Influencer Couple Jessi and Alessio Pasini Reveal Cost of Baby's NICU Stay
Influencers Jessi and Alessio Pasini finally brought their baby boy home from the NICU - and have already received a hefty bill for their newborn's life-saving treatment.
"It is $900,357.55," Jessi said in a Friday, May 16, TikTok video, to which Alesso revealed the sum is "almost a million."
"Lorenzo is a million-dollar baby," Alessio quipped. "But it is more because we have $250K from [Jessi's visit] … and here is missing the doctors."
Jessi gave birth to the couple's first baby, son Lorenzo Leone, prematurely at 26 weeks in February. Jessi had been diagnosed with complete placenta previa, which required medical supervision before her delivery. After Lorenzo's arrival, he was transported to the NICU unit for months of treatment and observation.
According to Jessi, the neonatologists in the unit cost $4,000 a day.
"He was there for 85 days, [which totals to] $340,000," she said, noting that insurance has helped cover the financial cost of their baby's treatment.
Jessi and Alessio's son was discharged earlier this month, and the couple finally brought their newborn home.
"After 85 days in the NICU, you finally get to walk out with Dad," the couple wrote via Instagram on Monday, May 11, alongside footage of Alessio holding Lorenzo's car seat.
Lorenzo has been home for two weeks at the time of publication.
@thepasinis Lorenzo's NICU bill 🫣
"In the NICU, the nurses chart everything that they do and then they write it on a piece of paper and they plug it into the computer so they know when he ate, took his medicine, whatever," Jessi recalled in a YouTube vlog posted on Saturday, May 16. "Alessio and I started doing that here ‘cause I'm using the little app to track everything."
At home, she and Alessio can use their notes to figure out when their son last ate, slept or needed a diaper change.
"Day 1 rocked our world because we had expected Lorenzo to come home on his NICU schedule because, in the NICU, he had care times every three hours," Jessi admitted. "Every care time, he would have his diaper changed, he would get his temperature taken and eat and then he would be awake a little bit and then he would go to sleep, and then this continued every three hours."
She continued, "We were thinking he was going to come home on that similar schedule because they said a lot of babies stay on that schedule. Not him."
According to Jessi, her son likely recognized his "new environment" that needed more time to get used to.
"I think he was needing extra comfort," she said. "He wanted to be in our arms constantly because, I think, he was adjusting. You know, I would feel the same way."
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This story was originally published May 16, 2026 at 12:23 PM.