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Vaginal Delivery After Prior Cesarean

New Mexico 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?

$2,645

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,645 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,096 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,549 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$1,096$891 to $1,479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,549$1,349 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $977 to $8,710Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $776 to $4,169
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $1,549professional $1,096

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
$1,348.96
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$8,709.64
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$4,570.88
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,778.28
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$1,348.96
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,778.28
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,778.28
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$6,918.31
Typical High
$14,125.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,137.96

Where New Mexico 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 Mexico· 45th of 50

$2,645

$1,096 physician + $1,549 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.