Baptist Health Louisville: labor and delivery in Louisville, KY
Baptist Health Louisville is a hospital in Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky that delivers babies. It handled 3,595 deliveries in 2025. Of first-time mothers with a full-term, single, head-down baby, 27% delivered by C-section (1,301 such births). That is the same as the Kentucky rate of 27% and above the U.S. median of 26%.
- 27%First-birth C-section rate
- 3,595Deliveries in 2025
- YesBirthing-Friendly designation
- 120Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries
- 3 of 5Patient survey stars
- 4 of 5Overall hospital stars
Birth services at Baptist Health Louisville
- Newborn care: Level II special care nursery
- Private labor and delivery rooms
- Midwifery care
- Epidural and pain relief options
- Lactation consultants
- Skin-to-skin time after birth
- Childbirth and parenting classes
- Birth center tours
- High-risk pregnancy and maternal-fetal medicine care
Tour, class and care-team details are on the hospital's maternity page.
Address and phone
4000 Kresge Way
Louisville, KY 40207
Jefferson County
Call (502) 897-8100 Directions
- Emergency department: Yes
- Hospital type: Acute Care hospital
- Ownership: Nonprofit, Private
How Baptist Health Louisville compares
| Measure, 2025 | This hospital | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| First-birth C-section rate | 27% | 27% | 26% (median) |
| Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries | 120 | 234 | 285 |
| Severe complications, not counting transfusion-only cases, per 10,000 | 112 | – | 68 |
Severe-complication ranking among U.S. hospitals: Top 25% (fewest complications). Not counting transfusion-only cases: Bottom 25% (most complications).
In Kentucky, Baptist Health Louisville has the 25th-lowest first-birth C-section rate of 42 hospitals that report one.
The first-birth C-section rate counts first-time mothers with a full-term, single, head-down baby. Complication rates are adjusted for patient risk. Our data explains each number.
What patients say
- Patient survey summary: 3 of 5 stars
- 77% of patients would definitely recommend this hospital
- 73% of patients rated this hospital 9 or 10 out of 10
Survey results cover all patients at the hospital, not only maternity patients.
Birthing-Friendly designation
Baptist Health Louisville holds the federal Birthing-Friendly designation. Hospitals earn it by taking part in a perinatal quality collaborative and following maternal safety practices.
Other hospitals that deliver babies near Louisville
| Hospital | City | Miles | First-birth C-section rate | Deliveries, 2025 | Birthing-Friendly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Louisville Hospital | Louisville | 5.8 | 29% | 1,986 | Yes |
| Norton Hospitals, Inc. | Louisville | 6.2 | 29% | 7,661 | Yes |
| Norton Clark Hospital | Jeffersonville | 6.7 | 30% | 1,007 | Yes |
| Baptist Health Floyd | New Albany | 11 | 17% | 1,215 | Yes |
| Baptist Health la Grange | La Grange | 18 | 28% | 346 | Yes |
| CHI Saint Joseph Flaget Memorial Hospital | Bardstown | 27 | 28% | 199 | Yes |
More labor and delivery in Louisville
Hospitals in Louisville that do not offer labor and delivery: UOFL HEALTH - JEWISH HOSPITAL and Mary & Elizabeth Hospital.
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