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Vaginal Delivery After A Prior Cesarean, Full Maternity Care

Tennessee 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?

$4,573

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,573 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,951 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,622 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$2,951$2,239 to $5,888
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,622$813 to $2,692

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $562 to $3,715Professionalmedian $2,951 · 10th to 90th $1,950 to $20,893
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $1,622professional $2,951

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
$1,995.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,698.24
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$3,162.28
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$4,168.69
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$3,890.45
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,344.23
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$5,128.61
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$562.34
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,073.80
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$17,782.79
Median
$17,782.79
Typical High
$20,892.96
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$3,981.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,570.88
2 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
$851.14
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$446.68

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 29th of 51

$4,573

$2,951 physician + $1,622 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.