C-Section Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
Delivery of a baby through a surgical incision in the abdomen when other health conditions complicate the pregnancy or recovery. The stay includes the operation and several days of care for mother and baby.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Taylor Regional Hospital
Campbellsville, KY
Gross charge $18,440Cash pay $9,220 - 2
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $20,571Cash pay $15,429 - 3
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $20,571Cash pay $15,429 - 4
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $20,571Cash pay $15,429 - 5
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $20,571Cash pay $15,429 - 6
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $20,571Cash pay $15,429 - 7
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $20,571Cash pay $15,429 - 8
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $20,571Cash pay $15,429 - 9
UK St. Claire
Morehead, KY
Gross charge $20,745Cash pay $15,559 - 10
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $24,237Cash pay $15,754 - 11
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $24,237Cash pay $15,754 - 12
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $24,237Cash pay $15,754 - 13
Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Acute Care)
Murray, KY
Gross charge $24,587Cash pay $15,981 - 14
Jackson Purchase Medical Center
Mayfield, KY
Gross charge $35,252Cash pay $14,101 - 15
Spring View Hospital
Lebanon, KY
Gross charge $36,756Cash pay $14,702 - 16
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $37,978Cash pay $15,191 - 17
Meadowview Regional Medical Center
Maysville, KY
Gross charge $41,686Cash pay $16,674 - 18
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $77,090 - 19
Whitesburg ARH Hospital
Whitesburg, KY
Gross charge — - 20
Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center
Prestonsburg, KY
Gross charge — - 21
UK King's Daughters Medical Center
Ashland, KY
Gross charge — - 22
Saint Joseph Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 23Gross charge —
- 24
UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital
Shelbyville, KY
Gross charge — - 25
Middlesboro ARH Hospital
Middlesboro, KY
Gross charge — - 26
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital
Bardstown, KY
Gross charge — - 27Gross charge —
- 28
UofL Health – Jewish Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 29
Harlan ARH Hospital
Harlan, KY
Gross charge — - 30
Jennie Stuart Medical Center
Hopkinsville, KY
Gross charge — - 31
Deaconess Henderson Hospital
Henderson, KY
Gross charge — - 32
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling
Mount Sterling, KY
Gross charge — - 33
Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center
South Williamson, KY
Gross charge — - 34
Paintsville ARH Hospital
Paintsville, KY
Gross charge — - 35
Harrison Memorial Hospital
Cynthiana, KY
Gross charge — - 36
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)
Madisonville, KY
Gross charge — - 37
University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 38
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 39
ARH Our Lady of the Way Hospital
Martin, KY
Gross charge — - 40
Morgan County ARH Hospital
West Liberty, KY
Gross charge — - 41
Mary Breckinridge ARH Hospital
Hyden, KY
Gross charge — - 42
Knox County Hospital
Barbourville, KY
Gross charge — - 43Gross charge —
- 44
McDowell ARH Hospital
Mc Dowell, KY
Gross charge — - 45
University of Kentucky Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge —
18 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for c-section under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $18,440 to $77,090. The cheapest is Taylor Regional Hospital in Campbellsville; the most expensive is Norton Hospitals, Inc in Louisville. The state average sits at $28,291.
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 787 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.