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Vaginal Delivery After A Prior Cesarean, Full Maternity Care

Iowa rates for HCPCS 59610

This covers the complete package of pregnancy care for a vaginal delivery in a patient who has previously had a cesarean delivery, including care throughout the pregnancy, the delivery itself, and the recovery period afterward. It reflects the additional monitoring and planning involved in attempting a vaginal birth after a prior cesarean. It includes an episiotomy or the use of forceps if either becomes necessary.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Vaginal Delivery After A Prior Cesarean, Full Maternity Care cost?

$6,842

Typical total for the visit. In Iowa, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,842 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,890 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,951 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,890$2,692 to $5,248
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,951$1,950 to $3,981

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $603 to $6,026Professionalmedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $2,399 to $6,026
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,951professional $3,890

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
$1,659.59
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$3,548.13
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$7,079.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,715.35
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$6,918.31
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$4,570.88
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$5,888.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$18,197.01
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,466.84
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$5,888.44
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$5,623.41
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$6,165.95
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,019.95
Typical High
$5,754.40
Wellmark
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$3,890.45

Where Iowa sits

The same service costs 4.3 times more in Alaska than in Arkansas. 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

Iowa· 9th of 51

$6,842

$3,890 physician + $2,951 facility

AK $12,394AR $2,907

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.