CHI Saint Joseph Flaget Memorial Hospital: labor and delivery in Bardstown, KY
CHI Saint Joseph Flaget Memorial Hospital is a hospital in Bardstown, Nelson County, Kentucky that delivers babies. It handled 199 deliveries in 2025. Of first-time mothers with a full-term, single, head-down baby, 28% delivered by C-section (54 such births). That is above the Kentucky rate of 27% and above the U.S. median of 26%.
- 28%First-birth C-section rate
- 199Deliveries in 2025
- YesBirthing-Friendly designation
- 624Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries
- 3 of 5Patient survey stars
- 3 of 5Overall hospital stars
Birth services at CHI Saint Joseph Flaget Memorial Hospital
- Private labor and delivery rooms
- Midwifery care
- Lactation consultants
- Rooming-in with your baby
- Childbirth and parenting classes
- Birth center tours
- Baby-Friendly hospital designation
- High-risk pregnancy and maternal-fetal medicine care
Tour, class and care-team details are on the hospital's maternity page.
Address and phone
4305 New Shepherdsville Road
Bardstown, KY 40004
Nelson County
Call (502) 350-5000 Directions
- Emergency department: Yes
- Hospital type: Acute Care hospital
- Ownership: Nonprofit, Private
How CHI Saint Joseph Flaget Memorial Hospital compares
| Measure, 2025 | This hospital | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| First-birth C-section rate | 28% | 27% | 26% (median) |
| Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries | 624 | 234 | 285 |
| Severe complications, not counting transfusion-only cases, per 10,000 | 54 | – | 68 |
Severe-complication ranking among U.S. hospitals: Bottom 25% (most complications). Not counting transfusion-only cases: Middle 50%.
In Kentucky, CHI Saint Joseph Flaget Memorial Hospital has the 26th-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
- 62% of patients would definitely recommend this hospital
- 68% 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
CHI Saint Joseph Flaget Memorial Hospital 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 Bardstown
| Hospital | City | Miles | First-birth C-section rate | Deliveries, 2025 | Birthing-Friendly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baptist Health Hardin | Elizabethtown | 22 | 37% | 1,088 | Yes |
| Spring View Hospital | Lebanon | 25 | 28% | 205 | Yes |
| Baptist Health Louisville | Louisville | 27 | 27% | 3,595 | Yes |
| University of Louisville Hospital | Louisville | 29 | 29% | 1,986 | Yes |
| Norton Hospitals, Inc. | Louisville | 29 | 29% | 7,661 | Yes |
| Norton Clark Hospital | Jeffersonville | 32 | 30% | 1,007 | Yes |
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