Transcript for Parents accuse Mexican hospital of holding their newborn hostage

Next tonight, the American parents accusing a hospital in Mexico of holding their newborn son hostage in a battle over medical bills. The baby due in October, born early while they were on vacation. The family claims when they tried to take the baby home the hospital refused, hitting them with a bill for thousands of dollars. Here's ABC's Marci Gonzalez. Reporter: Tonight, baby Beckham Ralph is home in Indiana after a fight. Not just for the preemie's life, but his family says, to get him released from the Mexican hospital where he was born. It was health hostage -- hospital hostage. Reporter: Beckham's parents on vacation in cancun Tuesday when mom Michaela went into labor nearly 12 weeks before her due date. The family claims the hospital there refused to take her until they paid $3,000 upfront. And the family says the expenses kept piling up -- We want $4,000. We want $7,000. We want $8,000. Reporter: Charges for an emergency c-section and NICU care for little three-pound bekham, but also the family says, unexplainable fees including one for $4,000, just for the parents to see their son. We realized the gouging that was being done. Reporter: The family says the hospital refused to take their health insurance and threatened to stop treating Beckham, unless the bills totalling about $30,000 were paid out of pocket in full. They were threatening to put him literally on the streets, a baby that's in an incubator. It was complete strong-arm tactics. Reporter: The hospital denies the family's claims. Saying they never threat enened not to care for the baby. Quote, we didn't care about the money, we provided them with everything. The family says with a lot of help, they scraped together the $30,000, plus $18,000 for a medevac flight to hospital in Indiana. Tom. A scary time for those new parents. Marci, thank you.

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