Viral Illness Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
An illness caused by a virus, such as a severe flu-like infection, that needs inpatient care. Treatment usually involves fluids, medication to ease symptoms, and monitoring until the illness improves.
State average
$26,623
gross charge · DRG 866
Hospitals
16
with published pricing
Price range
$9,078 – $50,057
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Taylor Regional Hospital
Campbellsville, KY
Gross charge $9,078Cash pay $4,539 - 2
UK St. Claire
Morehead, KY
Gross charge $11,554Cash pay $8,665 - 3
Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Acute Care)
Murray, KY
Gross charge $11,963Cash pay $7,776 - 4
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $13,910Cash pay $9,042 - 5
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $13,910Cash pay $9,042 - 6
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $13,910Cash pay $9,042 - 7
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $27,557Cash pay $11,023 - 8
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $33,845Cash pay $25,384 - 9
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $33,845Cash pay $25,384 - 10
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $33,845Cash pay $25,384 - 11
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $33,845Cash pay $25,384 - 12
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $33,845Cash pay $25,384 - 13
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $33,845Cash pay $25,384 - 14
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $33,845Cash pay $25,384 - 15
Meadowview Regional Medical Center
Maysville, KY
Gross charge $37,113Cash pay $14,845 - 16
Jackson Purchase Medical Center
Mayfield, KY
Gross charge $50,057Cash pay $20,023 - 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 —
- 21
UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital
Shelbyville, KY
Gross charge — - 22
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital
Bardstown, KY
Gross charge — - 23
UofL Health – Jewish Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 24
Jennie Stuart Medical Center
Hopkinsville, KY
Gross charge — - 25
Deaconess Henderson Hospital
Henderson, KY
Gross charge — - 26
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling
Mount Sterling, KY
Gross charge — - 27
Harrison Memorial Hospital
Cynthiana, KY
Gross charge — - 28
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)
Madisonville, KY
Gross charge — - 29
University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 30
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 31
Pineville Community Health Center
Pineville, KY
Gross charge —Cash pay $832 - 32Gross charge —
- 33
McDowell ARH Hospital
Mc Dowell, KY
Gross charge — - 34
University of Kentucky Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 35
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 36
Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital
Paducah, KY
Gross charge — - 37
Middlesboro ARH Hospital
Middlesboro, KY
Gross charge — - 38Gross charge —
- 39
Harlan ARH Hospital
Harlan, KY
Gross charge — - 40
Marcum and Wallace Memorial Hospital
Irvine, KY
Gross charge —
16 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for viral illness under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $9,078 to $50,057. The cheapest is Taylor Regional Hospital in Campbellsville; the most expensive is Jackson Purchase Medical Center in Mayfield. The state average sits at $26,623.
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 866 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.