Tracheostomy with Long-Term Ventilation Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
Placement of a breathing tube in the neck (tracheostomy) for patients who need a ventilator for an extended period. These are long, intensive stays with around-the-clock care, usually in an intensive care unit.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $102,052Cash pay $66,334 - 2
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $102,052Cash pay $66,334 - 3
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $102,052Cash pay $66,334 - 4
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $175,445Medicare pays (avg) $70,513 - 5
Taylor Regional Hospital
Campbellsville, KY
Gross charge $248,002Cash pay $124,001 - 6
UK St. Claire
Morehead, KY
Gross charge $252,884Cash pay $189,663 - 7
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $291,377Cash pay $218,533 - 8
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $291,377Cash pay $218,533 - 9
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $291,377Cash pay $218,533 - 10
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $291,377Cash pay $218,533 - 11
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $291,377Cash pay $218,533 - 12
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $291,377Cash pay $218,533 - 13
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $291,377Cash pay $218,533 - 14
Jackson Purchase Medical Center
Mayfield, KY
Gross charge $349,502Cash pay $139,801 - 15
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $555,832Cash pay $222,333 - 16
Whitesburg ARH Hospital
Whitesburg, KY
Gross charge — - 17
Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center
Prestonsburg, KY
Gross charge — - 18
UK King's Daughters Medical Center
Ashland, KY
Gross charge — - 19
Saint Joseph Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 20Gross charge —
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UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital
Shelbyville, KY
Gross charge — - 22
Middlesboro ARH Hospital
Middlesboro, KY
Gross charge — - 23
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital
Bardstown, KY
Gross charge — - 24Gross charge —
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UofL Health – Jewish Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $75,340 - 26
Harlan ARH Hospital
Harlan, KY
Gross charge — - 27
Jennie Stuart Medical Center
Hopkinsville, KY
Gross charge — - 28
Deaconess Henderson Hospital
Henderson, KY
Gross charge — - 29
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling
Mount Sterling, KY
Gross charge — - 30
Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center
South Williamson, KY
Gross charge — - 31
Paintsville ARH Hospital
Paintsville, KY
Gross charge — - 32
Harrison Memorial Hospital
Cynthiana, KY
Gross charge — - 33
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)
Madisonville, KY
Gross charge — - 34
Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital
Paducah, KY
Gross charge — - 35
University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $106,275 - 36
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 37
ARH Our Lady of the Way Hospital
Martin, KY
Gross charge — - 38
Morgan County ARH Hospital
West Liberty, KY
Gross charge — - 39
Mary Breckinridge ARH Hospital
Hyden, KY
Gross charge — - 40
Knox County Hospital
Barbourville, KY
Gross charge — - 41Gross charge —
- 42
McDowell ARH Hospital
Mc Dowell, KY
Gross charge — - 43
University of Kentucky Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge —Medicare pays (avg) $85,315
15 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for tracheostomy with long-term ventilation under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $102,052 to $555,832. The cheapest is Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital in Greenville; the most expensive is Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care) in Somerset. The state average sits at $261,831.
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 tracheostomy with long-term ventilation 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 tracheostomy with long-term ventilation 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 tracheostomy with long-term ventilation in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 004 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.