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Vaginal Delivery After Prior Cesarean

Virginia 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?

$4,654

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,654 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,023 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,631 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,023$891 to $1,479
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,631$1,230 to $7,079

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,631 · 10th to 90th $977 to $8,913Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $832 to $2,692
$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,631professional $1,023

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
$1,023.29
Median
$5,128.61
Typical High
$8,912.51
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$3,388.44
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,981.07
Typical High
$4,466.84
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,659.59
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,041.74
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$2,454.71
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,288.25
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,137.96
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,778.28
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$8,709.64
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$8,709.64
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$6,309.57
Typical High
$13,489.63
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,778.28

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 26th of 50

$4,654

$1,023 physician + $3,631 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.