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Vaginal Delivery After Prior Cesarean

Illinois 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?

$3,209

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,209 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,072 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,138 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$1,072$851 to $1,549
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,138$1,318 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,138 · 10th to 90th $955 to $9,333Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $741 to $2,188
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $2,138professional $1,072

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. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$7,762.47
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,137.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,073.80
Median
$4,897.79
Typical High
$19,054.61
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,548.82
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,949.84
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$3,630.78
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,348.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$32.36
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$7,585.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,905.46

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 40th of 50

$3,209

$1,072 physician + $2,138 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.