DRG 280 · Cardiovascular

Heart Attack Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals

Acute myocardial infarction (heart attack) with major complications — discharged alive.

State average
$43,617
gross charge · DRG 280
Hospitals
23
with published pricing
Price range
$6,767 – $65,017
low to high
Lowest $6,767 Highest $65,017

23 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for heart attack under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $6,767 to $65,017. The cheapest is TJ Health Columbia Hospital in Columbia; the most expensive is Meadowview Regional Medical Center in Maysville. The state average sits at $43,617.

What's listed is each hospital's gross charge — its published price for the inpatient stay, before any insurance discount. 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 heart attack at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.

If you're scheduling heart attack in Kentucky, sort the list below by price, then click each hospital name to see its quality profile — CMS overall star rating, surgical-safety measures, readmission rates, patient-experience scores. The cheapest hospital isn't always the right call. Teaching hospitals often charge more because they take complex cases, and a higher-rated community hospital may deliver equivalent outcomes for a straightforward case at a lower price. Use the price column to narrow the field; use the quality data to make the final call.

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 heart attack in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 280 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
    Gross charge $6,767
    Cash pay $4,399
  2. 2

    Russell County Hospital

    Russell Springs, KY

    Gross charge $7,857
    Cash pay $6,285
  3. 3

    Monroe County Medical Center

    Tompkinsville, KY

    Gross charge $11,176
    Cash pay $9,276
  4. 4
    Gross charge $13,870
  5. 5

    Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital

    Greenville, KY

    Gross charge $26,748
    Cash pay $17,386
  6. 6

    Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)

    Owensboro, KY

    Gross charge $26,748
    Cash pay $17,386
  7. 7

    Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center

    Leitchfield, KY

    Gross charge $26,748
    Cash pay $17,386
  8. 8

    Taylor Regional Hospital

    Campbellsville, KY

    Gross charge $28,841
    Cash pay $14,420
  9. 9

    UK St. Claire

    Morehead, KY

    Gross charge $38,677
    Cash pay $29,008
  10. 10

    Spring View Hospital

    Lebanon, KY

    Gross charge $42,257
    Cash pay $16,903
  11. 11
    Gross charge $42,424
    Cash pay $27,575
  12. 12
    Gross charge $55,363
    Cash pay $33,218
  13. 13

    Three Rivers Medical Center

    Louisa, KY

    Gross charge $56,743
    Cash pay $34,046
  14. 14

    Jackson Purchase Medical Center

    Mayfield, KY

    Gross charge $57,357
    Cash pay $22,943
  15. 15

    Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)

    Somerset, KY

    Gross charge $58,701
    Cash pay $23,480
  16. 16

    Baptist Health Hardin

    Elizabethtown, KY

    Gross charge $62,558
    Cash pay $46,918
  17. 17

    Baptist Health Richmond

    Richmond, KY

    Gross charge $62,558
    Cash pay $46,918
  18. 18

    Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)

    Corbin, KY

    Gross charge $62,558
    Cash pay $46,918
  19. 19

    Baptist Health Lexington

    Lexington, KY

    Gross charge $62,558
    Cash pay $46,918
  20. 20

    Baptist Health Paducah

    Paducah, KY

    Gross charge $62,558
    Cash pay $46,918
  21. 21

    Baptist Health Louisville

    Louisville, KY

    Gross charge $62,558
    Cash pay $46,918
  22. 22

    Baptist Health La Grange

    La Grange, KY

    Gross charge $62,558
    Cash pay $46,918
  23. 23

    Meadowview Regional Medical Center

    Maysville, KY

    Gross charge $65,017
    Cash pay $26,007
  24. 24

    UK King's Daughters Medical Center

    Ashland, KY

    Gross charge
  25. 25

    Saint Joseph Hospital

    Lexington, KY

    Gross charge
  26. 26
    Gross charge
  27. 27
    Gross charge
  28. 28

    Jennie Stuart Medical Center

    Hopkinsville, KY

    Gross charge
  29. 29

    Deaconess Henderson Hospital

    Henderson, KY

    Gross charge
  30. 30
    Gross charge
  31. 31

    Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)

    Madisonville, KY

    Gross charge
  32. 32

    CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East

    Lexington, KY

    Gross charge
  33. 33
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