Premature Newborn (without major problems)
Care for a baby born early who is otherwise doing well. The stay focuses on keeping the baby warm, helping with feeding, and monitoring growth and breathing until the baby is ready to go home.
National avg charge
$17,377
gross · pre-insurance
Hospitals offering
1,871
across all 50 states
Hospitals with prices
478
have published MRF data
Compare Premature Newborn cost by state
33 states with parsed pricing data, ranked by hospital count. More states roll out as we parse additional hospital MRF files.
AL Alabama
12 hospitals avg $18,589
Compare hospitals → AK Alaska
5 hospitals avg $32,292
Compare hospitals → AZ Arizona
5 hospitals avg $7,915
Compare hospitals → AR Arkansas
6 hospitals avg $15,466
Compare hospitals → CA California
29 hospitals avg $23,907
Compare hospitals → CT Connecticut
13 hospitals avg $22,354
Compare hospitals → FL Florida
8 hospitals avg $19,394
Compare hospitals → GA Georgia
23 hospitals avg $10,500
Compare hospitals → ID Idaho
12 hospitals avg $8,311
Compare hospitals → IL Illinois
11 hospitals avg $29,538
Compare hospitals → IN Indiana
28 hospitals avg $17,698
Compare hospitals → IA Iowa
28 hospitals avg $7,071
Compare hospitals → KS Kansas
11 hospitals avg $15,861
Compare hospitals → KY Kentucky
16 hospitals avg $21,426
Compare hospitals → LA Louisiana
12 hospitals avg $32,834
Compare hospitals → MA Massachusetts
10 hospitals avg $21,872
Compare hospitals → MI Michigan
19 hospitals avg $11,932
Compare hospitals → MN Minnesota
8 hospitals avg $15,127
Compare hospitals → MS Mississippi
13 hospitals avg $20,863
Compare hospitals → MO Missouri
10 hospitals avg $11,375
Compare hospitals → NE Nebraska
7 hospitals avg $19,883
Compare hospitals → NJ New Jersey
6 hospitals avg $10,716
Compare hospitals → NY New York
19 hospitals avg $20,416
Compare hospitals → NC North Carolina
23 hospitals avg $14,850
Compare hospitals → OH Ohio
5 hospitals avg $9,320
Compare hospitals → OK Oklahoma
6 hospitals avg $9,118
Compare hospitals → OR Oregon
10 hospitals avg $11,139
Compare hospitals → PA Pennsylvania
16 hospitals avg $29,157
Compare hospitals → SD South Dakota
7 hospitals avg $10,384
Compare hospitals → TN Tennessee
12 hospitals avg $10,282
Compare hospitals → TX Texas
27 hospitals avg $9,869
Compare hospitals → VA Virginia
7 hospitals avg $6,797
Compare hospitals → WA Washington
8 hospitals avg $22,099
Compare hospitals → What is premature newborn?
Care for a baby born early who is otherwise doing well. The stay focuses on keeping the baby warm, helping with feeding, and monitoring growth and breathing until the baby is ready to go home.
Premature Newborn is billed under Medicare's MS-DRG 792 (without major problems), classified within the Maternity diagnostic category. Hospitals publish gross charges per DRG under the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule, but actual cost depends on insurance: insurers negotiate substantial discounts, Medicare and Medicaid pay fixed rates, and uninsured patients can often qualify for cash-pay discounts. Use the gross charge as a benchmark when comparing hospitals; a facility that lists a procedure at twice the price of another tends to charge higher rates across the board.
Data current as of 2026-10-10.
Lowest published prices for Premature Newborn nationally
Top 100 by published price · 549 hospitals have published prices for this procedure. Check "Compare" on 2–3 hospitals to see them side by side.
