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Vaginal Delivery of a Baby

Tennessee rates for HCPCS 59409

Covers the clinician's work in delivering a baby through the birth canal, including managing labour, the birth itself, and the immediate care that goes with it. A cut to widen the vaginal opening or the use of forceps is included when either is needed. Prenatal visits and care after the birth are provided and charged separately.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Vaginal Delivery of a Baby cost?

$2,570

Typical facility fee. In Tennessee, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,570 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $1,380 to $4,074.

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 $2,570 · 10th to 90th $794 to $5,888
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,570

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
$602.56
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$4,073.80
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
Lucent Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$54.95
Median
$9,772.37
Typical High
$9,772.37
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,309.57

Where Tennessee sits

The same service costs 12.9 times more in California than in West Virginia. 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.

Tennessee· 29th of 50

$2,570

CA $9,333WV $724

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.