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Vaginal Delivery After Prior Cesarean

Massachusetts 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?

$2,669

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,669 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,288 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,380 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$1,288$1,000 to $2,399
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,380$891 to $2,570

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $550 to $4,677Professionalmedian $1,288 · 10th to 90th $724 to $5,754
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,380professional $1,288

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
$2,089.30
Median
$2,884.03
Typical High
$4,677.35
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,584.89
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,897.79
AllWays Health Partners
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$5,754.40
BCBS Massachusetts
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,951.21
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$3,311.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,398.83
Fallon Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,698.24
Fallon Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,288.25
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$5,754.40
Harvard Pilgrim
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,754.23
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,897.79
Mass General Brigham
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$9,120.11
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,630.27
Well Sense
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,949.84
Well Sense
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$954.99
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
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,202.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$144.54
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$489.78

Where Massachusetts 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

Massachusetts· 46th of 51

$2,669

$1,288 physician + $1,380 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.