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Vaginal Delivery After A Prior Cesarean, Full Maternity Care

Minnesota 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?

$9,139

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $9,139 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $5,248 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,890 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$5,248$3,981 to $7,079
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,890$2,089 to $6,457

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $11,220Professionalmedian $5,248 · 10th to 90th $2,570 to $8,511
$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $3,890professional $5,248

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
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,089.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,467.37
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,265.80
Median
$11,220.18
Typical High
$22,908.68
BCBS Minnesota
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,981.07
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$6,025.60
Typical High
$11,481.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,365.16
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$10,964.78
Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$9,549.93
Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$9,549.93
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$4,466.84
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,570.40
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$18,197.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,630.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$8,317.64
4 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
Facility
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$426.58
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,737.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$426.58
Typical High
$707.95

Where Minnesota 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

Minnesota· 5th of 51

$9,139

$5,248 physician + $3,890 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.