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Vaginal Delivery After Prior Cesarean

Kentucky 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?

$2,168

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,168 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,072 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,096 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 $1,175
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,096$832 to $2,042

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $708 to $4,467Professionalmedian $1,072 · 10th to 90th $724 to $1,549
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,096professional $1,072

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
$758.58
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,630.27
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,071.52
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,348.96
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,348.96
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$5,495.41
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$3,890.45
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,445.44
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
$380.19
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$177.83

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 51st of 51

$2,168

$1,072 physician + $1,096 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.