| Compare | Hospital | State | CMS stars | Gross charge | Cash price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boone County Hospital Boone, IA | IA | — | $1,021 | $817 | |
| Frances Mahon Deaconess Hospital Glasgow, MT | MT | — | $1,457 | $1,311 | |
| West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital Sulphur, LA | LA | $1,676 | $1,257 | ||
| Floyd County Medical Center Charles City, IA | IA | $1,745 | $698 | ||
| Starr County Memorial Hospital Rio Grande City, TX | TX | $1,909 | $1,909 | ||
| Bayou Bend Hospital Franklin, LA | LA | — | $2,034 | $1,424 | |
| Wayne General Hospital Waynesboro, MS | MS | $2,296 | $2,296 | ||
| Clinton Regional Hospital (Acute Care) Clinton, OK | OK | — | $2,335 | $1,868 | |
| Weatherford Regional Hospital Weatherford, OK | OK | — | $2,335 | $1,868 | |
| Wayne County Hospital Corydon, IA | IA | — | $2,508 | $2,508 | |
| Tomah Memorial Hospital Tomah, WI | WI | $2,607 | $1,499 | ||
| Gritman Medical Center Moscow, ID | ID | $2,635 | $2,240 | ||
| Bonner General Hospital Sandpoint, ID | ID | $2,681 | $2,145 | ||
| UVA Health Culpeper Medical Center Culpeper, VA | VA | $2,761 | $1,380 | ||
| Paris Regional Health Paris, TX | TX | $2,789 | $976 | ||
| Canton-Potsdam Hospital Potsdam, NY | NY | $2,886 | $1,876 | ||
| Chippewa County Hospital Montevideo, MN | MN | — | $2,922 | $1,900 | |
| South Sunflower County Hospital Indianola, MS | MS | $2,952 | $184,776 | ||
| Memorial Medical Center Port Lavaca, TX | TX | $2,971 | $2,080 | ||
| Novant Health Presbyterian Medical Center (Acute Care) Charlotte, NC | NC | $3,211 | $1,605 | ||
| Novant Health Thomasville Medical Center Thomasville, NC | NC | $3,211 | $1,605 | ||
| Novant Health Medical Park Hospital Winston-Salem, NC | NC | $3,211 | $1,605 | ||
| Novant Health Brunswick Medical Center Supply, NC | NC | $3,211 | $1,605 | ||
| Novant Health Matthews Medical Center Matthews, NC | NC | $3,211 | $1,605 | ||
| Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center Huntersville, NC | NC | $3,211 | $1,605 | ||
| Novant Health Mint Hill Medical Center Charlotte, NC | NC | $3,211 | $1,605 | ||
| Novant Health Ballantyne Medical Center Charlotte, NC | NC | — | $3,211 | $1,605 | |
| Cambridge Health Alliance Cambridge, MA | MA | $3,307 | $3,307 | ||
| Steele Memorial Medical Center Salmon, ID | ID | $3,338 | $2,504 | ||
| Pullman Regional Hospital Pullman, WA | WA | $3,346 | $2,844 | ||
| South Central Reg Medical Center Laurel, MS | MS | $3,359 | $1,411 | ||
| Gunnison Valley Health Hospital Gunnison, CO | CO | — | $3,364 | $2,859 | |
| Adventist Health Delano Delano, CA | CA | $3,381 | $676 | ||
| Memorial Health Care Systems Seward, NE | NE | $3,405 | $3,405 | ||
| Adams Memorial Hospital Decatur, IN | IN | — | $3,405 | $3,405 | |
| George Regional Health System Lucedale, MS | MS | $3,424 | $2,225 | ||
| Mount Graham Regional Medical Center Safford, AZ | AZ | — | $3,429 | — | |
| Ochsner St. Anne Hospital Raceland, LA | LA | — | $3,452 | $1,519 | |
| Truman Medical Center Hospital Hill Kansas City, MO | MO | $3,516 | $1,934 | ||
| University Health Lakewood Medical Center Kansas City, MO | MO | $3,516 | $1,934 | ||
| Taylor Regional Hospital Campbellsville, KY | KY | $3,634 | $1,817 | ||
| Wayne Memorial Hospital Jesup, GA | GA | $3,656 | $2,559 | ||
| Wayne Memorial Hospital (Acute Care) Honesdale, PA | PA | $3,656 | $2,559 | ||
| Fairchild Medical Center Yreka, CA | CA | $3,672 | $3,672 | ||
| Johnson Memorial Health Franklin, IN | IN | $3,688 | $2,950 | ||
| Wythe County Community Hospital Wytheville, VA | VA | $3,703 | $1,481 | ||
| UK St. Claire Morehead, KY | KY | $3,751 | $2,813 | ||
| Grant Regional Health Center Lancaster, WI | WI | — | $3,814 | $2,479 | |
| Orange City Area Health System (OCAHS) Orange City, IA | IA | $3,823 | $3,058 | ||
