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Vaginal Delivery After Prior Cesarean

Alaska rates for HCPCS 59612

This covers the delivery itself when a person gives birth vaginally after having had a cesarean delivery in the past, sometimes called a VBAC. It may include an episiotomy or the use of forceps if needed during delivery, but it covers only the birth, not the pregnancy check-ups before or the follow-up care after. It reflects the specialized monitoring and care involved in safely delivering vaginally after a prior cesarean.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Vaginal Delivery After Prior Cesarean cost?

$4,642

Typical total for the visit. In Alaska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,642 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $2,455 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,188 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$2,455$1,047 to $4,266
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,188$1,202 to $6,026

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,188 · 10th to 90th $955 to $10,965Professionalmedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $955 to $5,623
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,188professional $2,455

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Small sample; interpret with caution. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,951.21
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$14,125.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$4,265.80
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$3,019.95
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$6,025.60
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,041.74
Median
$3,090.30
Typical High
$6,025.60
Premera BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$5,370.32
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$6,025.60
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$1,995.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,606.93
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$2,951.21

Where Alaska sits

The same service costs 5.7 times more in California than in West Virginia. 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

Alaska· 27th of 50

$4,642

$2,455 physician + $2,188 facility

CA $10,621WV $1,855

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.