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Vaginal Delivery After Prior Cesarean

Utah 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?

$6,359

Typical total for the visit. In Utah, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,359 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,230 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,129 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,230$977 to $1,660
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,129$3,388 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,129 · 10th to 90th $977 to $8,913Professionalmedian $1,230 · 10th to 90th $832 to $1,905
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $5,129professional $1,230

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
$977.24
Median
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,905.46
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,698.24
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$1,698.24
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$4,570.88
Median
$6,165.95
Typical High
$9,549.93
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,698.24
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,148.15
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,659.59

Where Utah 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

Utah· 13th of 50

$6,359

$1,230 physician + $5,129 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.