| Clinch Valley Medical Center Richlands, VA | VA | $3,838 | $1,535 | ||
| Adventist Health White Memorial Montebello Montebello, CA | CA | $3,933 | $393,712 | ||
| Mercy Hospital Southeast Cape Girardeau, MO | MO | $4,056 | $2,636 | ||
| William Newton Hospital Winfield, KS | KS | $4,105 | $4,105 | ||
| Adventist Health Castle Kailua, HI | HI | $4,123 | $1,319 | ||
| Fitzgibbon Hospital Marshall, MO | MO | $4,142 | $3,313 | ||
| Pulaski Memorial Hospital Winamac, IN | IN | — | $4,199 | $2,939 | |
| Island Hospital Anacortes, WA | WA | $4,275 | $4,275 | ||
| Mcpherson Hospital Mcpherson, KS | KS | $4,316 | $3,194 | ||
| Iberia Medical Center (Acute Care) New Iberia, LA | LA | $4,400 | $2,640 | ||
| Tahoe Forest Hospital Truckee, CA | CA | $4,412 | $4,412 | ||
| Wayne Hospital Greenville, OH | OH | — | $4,416 | $3,312 | |
| Cookeville Regional Medical Center Cookeville, TN | TN | $4,431 | $2,716 | ||
| Hiawatha Community Hospital Hiawatha, KS | KS | $4,446 | $4,446 | ||
| Amberwell Atchison Atchison, KS | KS | — | $4,446 | $4,446 | |
| Sampson Regional Medical Center Clinton, NC | NC | $4,465 | $3,125 | ||
| Prairie Lakes Hospital Watertown, SD | SD | $4,473 | — | ||
| Kittitas Valley Healthcare Ellensburg, WA | WA | — | $4,557 | $3,873 | |
| Maria Parham Medical Center Henderson, NC | NC | $4,635 | $1,854 | ||
| Lakewood Health System Staples, MN | MN | — | $4,720 | $2,927 | |
| Decatur County Memorial Hospital Greensburg, IN | IN | $4,728 | $3,546 | ||
| Conemaugh Nason Medical Center Roaring Spring, PA | PA | $4,798 | $1,919 | ||
| Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center - Main Campus Johnstown, PA | PA | $4,798 | $1,919 | ||
| Conemaugh Meyersdale Medical Center Meyersdale, PA | PA | — | $4,798 | $1,919 | |
| Conemaugh Miners Medical Center Hastings, PA | PA | — | $4,798 | $1,919 | |
| Novant Health Rowan Medical Center Salisbury, NC | NC | $5,020 | $2,510 | ||
| Methodist Healthcare - Olive Branch Hospital Olive Branch, MS | MS | $5,036 | $1,108 | ||
| St. Mary's Health Care System Athens, GA | GA | $5,050 | $3,282 | ||
| St. Mary's Good Samaritan Hospital Greensboro, GA | GA | $5,050 | $3,282 | ||
| Southeast Georgia Health System-Brunswick Campus Brunswick, GA | GA | $5,053 | — | ||
| Southeast Georgia Health System-Camden Campus Saint Marys, GA | GA | $5,053 | — | ||
| Meadowview Regional Medical Center Maysville, KY | KY | $5,059 | $2,024 | ||
| Coffee Regional Medical Center, Inc Douglas, GA | GA | $5,081 | $3,455 | ||
| Jefferson Healthcare Port Townsend, WA | WA | $5,181 | $4,145 | ||
| Springhill Medical Center (Acute Care) Mobile, AL | AL | $5,191 | $5,191 | ||
| Cass County Memorial Hospital Atlantic, IA | IA | $5,223 | $3,656 | ||
| Grand Island Regional Medical Center Grand Island, NE | NE | $5,259 | — | ||
| Central Montana Medical Center Lewistown, MT | MT | — | $5,263 | $4,474 | |
| Delta Health System - the Medical Center Greenville, MS | MS | $5,329 | — | ||
| Northeastern Nevada Regional Hospital Elko, NV | NV | $5,330 | $3,731 | ||
| Perham Health Perham, MN | MN | $5,386 | $3,501 | ||
| St Anthony Regional Hospital Carroll, IA | IA | $5,394 | $5,394 | ||
| Kaweah Health Medical Center Visalia, CA | CA | $5,418 | $9,600 | ||
| MHP Major Hospital Shelbyville, IN | IN | $5,422 | $1,735 | ||
| Woodlawn Hospital Rochester, IN | IN | $5,452 | $4,089 | ||
| Saint Alphonsus Medical Center - Ontario Ontario, OR | OR | $5,463 | $3,551 | ||
| LifeCare Medical Center Roseau, MN | MN | — | $5,474 | $4,817 | |
| Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Acute Care) Murray, KY | KY | $5,497 | $3,573 | ||
| Tidelands Waccamaw Community Hospital Murrells Inlet, SC | SC | $5,497 | $3,573 | ||
| Mimbres Valley Medical Center Deming, NM | NM | — | $5,519 | $2,760 | |
| Southern Tennessee Regional Health System Pulaski Pulaski, TN | TN | $5,529 | $1,620 |