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Anesthesia Care for a Vaginal Delivery

Washington, DC rates for HCPCS 01960

Covers the anesthesia care given for a vaginal birth. An anesthesia professional provides the pain relief and watches your breathing, heart rate and blood pressure through the delivery. Pain relief run continuously through labor is a separate service, and the obstetrician's or midwife's care is charged separately too.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Anesthesia Care for a Vaginal Delivery cost?

$34.67

Typical physician fee. In Washington, DC, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $34.67 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $30.20 to $63.10.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $30 · 10th to 90th $30 to $661Professionalmedian $35 · 10th to 90th $30 to $447
$10$20$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $30professional $35

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$30.20
Typical High
$660.69
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$30.20
Median
$34.67
Typical High
$446.68
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3.16
Median
$3.72
Typical High
$5.50
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$263.03
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$562.34
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$457.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$45.71
Median
$70.79
Typical High
$676.08

Where Washington, DC sits

The same service costs 17.4 times more in New York than in Delaware. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Washington, DC· 50th of 51

$34.67

NY $525DE $30.20

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.