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Vaginal Delivery After Prior Cesarean

New Jersey 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?

$7,873

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $7,873 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $955 to the doctor who performs it, and $6,918 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$955$813 to $1,549
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$6,918$5,888 to $9,333

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $6,918 · 10th to 90th $3,802 to $11,482Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $741 to $6,310
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $6,918professional $955

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
$4,168.69
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$11,748.98
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$8,128.31
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$2,238.72
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,862.09
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$10,232.93
Typical High
$16,218.10
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,511.89
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$10,964.78
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,862.09

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 6th of 50

$7,873

$955 physician + $6,918 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.