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Cesarean After Attempted VBAC, With Postpartum Care

Alabama rates for HCPCS 59622

A cesarean-section delivery performed after labor was attempted for a vaginal birth following a previous cesarean delivery, when that attempt did not succeed. This includes the delivery itself along with the follow-up postpartum care afterward.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Cesarean After Attempted VBAC, With Postpartum Care cost?

$1,950

Typical negotiated rate. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,950 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,549 from a physician practice, and about $3,890 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$1,549$1,202 to $1,950
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$3,890$2,344 to $4,571

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $851 to $5,495Professionalmedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $1,148 to $1,950
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,890professional $1,549

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
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$141.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$1,949.84
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$5,754.40
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,089.30
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,862.09
Typical High
$5,248.07
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,819.70

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 5.6 times more in California than in Hawaii. 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.

Alabama· 18th of 51

$1,950

CA $7,079HI $1,259

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.