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Vaginal Delivery After Prior Cesarean

North Carolina 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?

$4,252

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,252 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,622 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,630 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$1,622$1,047 to $1,862
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,630$1,514 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,630 · 10th to 90th $891 to $6,166Professionalmedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $891 to $2,239
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,630professional $1,622

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
$891.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$8,317.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,584.89
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,290.87
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,786.30
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$4,168.69
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$1,905.46
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$4,897.79
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,819.70
7 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
$436.52
Median
$436.52
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$204.17
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$213.80
Typical High
$512.86
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$363.08
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$363.08
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$363.08

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 16th of 51

$4,252

$1,622 physician + $2,630 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.