C-Section Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
Delivery of a baby through a surgical incision in the abdomen. The stay includes the operation and a few days of recovery care for mother and baby.
State average
$24,129
gross charge · DRG 788
Hospitals
17
with published pricing
Price range
$19,319 – $38,552
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Taylor Regional Hospital
Campbellsville, KY
Gross charge $19,319Cash pay $9,659 - 2
UK St. Claire
Morehead, KY
Gross charge $20,007Cash pay $15,006 - 3
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $20,139Cash pay $15,104 - 4
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $20,139Cash pay $15,104 - 5
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $20,139Cash pay $15,104 - 6
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $20,139Cash pay $15,104 - 7
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $20,139Cash pay $15,104 - 8
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $20,139Cash pay $15,104 - 9
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $20,139Cash pay $15,104 - 10
Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Acute Care)
Murray, KY
Gross charge $20,709Cash pay $13,461 - 11
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $22,735Cash pay $14,778 - 12
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $22,735Cash pay $14,778 - 13
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $22,735Cash pay $14,778 - 14
Spring View Hospital
Lebanon, KY
Gross charge $32,655Cash pay $13,062 - 15
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $34,453Cash pay $13,781 - 16
Jackson Purchase Medical Center
Mayfield, KY
Gross charge $35,322Cash pay $14,129 - 17
Meadowview Regional Medical Center
Maysville, KY
Gross charge $38,552Cash pay $15,421 - 18
Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center
Prestonsburg, KY
Gross charge — - 19
UK King's Daughters Medical Center
Ashland, KY
Gross charge — - 20
Saint Joseph Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 21Gross charge —
- 22
UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital
Shelbyville, KY
Gross charge — - 23
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital
Bardstown, KY
Gross charge — - 24
UofL Health – Jewish Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 25
Jennie Stuart Medical Center
Hopkinsville, KY
Gross charge — - 26
Deaconess Henderson Hospital
Henderson, KY
Gross charge — - 27
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling
Mount Sterling, KY
Gross charge — - 28
Harrison Memorial Hospital
Cynthiana, KY
Gross charge — - 29
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)
Madisonville, KY
Gross charge — - 30
University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 31
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 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
Whitesburg ARH Hospital
Whitesburg, KY
Gross charge — - 38
Middlesboro ARH Hospital
Middlesboro, KY
Gross charge — - 39Gross charge —
- 40
Harlan ARH Hospital
Harlan, KY
Gross charge — - 41
Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center
South Williamson, KY
Gross charge —
17 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for c-section under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $19,319 to $38,552. The cheapest is Taylor Regional Hospital in Campbellsville; the most expensive is Meadowview Regional Medical Center in Maysville. The state average sits at $24,129.
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 c-section at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
For c-section in Kentucky, the price below is each hospital's gross charge for the facility portion of delivery — your actual out-of-pocket depends on insurance, length of stay, complications, and whether the obstetrician bills separately. Click any hospital name for its full maternity profile, including CMS star rating, patient-experience scores, and (where designated) the CMS Birthing-Friendly Hospital marker — a useful signal of maternity-care quality.
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 c-section in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 788 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.