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Vaginal Delivery With After-Birth Care

North Carolina rates for HCPCS 59410

Covers the delivery of a baby through the birth canal, including an episiotomy or the use of forceps if needed, together with the care given to the mother in the weeks after the birth. Visits during the pregnancy are not part of it. It applies when the delivery and follow-up care are provided separately from the prenatal visits.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Vaginal Delivery With After-Birth Care cost?

$2,479

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,479 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,479 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,000 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,479$1,122 to $1,995
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,000$575 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,000 · 10th to 90th $389 to $5,012Professionalmedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $1,023 to $2,455
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,000professional $1,479

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$7,943.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,698.24
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,819.70
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,754.23
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,137.96
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$3,630.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,737.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,041.74
3 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$602.56
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$208.93
Typical High
$239.88
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$562.34
Typical High
$1,479.11

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 4.5 times more in Wisconsin 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.

Physician feeFacility fee

North Carolina· 37th of 51

$2,479

$1,479 physician + $1,000 facility

WI $7,760DE $1,723

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.