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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 October 2026.

How much does Vaginal Delivery After Prior Cesarean cost?

$5,365

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $5,365 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $794 to the doctor who performs it, and $4,571 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$794$661 to $1,122
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$4,571$2,042 to $6,918

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $4,571 · 10th to 90th $977 to $8,318Professionalmedian $794 · 10th to 90th $589 to $1,380
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $4,571professional $794

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
$4,570.88
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,698.24
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$575.44
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$812.83
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,786.30
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$9,549.93
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,548.82
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$724.44
U of Utah Health Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,698.24
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$3,311.31
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,584.89
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
$416.87
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$489.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$194.98

Where Utah 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

Utah· 6th of 51

$5,365

$794 physician + $4,571 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.