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Vaginal Delivery After Prior Cesarean

Alabama 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 October 2026.

How much does Vaginal Delivery After Prior Cesarean cost?

$4,117

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,117 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $955 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,162 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$955$891 to $1,259
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,162$1,738 to $3,162

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,162 · 10th to 90th $891 to $3,162Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $776 to $1,259
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,162professional $955

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
$776.25
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,398.83
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,162.28
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
12
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,230.27
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,168.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,148.15
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
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 3.4 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. 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

Alabama· 18th of 51

$4,117

$955 physician + $3,162 facility

AK $7,351KY $2,168

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.