Frankfort Regional Medical Center: labor and delivery in Frankfort, KY
Frankfort Regional Medical Center is a hospital in Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky that delivers babies. It handled 584 deliveries in 2025. Of first-time mothers with a full-term, single, head-down baby, 21% delivered by C-section (140 such births). That is below the Kentucky rate of 27% and below the U.S. median of 26%.
- 21%First-birth C-section rate
- 584Deliveries in 2025
- 59Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries
- 3 of 5Patient survey stars
- 3 of 5Overall hospital stars
Birth services at Frankfort Regional Medical Center
- Newborn care: Level II special care nursery
- Private labor and delivery rooms
- Midwifery care
- Doula support
- Lactation consultants
- High-risk pregnancy and maternal-fetal medicine care
Tour, class and care-team details are on the hospital's maternity page.
Address and phone
299 Kings Daughters Drive
Frankfort, KY 40601
Franklin County
Call (502) 875-5240 Directions
- Emergency department: Yes
- Hospital type: Acute Care hospital
- Ownership: For-profit
How Frankfort Regional Medical Center compares
| Measure, 2025 | This hospital | Kentucky | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| First-birth C-section rate | 21% | 27% | 26% (median) |
| Severe complications per 10,000 deliveries | 59 | 234 | 285 |
| Severe complications, not counting transfusion-only cases, per 10,000 | 42 | – | 68 |
Severe-complication ranking among U.S. hospitals: Top 25% (fewest complications).
In Kentucky, Frankfort Regional Medical Center has the 9th-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
- 59% of patients would definitely recommend this hospital
- 63% of patients rated this hospital 9 or 10 out of 10
Survey results cover all patients at the hospital, not only maternity patients.
Other hospitals that deliver babies near Frankfort
| Hospital | City | Miles | First-birth C-section rate | Deliveries, 2025 | Birthing-Friendly |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgetown Community Hospital | Georgetown | 17 | 0% | 378 | Yes |
| University of Kentucky Hospital | Lexington | 24 | 33% | 2,709 | Yes |
| Baptist Health Lexington | Lexington | 24 | 26% | 3,423 | Yes |
| Saint Joseph East | Lexington | 28 | 24% | 1,423 | Yes |
| Baptist Health la Grange | La Grange | 30 | 28% | 346 | Yes |
| Clark Regional Medical Center | Winchester | 39 | 0% | 405 | Yes |
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