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Vaginal Delivery After Prior Cesarean

North Dakota 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?

$2,649

Typical total for the visit. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,649 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,778 to the doctor who performs it, and $871 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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,778$891 to $1,995
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$871$871 to $5,012

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $871 · 10th to 90th $741 to $8,511Professionalmedian $1,778 · 10th to 90th $832 to $2,291
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $871professional $1,778

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
$741.31
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$870.96
Typical High
$1,995.26
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$2,344.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,511.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,630.27
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,905.46
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,677.35
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,089.30

Where North Dakota 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

North Dakota· 44th of 50

$2,649

$1,778 physician + $871 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.