital
Bardstown, KY
Gross charge — - 30
UofL Health – Jewish Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,664 - 31
Jennie Stuart Medical Center
Hopkinsville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,460 - 32
Deaconess Henderson Hospital
Henderson, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,265 - 33
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling
Mount Sterling, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,937 - 34
Harrison Memorial Hospital
Cynthiana, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,511 - 35
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)
Madisonville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,107 - 36
University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,998 - 37
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
Lexington, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,609 - 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) $9,199 - 42
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,510 - 43
Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital
Paducah, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,037 - 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 —Medicare pays (avg) $9,222 - 48
Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center
South Williamson, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $8,409 - 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 respiratory failure under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $8,656 to $62,342. The cheapest is Pineville Community Health Center in Pineville; the most expensive is Spring View Hospital in Lebanon. The state average sits at $37,899.
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 respiratory failure 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 respiratory failure 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 respiratory failure in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 189 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.