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Vaginal Delivery After Prior Cesarean

Texas 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?

$3,670

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,670 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $851 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,818 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 12 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$851$676 to $1,230
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,818$1,820 to $4,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,818 · 10th to 90th $1,072 to $6,761Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $135 to $6,310
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,818professional $851

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
$977.24
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$9,120.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,348.96
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$933.25
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,398.83
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$8,709.64
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,621.81
Baylor Scott & White
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,137.96
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,884.03
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
Lucent Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,309.57
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$7,244.36
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$6,025.60
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,348.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$870.96
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,884.03
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,479.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$6,760.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,412.54
Wellpoint
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$831.76
5 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
$389.05
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$177.83
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
U1 · State-defined
Typical Low
$645.65
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$645.65
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$346.74
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$446.68
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$177.83

Where Texas 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

Texas· 23rd of 51

$3,670

$851 physician + $2,818 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.