DRG 291 · Cardiovascular

Heart Failure Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals

Hospitalization for heart failure with major comorbidities or complications, often involving fluid overload, low ejection fraction, or arrhythmia.

State average
$33,425
gross charge · DRG 291
Hospitals
23
with published pricing
Price range
$11,579 – $53,992
low to high
Lowest $11,579 Highest $53,992

23 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for heart failure under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $11,579 to $53,992. The cheapest is TJ Health Columbia Hospital in Columbia; the most expensive is Three Rivers Medical Center in Louisa. The state average sits at $33,425.

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 heart failure 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 heart failure 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 heart failure in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 291 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 $11,579
    Cash pay $7,526
  2. 2

    Russell County Hospital

    Russell Springs, KY

    Gross charge $14,846
    Cash pay $11,877
  3. 3

    Monroe County Medical Center

    Tompkinsville, KY

    Gross charge $15,034
    Cash pay $12,479
  4. 4
    Gross charge $16,123
  5. 5

    Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital

    Greenville, KY

    Gross charge $21,752
    Cash pay $14,139
  6. 6

    Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)

    Owensboro, KY

    Gross charge $21,752
    Cash pay $14,139
  7. 7

    Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center

    Leitchfield, KY

    Gross charge $21,752
    Cash pay $14,139
  8. 8

    Taylor Regional Hospital

    Campbellsville, KY

    Gross charge $22,535
    Cash pay $11,268
  9. 9

    UK St. Claire

    Morehead, KY

    Gross charge $25,512
    Cash pay $19,134
  10. 10
    Gross charge $30,387
    Cash pay $19,752
  11. 11

    Jackson Purchase Medical Center

    Mayfield, KY

    Gross charge $33,670
    Cash pay $13,468
  12. 12

    Spring View Hospital

    Lebanon, KY

    Gross charge $34,643
    Cash pay $13,857
  13. 13
    Gross charge $41,874
    Cash pay $25,125
  14. 14

    Baptist Health Hardin

    Elizabethtown, KY

    Gross charge $43,697
    Cash pay $32,773
  15. 15

    Baptist Health Richmond

    Richmond, KY

    Gross charge $43,697
    Cash pay $32,773
  16. 16

    Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)

    Corbin, KY

    Gross charge $43,697
    Cash pay $32,773
  17. 17

    Baptist Health Lexington

    Lexington, KY

    Gross charge $43,697
    Cash pay $32,773
  18. 18

    Baptist Health Paducah

    Paducah, KY

    Gross charge $43,697
    Cash pay $32,773
  19. 19

    Baptist Health Louisville

    Louisville, KY

    Gross charge $43,697
    Cash pay $32,773
  20. 20

    Baptist Health La Grange

    La Grange, KY

    Gross charge $43,697
    Cash pay $32,773
  21. 21

    Meadowview Regional Medical Center

    Maysville, KY

    Gross charge $45,910
    Cash pay $18,364
  22. 22

    Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)

    Somerset, KY

    Gross charge $51,544
    Cash pay $20,618
  23. 23

    Three Rivers Medical Center

    Louisa, KY

    Gross charge $53,992
    Cash pay $32,395
  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
    Gross charge

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