US Health Care Costs

Newborn care (healthy baby) in Kentucky

MS-DRG 795: Normal newborn

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaidCash priceInsurers (median)
Baptist Health LouisvilleLouisville–––$5,617$2,932$1,499–$6,544 · 28 plans

Medicare: CMS, 2024 (hospitals with 11 or more Medicare stays). Cash and insurer prices: hospitals' own price files, where read; insurer figures are commercial plans only, median and 10th–90th percentile across plans.