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Vaginal Delivery After Prior Cesarean

Rhode Island 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?

$3,478

Typical total for the visit. In Rhode Island, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,478 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,023 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,455 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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,023$912 to $1,259
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,455$1,202 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,455 · 10th to 90th $871 to $5,888Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $832 to $1,738
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,455professional $1,023

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
$2,398.83
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$3,981.07
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,778.28
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
BCBS Rhode Island
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,737.80
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$676.08
Median
$2,238.72
Typical High
$3,235.94
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,949.84
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,621.81

Where Rhode Island 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

Rhode Island· 28th of 51

$3,478

$1,023 physician + $2,455 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.