Premature Newborn Cost in Kentucky — Compare All Hospitals
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.
State average
$21,426
gross charge · DRG 792
Hospitals
16
with published pricing
Price range
$3,634 – $38,378
low to high
Data notes for Kentucky
- The lowest published charge ($3,634 at Taylor Regional Hospital) 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
Taylor Regional Hospital
Campbellsville, KY
Gross charge $3,634Cash pay $1,817 - 2
UK St. Claire
Morehead, KY
Gross charge $3,751Cash pay $2,813 - 3
Meadowview Regional Medical Center
Maysville, KY
Gross charge $5,059Cash pay $2,024 - 4
Murray-Calloway County Hospital (Acute Care)
Murray, KY
Gross charge $5,497Cash pay $3,573 - 5
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Somerset, KY
Gross charge $9,592Cash pay $3,837 - 6
Spring View Hospital
Lebanon, KY
Gross charge $10,874Cash pay $4,350 - 7
Owensboro Health Muhlenberg Community Hospital
Greenville, KY
Gross charge $11,919Cash pay $7,747 - 8
Owensboro Health Regional Hospital (Acute Care)
Owensboro, KY
Gross charge $11,919Cash pay $7,747 - 9
Owensboro Health Twin Lakes Medical Center
Leitchfield, KY
Gross charge $11,919Cash pay $7,747 - 10
Baptist Health Hardin
Elizabethtown, KY
Gross charge $38,378Cash pay $28,784 - 11
Baptist Health Richmond
Richmond, KY
Gross charge $38,378Cash pay $28,784 - 12
Baptist Health Corbin (Acute Care)
Corbin, KY
Gross charge $38,378Cash pay $28,784 - 13
Baptist Health Lexington
Lexington, KY
Gross charge $38,378Cash pay $28,784 - 14
Baptist Health Paducah
Paducah, KY
Gross charge $38,378Cash pay $28,784 - 15
Baptist Health Louisville
Louisville, KY
Gross charge $38,378Cash pay $28,784 - 16
Baptist Health La Grange
La Grange, KY
Gross charge $38,378Cash pay $28,784 - 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
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Flaget Memorial Hospital
Bardstown, KY
Gross charge — - 23
UofL Health – Jewish Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 24
Jennie Stuart Medical Center
Hopkinsville, KY
Gross charge — - 25
Deaconess Henderson Hospital
Henderson, KY
Gross charge — - 26
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph Mount Sterling
Mount Sterling, KY
Gross charge — - 27
Harrison Memorial Hospital
Cynthiana, KY
Gross charge — - 28
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville (Acute Care)
Madisonville, KY
Gross charge — - 29
University of Louisville Hospital
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 30
CHI Saint Joseph Health - Saint Joseph East
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 31Gross charge —
- 32
McDowell ARH Hospital
Mc Dowell, KY
Gross charge — - 33
University of Kentucky Hospital
Lexington, KY
Gross charge — - 34
Norton Hospitals, Inc
Louisville, KY
Gross charge — - 35
Mercy Health - Lourdes Hospital
Paducah, KY
Gross charge — - 36
Whitesburg ARH Hospital
Whitesburg, KY
Gross charge — - 37
Middlesboro ARH Hospital
Middlesboro, KY
Gross charge — - 38Gross charge —
16 Kentucky hospitals list a gross charge for premature newborn under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $3,634 to $38,378. The cheapest is Taylor Regional Hospital in Campbellsville; the most expensive is Baptist Health La Grange in La Grange. The state average sits at $21,426.
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 792 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.