Respiratory Infection Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for respiratory infections and inflammations with major comorbidities, including severe bronchitis and lung infections.
State average
$40,467
gross charge · DRG 177
Hospitals
23
with published pricing
Price range
$9,290 – $67,040
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
TJ Health Columbia Hospital
Columbia, KY
Gross charge $9,290Cash pay $6,039 - 2
Pineville Community Health Center
Pineville, KY
Gross charge $11,836 - 3
Russell County Hospital
Russell Springs, KY
Gross charge $15,400Cash pay $12,320 - 4
Monroe County Medical Center
Tompkinsville, KY
Gross charge $22,226Cash pay $18,448 - 5
Meadowview Regional Medical Center
Maysville, KY
Gross charge $22,354Cash pay $8,942Medicare pays (avg) $11,473 - 6
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $26,638Cash pay $17,315 - 7
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $26,638Cash pay $17,315Medicare pays (avg) $12,716 - 8
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $26,638Cash pay $17,315Medicare pays (avg) $11,962 - 9
Taylor Regional Hospital
Campbellsville, KY
Gross charge $28,666Cash pay $14,333Medicare pays (avg) $13,259 - 10
UK St. Claire
Morehead, KY
Gross charge $35,178Cash pay $26,383Medicare pays (avg) $10,072 - 11
Three Rivers Medical Center
Louisa, KY
Gross charge $37,819Cash pay $22,692 - 12
Spring View Hospital
Lebanon, KY
Gross charge $40,686Cash pay $16,274 - 13
Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Acute Care)
Murray, KY
Gross charge $48,858Cash pay $31,758Medicare pays (avg) $12,049 - 14
Kentucky River Medical Center
Jackson, KY
Gross charge $53,520Cash pay $32,112 - 15
Jackson Purchase Medical Center
Mayfield, KY
Gross charge $54,305Cash pay $21,722Medicare pays (avg) $11,058 - 16
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $57,663Cash pay $43,247Medicare pays (avg) $9,605 - 17
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $57,663Cash pay $43,247Medicare pays (avg) $10,406 - 18
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $57,663Cash pay $43,247Medicare pays (avg) $9,852 - 19
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $57,663Cash pay $43,247Medicare pays (avg) $9,281 - 20
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $57,663Cash pay $43,247Medicare pays (avg) $10,765 - 21
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $57,663Cash pay $43,247Medicare pays (avg) $9,198 - 22
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $57,663Cash pay $43,247Medicare pays (avg) $10,790 - 23
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $67,040Cash pay $26,816Medicare pays (avg) $10,777 - 24
Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center
Prestonsburg, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $7,793 - 25
UK King's Daughters Medical Center
Ashland, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,480 - 26
Saint Joseph Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,262 - 27Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,868
- 28
UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital
Shelbyville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,891 - 29
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital
Bardstown, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,645 - 30
UofL Health – Jewish Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,414 - 31
Jennie Stuart Medical Center
Hopkinsville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,161 - 32
Deaconess Henderson Hospital
Henderson, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,749 - 33
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling
Mount Sterling, KY
Gross charge — - 34
Harrison Memorial Hospital
Cynthiana, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,355 - 35
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)
Madisonville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,133 - 36
University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 37
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
Lexington, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,935 - 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) $12,380 - 42
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,900 - 43
Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital
Paducah, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,210 - 44
Whitesburg ARH Hospital
Whitesburg, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,128 - 45
Middlesboro ARH Hospital
Middlesboro, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,024 - 46Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $10,180
- 47
Harlan ARH Hospital
Harlan, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,328 - 48
Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center
South Williamson, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $11,980 - 49
Paintsville ARH Hospital
Paintsville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $9,298 - 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 infection under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $9,290 to $67,040. 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 $40,467.
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 infection 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 infection 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 infection in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 177 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.