Extreme Prematurity or Newborn Breathing Problems Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
Care for newborns born extremely early or with underdeveloped lungs (respiratory distress syndrome). These babies are cared for in a neonatal intensive care unit with breathing support, warmth, and feeding assistance.
Data notes for Kentucky
- The lowest published charge ($1,612 at Monroe County Medical 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
Monroe County Medical Center
Tompkinsville, KY
Gross charge $1,612Cash pay $1,338 - 2
UK St. Claire
Morehead, KY
Gross charge $2,085Cash pay $1,564 - 3
Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Acute Care)
Murray, KY
Gross charge $9,015Cash pay $5,860 - 4
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $35,836Cash pay $14,335 - 5
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $56,814 - 6
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $68,735Cash pay $44,678 - 7
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $68,735Cash pay $44,678 - 8
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $68,735Cash pay $44,678 - 9
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $99,899Cash pay $74,924 - 10
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $99,899Cash pay $74,924 - 11
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $99,899Cash pay $74,924 - 12
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $99,899Cash pay $74,924 - 13
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $99,899Cash pay $74,924 - 14
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $99,899Cash pay $74,924 - 15
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $99,899Cash pay $74,924 - 16
Whitesburg ARH Hospital
Whitesburg, KY
Gross charge — - 17
Highlands ARH Regional Medical Center
Prestonsburg, KY
Gross charge — - 18
UK King's Daughters Medical Center
Ashland, KY
Gross charge — - 19
Saint Joseph Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 20Gross charge —
- 21
UofL Health – Shelbyville Hospital
Shelbyville, KY
Gross charge — - 22
Middlesboro ARH Hospital
Middlesboro, KY
Gross charge — - 23
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital
Bardstown, KY
Gross charge — - 24Gross charge —
- 25
UofL Health – Jewish Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 26
Harlan ARH Hospital
Harlan, KY
Gross charge — - 27
Jennie Stuart Medical Center
Hopkinsville, KY
Gross charge — - 28
Deaconess Henderson Hospital
Henderson, KY
Gross charge — - 29
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling
Mount Sterling, KY
Gross charge — - 30
Tug Valley ARH Regional Medical Center
South Williamson, KY
Gross charge — - 31
Paintsville ARH Hospital
Paintsville, KY
Gross charge — - 32
Harrison Memorial Hospital
Cynthiana, KY
Gross charge — - 33
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)
Madisonville, KY
Gross charge — - 34
University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 35
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 36
ARH Our Lady of the Way Hospital
Martin, KY
Gross charge — - 37
Morgan County ARH Hospital
West Liberty, KY
Gross charge — - 38
Mary Breckinridge ARH Hospital
Hyden, KY
Gross charge — - 39
Knox County Hospital
Barbourville, KY
Gross charge — - 40Gross charge —
- 41
McDowell ARH Hospital
Mc Dowell, KY
Gross charge — - 42
University of Kentucky Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge —
15 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for extreme prematurity or newborn breathing problems under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $1,612 to $99,899. The cheapest is Monroe County Medical Center in Tompkinsville; the most expensive is Baptist Health La Grange in La Grange. The state average sits at $67,391.
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 extreme prematurity or newborn breathing problems 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 extreme prematurity or newborn breathing problems 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 extreme prematurity or newborn breathing problems in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 790 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.