DRG 870 · Infection & Sepsis

Sepsis with Prolonged Ventilator Support Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals

A life-threatening infection that has spread through the bloodstream, severe enough to require a breathing machine for more than four days. Care takes place in intensive care with IV antibiotics, fluids, and close monitoring of organ function.

State average
$213,173
gross charge · DRG 870
Hospitals
20
with published pricing
Price range
$126,545 – $502,086
low to high
Lowest $126,545 Highest $502,086

20 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for sepsis with prolonged ventilator support under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $126,545 to $502,086. The cheapest is Norton Hospitals, Inc in Louisville; the most expensive is Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care) in Somerset. The state average sits at $213,173.

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 sepsis with 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 sepsis with 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 sepsis with prolonged ventilator support in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 870 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.

Hospitals ranked by gross charge

  1. 1

    Norton Hospitals, Inc

    Louisville, KY

    59 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $126,545
    Medicare pays (avg) $42,417
  2. 2

    Taylor Regional Hospital

    Campbellsville, KY

    Gross charge $135,506
    Cash pay $67,753
  3. 3

    UK St. Claire

    Morehead, KY

    Gross charge $143,922
    Cash pay $107,941
  4. 4

    Spring View Hospital

    Lebanon, KY

    Gross charge $150,207
    Cash pay $60,083
  5. 5

    Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital

    Greenville, KY

    Gross charge $151,114
    Cash pay $98,224
  6. 6

    Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)

    Owensboro, KY

    Gross charge $151,114
    Cash pay $98,224
  7. 7

    Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center

    Leitchfield, KY

    Gross charge $151,114
    Cash pay $98,224
  8. 8
    Gross charge $189,364
    Cash pay $123,087
  9. 9
    Gross charge $189,620
    Cash pay $113,772
  10. 10

    Meadowview Regional Medical Center

    Maysville, KY

    Gross charge $193,692
    Cash pay $77,477
  11. 11

    Baptist Health Hardin

    Elizabethtown, KY

    Gross charge $234,559
    Cash pay $175,919
  12. 12

    Baptist Health Richmond

    Richmond, KY

    Gross charge $234,559
    Cash pay $175,919
  13. 13

    Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)

    Corbin, KY

    Gross charge $234,559
    Cash pay $175,919
  14. 14

    Baptist Health Lexington

    Lexington, KY

    Gross charge $234,559
    Cash pay $175,919
  15. 15

    Baptist Health Paducah

    Paducah, KY

    Gross charge $234,559
    Cash pay $175,919
  16. 16

    Baptist Health Louisville

    Louisville, KY

    17 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $234,559
    Cash pay $175,919
    Medicare pays (avg) $37,576
  17. 17

    Baptist Health La Grange

    La Grange, KY

    Gross charge $234,559
    Cash pay $175,919
  18. 18

    Three Rivers Medical Center

    Louisa, KY

    Gross charge $264,448
    Cash pay $158,669
  19. 19

    Jackson Purchase Medical Center

    Mayfield, KY

    Gross charge $272,814
    Cash pay $109,126
  20. 20

    Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)

    Somerset, KY

    Gross charge $502,086
    Cash pay $200,835
  21. 21

    Whitesburg ARH Hospital

    Whitesburg, KY

    Gross charge
  22. 22

    Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center

    Prestonsburg, KY

    Gross charge
  23. 23

    UK King's Daughters Medical Center

    Ashland, KY

    17 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $40,259
  24. 24

    Saint Joseph Hospital

    Lexington, KY

    29 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $51,776
  25. 25
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  26. 26

    UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital

    Shelbyville, KY

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  27. 27

    Middlesboro ARH Hospital

    Middlesboro, KY

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  28. 28
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  29. 29

    Hazard ARH Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Hazard, KY

    25 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $49,651
  30. 30

    UofL Health – Jewish Hospital

    Louisville, KY

    13 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $37,313
  31. 31

    Harlan ARH Hospital

    Harlan, KY

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  32. 32

    Jennie Stuart Medical Center

    Hopkinsville, KY

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  33. 33

    Deaconess Henderson Hospital

    Henderson, KY

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $35,664
  34. 34

    CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling

    Mount Sterling, KY

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  35. 35

    Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center

    South Williamson, KY

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  36. 36

    Paintsville ARH Hospital

    Paintsville, KY

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  37. 37

    Harrison Memorial Hospital

    Cynthiana, KY

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  38. 38

    Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)

    Madisonville, KY

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $49,447
  39. 39

    Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital

    Paducah, KY

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  40. 40

    University of Louisville Hospital

    Louisville, KY

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  41. 41

    CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East

    Lexington, KY

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  42. 42
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  43. 43

    Morgan County ARH Hospital

    West Liberty, KY

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  44. 44
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  45. 45

    Knox County Hospital

    Barbourville, KY

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  46. 46
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  47. 47

    McDowell ARH Hospital

    Mc Dowell, KY

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  48. 48

    University of Kentucky Hospital

    Lexington, KY

    39 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $54,164

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