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Anesthesia Care for a Vaginal Delivery

Washington 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?

$79.43

Typical physician fee. In Washington, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $79.43 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $44.67 to $389.

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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $427 · 10th to 90th $50 to $525Professionalmedian $68 · 10th to 90th $38 to $457
$50$100$200$500$1Kfacility $427professional $68

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
$50.12
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$50.12
Typical High
$457.09
Asuris Northwest Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$489.78
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$602.56
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$58.88
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$186.21
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$288.40
Median
$309.03
Typical High
$436.52
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$269.15
Median
$269.15
Typical High
$407.38
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$489.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$457.09
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$112.20
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$112.20

Where Washington 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· 18th of 51

$79.43

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.