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Vaginal Delivery After Prior Cesarean

Idaho 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?

$3,609

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,609 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,318 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,318$1,047 to $1,445
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,291$1,413 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,291 · 10th to 90th $1,202 to $7,943Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $912 to $1,698
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $2,291professional $1,318

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
$2,884.03
Median
$4,466.84
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,659.59
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$9,549.93
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,905.46
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,479.11
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$5,495.41
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,659.59
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,659.59
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$5,128.61
Median
$7,244.36
Typical High
$10,232.93
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,737.80
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$5,128.61
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,621.81
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,737.80
12 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
$467.74
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,584.89
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,137.96
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,230.27
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$239.88
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 24th of 51

$3,609

$1,318 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.