Pneumonia Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
Hospitalization for simple pneumonia and pleurisy without major complications.
State average
$17,734
gross charge · DRG 195
Hospitals
23
with published pricing
Price range
$1,342 – $33,487
low to high
Data notes for Kentucky
- The lowest published charge ($1,342 at Pineville Community Health Center) is unusually low for an inpatient stay. This may reflect a data-quality issue in the hospital's MRF rather than an actual price — verify directly with the hospital before relying on it.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Pineville Community Health Center
Pineville, KY
Gross charge $1,342 - 2
Meadowview Regional Medical Center
Maysville, KY
Gross charge $2,564Cash pay $1,026 - 3
TJ Health Columbia Hospital
Columbia, KY
Gross charge $6,489Cash pay $4,218 - 4
Russell County Hospital
Russell Springs, KY
Gross charge $10,668Cash pay $8,534 - 5
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $11,879Cash pay $7,721 - 6
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $11,879Cash pay $7,721 - 7
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $11,879Cash pay $7,721 - 8
Monroe County Medical Center
Tompkinsville, KY
Gross charge $12,175Cash pay $10,105 - 9
Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Acute Care)
Murray, KY
Gross charge $13,825Cash pay $8,986 - 10
Taylor Regional Hospital
Campbellsville, KY
Gross charge $15,405Cash pay $7,703 - 11
Spring View Hospital
Lebanon, KY
Gross charge $18,774Cash pay $7,510 - 12
Jackson Purchase Medical Center
Mayfield, KY
Gross charge $20,232Cash pay $8,093 - 13
UK St. Claire
Morehead, KY
Gross charge $21,722Cash pay $16,292 - 14
Kentucky River Medical Center
Jackson, KY
Gross charge $23,401Cash pay $14,041 - 15
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $23,447Cash pay $17,585 - 16
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $23,447Cash pay $17,585 - 17
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $23,447Cash pay $17,585 - 18
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $23,447Cash pay $17,585 - 19
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $23,447Cash pay $17,585 - 20
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $23,447Cash pay $17,585 - 21
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $23,447Cash pay $17,585 - 22
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $28,025Cash pay $11,210 - 23
Three Rivers Medical Center
Louisa, KY
Gross charge $33,487Cash pay $20,092 - 24
UK King's Daughters Medical Center
Ashland, KY
Gross charge — - 25
Saint Joseph Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 26Gross charge —
- 27
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital
Bardstown, KY
Gross charge — - 28
Jennie Stuart Medical Center
Hopkinsville, KY
Gross charge — - 29
Deaconess Henderson Hospital
Henderson, KY
Gross charge — - 30
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling
Mount Sterling, KY
Gross charge — - 31
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)
Madisonville, KY
Gross charge — - 32
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 33Gross charge —
23 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for pneumonia under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $1,342 to $33,487. The cheapest is Pineville Community Health Center in Pineville; the most expensive is Three Rivers Medical Center in Louisa. The state average sits at $17,734.
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 pneumonia 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 pneumonia 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 pneumonia in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 195 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.