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Vaginal Delivery After A Prior Cesarean, Full Maternity Care

Massachusetts 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?

$5,373

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,373 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,467 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,905 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 10 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$3,467$2,455 to $6,607
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,905$1,023 to $3,311

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,905 · 10th to 90th $525 to $3,981Professionalmedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $2,042 to $16,596
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,905professional $3,467

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
$2,290.87
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$5,248.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,238.72
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$5,248.07
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$6,025.60
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$16,595.87
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$6,309.57
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,754.23
Typical High
$3,715.35
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$3,715.35
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$295.12
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$4,073.80
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$7,079.46
Health New England
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$6,025.60
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$16,595.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$3,715.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,187.76
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$7,079.46
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$4,677.35
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
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$1,047.13
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
HO · Master's level + SA · Nurse practitioner + SB · Nurse midwife
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,570.40

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 16th of 51

$5,373

$3,467 physician + $1,905 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.