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Vaginal Delivery After Prior Cesarean

Arizona 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?

$3,203

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,203 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $912 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,291 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$912$794 to $1,380
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$1,349 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $955 to $6,166Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $692 to $6,457
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,291professional $912

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
$977.24
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,479.11
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$7,762.47
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$3,548.13
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,548.82
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$7,585.78
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$5,623.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,584.89
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
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$154.88

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 34th of 51

$3,203

$912 physician + $2,291 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.