C-Section Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
A cesarean birth, without tubal ligation, for a mother with serious health complications. The stay covers the surgery, close monitoring of mother and baby, and recovery.
State average
$28,821
gross charge · DRG 786
Hospitals
17
with published pricing
Price range
$17,537 – $47,501
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
UK St. Claire
Morehead, KY
Gross charge $17,537Cash pay $13,153 - 2
Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Acute Care)
Murray, KY
Gross charge $21,369Cash pay $13,890 - 3
Taylor Regional Hospital
Campbellsville, KY
Gross charge $23,454Cash pay $11,727 - 4
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $27,118Cash pay $20,339 - 5
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $27,118Cash pay $20,339 - 6
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $27,118Cash pay $20,339 - 7
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $27,118Cash pay $20,339 - 8
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $27,118Cash pay $20,339 - 9
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $27,118Cash pay $20,339 - 10
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $27,118Cash pay $20,339 - 11
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $27,186Cash pay $17,671 - 12
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $27,186Cash pay $17,671 - 13
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $27,186Cash pay $17,671 - 14
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $34,045Cash pay $13,618 - 15
Meadowview Regional Medical Center
Maysville, KY
Gross charge $36,491Cash pay $14,596 - 16
Jackson Purchase Medical Center
Mayfield, KY
Gross charge $38,176Cash pay $15,270 - 17
Spring View Hospital
Lebanon, KY
Gross charge $47,501Cash pay $19,000 - 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 —
17 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for c-section under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $17,537 to $47,501. The cheapest is UK St. Claire in Morehead; the most expensive is Spring View Hospital in Lebanon. The state average sits at $28,821.
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 786 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.