Respiratory Infection Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for respiratory infections and inflammations with complications.
State average
$40,418
gross charge · DRG 178
Hospitals
23
with published pricing
Price range
$6,530 – $150,309
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Russell County Hospital
Russell Springs, KY
Gross charge $6,530Cash pay $5,224 - 2
Pineville Community Health Center
Pineville, KY
Gross charge $12,093 - 3
TJ Health Columbia Hospital
Columbia, KY
Gross charge $15,391Cash pay $10,004 - 4
Monroe County Medical Center
Tompkinsville, KY
Gross charge $16,865Cash pay $13,998 - 5
Taylor Regional Hospital
Campbellsville, KY
Gross charge $17,680Cash pay $8,840 - 6
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $17,845Cash pay $11,600 - 7
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $17,845Cash pay $11,600Medicare pays (avg) $6,688 - 8
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $17,845Cash pay $11,600 - 9
UK St. Claire
Morehead, KY
Gross charge $25,939Cash pay $19,454 - 10
Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Acute Care)
Murray, KY
Gross charge $31,267Cash pay $20,323 - 11
Kentucky River Medical Center
Jackson, KY
Gross charge $45,481Cash pay $27,288 - 12
Three Rivers Medical Center
Louisa, KY
Gross charge $45,676Cash pay $27,406 - 13
Spring View Hospital
Lebanon, KY
Gross charge $49,675Cash pay $19,870 - 14
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $50,521Cash pay $37,891Medicare pays (avg) $5,627 - 15
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $50,521Cash pay $37,891 - 16
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $50,521Cash pay $37,891 - 17
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $50,521Cash pay $37,891Medicare pays (avg) $5,277 - 18
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $50,521Cash pay $37,891Medicare pays (avg) $5,122 - 19
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $50,521Cash pay $37,891Medicare pays (avg) $4,918 - 20
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $50,521Cash pay $37,891 - 21
Meadowview Regional Medical Center
Maysville, KY
Gross charge $51,949Cash pay $20,779 - 22
Jackson Purchase Medical Center
Mayfield, KY
Gross charge $53,565Cash pay $21,426 - 23
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $150,309Cash pay $60,124 - 24
Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center
Prestonsburg, KY
Gross charge — - 25
UK King's Daughters Medical Center
Ashland, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,161 - 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 — - 31
Jennie Stuart Medical Center
Hopkinsville, KY
Gross charge — - 32
Deaconess Henderson Hospital
Henderson, KY
Gross charge — - 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 — - 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) $6,420 - 42
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,926 - 43
Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital
Paducah, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $5,613 - 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 — - 49
Paintsville ARH Hospital
Paintsville, KY
Gross charge — - 50
Mary Breckinridge ARH Hospital
Hyden, KY
Gross charge — - 51
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 $6,530 to $150,309. The cheapest is Russell County Hospital in Russell Springs; the most expensive is Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care) in Somerset. The state average sits at $40,418.
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 178 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.