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Vaginal Delivery After Prior Cesarean

Tennessee 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?

$3,441

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,441 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,202 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,239 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$1,202$912 to $2,344
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,239$1,479 to $3,715

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,239 · 10th to 90th $933 to $4,898Professionalmedian $1,202 · 10th to 90th $794 to $7,244
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,239professional $1,202

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
$1,621.81
Median
$2,818.38
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$1,513.56
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$5,128.61
BCBS Tennessee
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$3,801.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,698.24
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$7,244.36
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$2,570.40
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,778.28
2 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
$354.81
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$407.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$162.18

Where Tennessee 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

Tennessee· 31st of 51

$3,441

$1,202 physician + $2,239 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.