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Cesarean After Attempted VBAC, With Postpartum Care

Louisiana 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?

$1,479

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,479 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $1,549 from a physician practice, and about $1,259 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 5 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$1,318 to $1,778
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,259$339 to $1,738

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $0 to $3,548Professionalmedian $1,549 · 10th to 90th $1,175 to $2,818
$0.1$1$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,259professional $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
$1,445.44
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,737.80
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,174.90
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$4,265.80
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$0.02
Median
$0.02
Typical High
$0.03
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,659.59
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$2,290.87
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$2,137.96

Where Louisiana 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.

Louisiana· 32nd of 51

$1,479

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.