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Vaginal Delivery After A Prior Cesarean, Full Maternity Care

North Carolina 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?

$4,419

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,419 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $3,548 to the doctor who performs it, and $871 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$3,548$2,455 to $4,365
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$871$525 to $2,455

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $363 to $4,677Professionalmedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $1,995 to $5,248
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $871professional $3,548

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
$2,454.71
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,454.71
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,548.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,089.30
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,715.35
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,691.53
Median
$3,630.78
Typical High
$5,888.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$2,187.76
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,949.84
Median
$2,630.27
Typical High
$4,786.30
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,454.71
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$6,456.54
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,073.80
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,862.09
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$4,570.88
7 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
$1,071.52
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,230.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,162.28
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$398.11
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$1,258.93
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$870.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$870.96
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$281.84
Median
$331.13
Typical High
$870.96

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 32nd of 51

$4,419

$3,548 physician + $871 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.