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Vaginal Delivery After Prior Cesarean

Montana 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?

$2,793

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,793 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,380 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,413 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$1,380$912 to $1,445
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,413$1,413 to $1,585

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $1,349 to $2,818Professionalmedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $79 to $1,585
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,413professional $1,380

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,047.13
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,943.28
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,584.89
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,513.56
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,943.28
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,162.28
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,698.24

Where Montana 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

Montana· 44th of 51

$2,793

$1,380 physician + $1,413 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.