Viral Illness Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
Hospital care for a serious body-wide viral infection, such as a severe viral syndrome or infectious mononucleosis, in patients who also have major complicating health problems. The stay typically involves IV fluids, fever control, and close monitoring while the infection runs its course.
State average
$52,542
gross charge · DRG 865
Hospitals
13
with published pricing
Price range
$13,405 – $75,566
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Monroe County Medical Center
Tompkinsville, KY
Gross charge $13,405Cash pay $11,127 - 2
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $15,891Cash pay $10,329 - 3
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $15,891Cash pay $10,329 - 4
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $15,891Cash pay $10,329 - 5
UK St. Claire
Morehead, KY
Gross charge $22,886Cash pay $17,165 - 6
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $70,111Cash pay $28,044 - 7
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $75,566Cash pay $56,675 - 8
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $75,566Cash pay $56,675 - 9
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $75,566Cash pay $56,675 - 10
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $75,566Cash pay $56,675 - 11
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $75,566Cash pay $56,675 - 12
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $75,566Cash pay $56,675 - 13
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $75,566Cash pay $56,675 - 14
Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center
Prestonsburg, KY
Gross charge — - 15
UK King's Daughters Medical Center
Ashland, KY
Gross charge — - 16
Saint Joseph Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 17Gross charge —
- 18
UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital
Shelbyville, KY
Gross charge — - 19
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital
Bardstown, KY
Gross charge — - 20
UofL Health – Jewish Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 21
Jennie Stuart Medical Center
Hopkinsville, KY
Gross charge — - 22
Deaconess Henderson Hospital
Henderson, KY
Gross charge — - 23
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling
Mount Sterling, KY
Gross charge — - 24
Harrison Memorial Hospital
Cynthiana, KY
Gross charge — - 25
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)
Madisonville, KY
Gross charge — - 26
University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 27
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 28Gross charge —
- 29
McDowell ARH Hospital
Mc Dowell, KY
Gross charge — - 30
University of Kentucky Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 31
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 32
Whitesburg ARH Hospital
Whitesburg, KY
Gross charge — - 33Gross charge —
13 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for viral illness under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $13,405 to $75,566. The cheapest is Monroe County Medical Center in Tompkinsville; the most expensive is Baptist Health La Grange in La Grange. The state average sits at $52,542.
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 viral illness 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 viral illness 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 viral illness in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 865 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.