Respiratory Infection Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
An infection or inflammation deep in the lungs, such as aspiration pneumonia or a lung abscess. Hospital care typically involves IV antibiotics, oxygen if needed, and monitoring of breathing.
State average
$29,420
gross charge · DRG 179
Hospitals
20
with published pricing
Price range
$1,804 – $57,239
low to high
Data notes for Kentucky
- The lowest published charge ($1,804 at Pineville Community Health 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
Pineville Community Health Center
Pineville, KY
Gross charge $1,804 - 2
TJ Health Columbia Hospital
Columbia, KY
Gross charge $3,591Cash pay $2,334 - 3
UK St. Claire
Morehead, KY
Gross charge $6,286Cash pay $4,715 - 4
Monroe County Medical Center
Tompkinsville, KY
Gross charge $8,624Cash pay $7,158 - 5
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $13,032Cash pay $8,470 - 6
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $13,032Cash pay $8,470 - 7
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $13,032Cash pay $8,470 - 8
Taylor Regional Hospital
Campbellsville, KY
Gross charge $17,467Cash pay $8,734 - 9
Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Acute Care)
Murray, KY
Gross charge $18,645Cash pay $12,119 - 10
Meadowview Regional Medical Center
Maysville, KY
Gross charge $29,209Cash pay $11,683 - 11
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $31,824 - 12
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $46,213Cash pay $34,660 - 13
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $46,213Cash pay $34,660 - 14
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $46,213Cash pay $34,660 - 15
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $46,213Cash pay $34,660Medicare pays (avg) $4,030 - 16
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $46,213Cash pay $34,660 - 17
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $46,213Cash pay $34,660Medicare pays (avg) $3,364 - 18
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $46,213Cash pay $34,660 - 19
Jackson Purchase Medical Center
Mayfield, KY
Gross charge $51,133Cash pay $20,453 - 20
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $57,239Cash pay $22,895 - 21
Whitesburg ARH Hospital
Whitesburg, KY
Gross charge — - 22
Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center
Prestonsburg, KY
Gross charge — - 23
UK King's Daughters Medical Center
Ashland, KY
Gross charge — - 24
Saint Joseph Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 25Gross charge —
- 26
UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital
Shelbyville, KY
Gross charge — - 27
Middlesboro ARH Hospital
Middlesboro, KY
Gross charge — - 28
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital
Bardstown, KY
Gross charge — - 29Gross charge —
- 30
UofL Health – Jewish Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 31
Harlan ARH Hospital
Harlan, KY
Gross charge — - 32
Jennie Stuart Medical Center
Hopkinsville, KY
Gross charge — - 33
Deaconess Henderson Hospital
Henderson, KY
Gross charge — - 34
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling
Mount Sterling, KY
Gross charge — - 35
Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center
South Williamson, KY
Gross charge — - 36
Paintsville ARH Hospital
Paintsville, KY
Gross charge — - 37
Harrison Memorial Hospital
Cynthiana, KY
Gross charge — - 38
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)
Madisonville, KY
Gross charge — - 39
Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital
Paducah, KY
Gross charge — - 40
University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 41
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 42
Marcum and Wallace Memorial Hospital
Irvine, KY
Gross charge — - 43
ARH Our Lady of the Way Hospital
Martin, KY
Gross charge — - 44
Morgan County ARH Hospital
West Liberty, KY
Gross charge — - 45
Mary Breckinridge ARH Hospital
Hyden, KY
Gross charge — - 46
Knox County Hospital
Barbourville, KY
Gross charge — - 47Gross charge —
- 48
McDowell ARH Hospital
Mc Dowell, KY
Gross charge — - 49
University of Kentucky Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge —
20 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for respiratory infection under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $1,804 to $57,239. The cheapest is Pineville Community Health Center in Pineville; the most expensive is Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care) in Somerset. The state average sits at $29,420.
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 179 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.