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Vaginal Delivery After Prior Cesarean

Oregon 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?

$3,320

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,320 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,622 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,698 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,622$977 to $2,138
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,698$1,479 to $1,862

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $5,129Professionalmedian $1,622 · 10th to 90th $794 to $2,630
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,698professional $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
$5,128.61
Median
$9,549.93
Typical High
$17,378.01
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,148.15
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$4,466.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,398.83
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,041.74
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$17,378.01
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$2,691.53
Pacific Source
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$1,819.70
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$4,265.80
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,630.27
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$7,413.10
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$12,589.25
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,737.80
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,691.53
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$12,302.69
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$3,162.28
4 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
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$467.74
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21

Where Oregon 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

Oregon· 32nd of 51

$3,320

$1,622 physician + $1,698 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.