Premature Newborn Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
Hospital care for a baby born early who has serious medical problems, such as trouble breathing or feeding. The stay involves specialized newborn intensive care with warming, breathing support, and feeding help.
State average
$38,194
gross charge · DRG 791
Hospitals
15
with published pricing
Price range
$1,879 – $56,814
low to high
Data notes for Kentucky
- The lowest published charge ($1,879 at UK St. Claire) 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
UK St. Claire
Morehead, KY
Gross charge $1,879Cash pay $1,409 - 2
Taylor Regional Hospital
Campbellsville, KY
Gross charge $3,298Cash pay $1,649 - 3
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $16,472Cash pay $6,589 - 4
Spring View Hospital
Lebanon, KY
Gross charge $19,030Cash pay $7,612 - 5
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $30,009Cash pay $19,506 - 6
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $30,009Cash pay $19,506 - 7
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $30,009Cash pay $19,506 - 8
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $55,055Cash pay $41,291 - 9
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $55,055Cash pay $41,291 - 10
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $55,055Cash pay $41,291 - 11
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $55,055Cash pay $41,291 - 12
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $55,055Cash pay $41,291 - 13
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $55,055Cash pay $41,291 - 14
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $55,055Cash pay $41,291 - 15
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $56,814 - 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 premature newborn under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $1,879 to $56,814. The cheapest is UK St. Claire in Morehead; the most expensive is Norton Hospitals, Inc in Louisville. The state average sits at $38,194.
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 premature newborn at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
For premature newborn 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 premature newborn in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 791 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.