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Procedure price report · Repair of current obstetric laceration

Repair of a birth-related vaginal tear or episiotomy cut

CPT 59300the billing code this page is about

Stitching of an episiotomy or vaginal tear from childbirth, billed when performed by a clinician other than the one who handled the delivery.

Hospitals typically charge $2,673 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,269 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,471. Most fall between $450 and $4,904 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,269
States
48
Filings dated
Mar 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 1,269 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$307$576$2,673$4,286$6,850

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 22× what the cheapest tenth charges ($307 vs $6,850).

How the prices are spread

$234 – $336: 101 hospitals$234$336 – $481: 108 hospitals$481 – $690: 83 hospitals$481$690 – $989: 56 hospitals$989 – $1,418: 47 hospitals$989$1,418 – $2,033: 114 hospitals$2,033 – $2,915: 107 hospitals$2,033$2,915 – $4,179: 261 hospitals$4,179 – $5,992: 147 hospitals$4,179$5,992 – $8,592: 119 hospitals$5,992median $2,673price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,143 of 1,269 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$234$336101
$336$481108
$481$69083
$690$98956
$989$1,41847
$1,418$2,033114
$2,033$2,915107
$2,915$4,179261
$4,179$5,992147
$5,992$8,592119

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,307
Median cash price$2,673
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.81×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $2,673.

Alaska: median $1,299 across 12 hospitalsAK$1,299Maine: median $533 across 17 hospitalsME$533Vermont: median $309 across 10 hospitalsVT$309New Hampshire: median $324 across 11 hospitalsNH$324Washington: median $1,528 across 47 hospitalsWA$1,528Idaho: median $2,885 across 11 hospitalsID$2,885Montana: median $596 across 10 hospitalsMT$596North Dakota: median $1,607 across 11 hospitalsND$1,607Minnesota: median $1,660 across 63 hospitalsMN$1,660Illinois: median $1,358 across 46 hospitalsIL$1,358Wisconsin: median $722 across 46 hospitalsWI$722Michigan: median $2,588 across 53 hospitalsMI$2,588New York: median $3,763 across 68 hospitalsNY$3,763Massachusetts: median $3,768 across 17 hospitalsMA$3,768Oregon: median $796 across 41 hospitalsOR$796Nevada: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: median $2,361 across 11 hospitalsSD$2,361Iowa: median $517 across 39 hospitalsIA$517Indiana: median $457 across 31 hospitalsIN$457Ohio: median $2,953 across 50 hospitalsOH$2,953Pennsylvania: median $3,825 across 43 hospitalsPA$3,825New Jersey: median $4,172 across 39 hospitalsNJ$4,172Connecticut: median $3,907 across 10 hospitalsCT$3,907Rhode Island: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $3,930 across 92 hospitalsCA$3,930Utah: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $1,895 across 32 hospitalsCO$1,895Nebraska: median $816 across 18 hospitalsNE$816Missouri: median $3,576 across 23 hospitalsMO$3,576Kentucky: median $491 across 12 hospitalsKY$491West Virginia: median $465 across 15 hospitalsWV$465Virginia: median $4,330 across 28 hospitalsVA$4,330Maryland: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $428 across 22 hospitalsKS$428Arkansas: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $422 across 13 hospitalsTN$422North Carolina: median $1,602 across 19 hospitalsNC$1,602South Carolina: median $5,167 across 25 hospitalsSC$5,167Oklahoma: median $1,428 across 24 hospitalsOK$1,428Louisiana: median $1,629 across 22 hospitalsLA$1,629Mississippi: median $1,605 across 17 hospitalsMS$1,605Alabama: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $3,296 across 44 hospitalsGA$3,296Hawaii: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $3,761 across 77 hospitalsTX$3,761Florida: median $2,888 across 50 hospitalsFL$2,888
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,673. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
South Carolina SC25$5,167+93%$4,210 – $12,360
Virginia VA28$4,330+62%$1,677 – $6,053
New Jersey NJ39$4,172+56%$3,514 – $5,729
California CA92$3,930+47%$2,086 – $9,794
Connecticut CT10$3,907+46%$2,736 – $4,385
Pennsylvania PA43$3,825+43%$2,236 – $5,965
Massachusetts MA17$3,768+41%$2,270 – $8,391
New York NY68$3,763+41%$378 – $5,101
Texas TX77$3,761+41%$1,844 – $3,844
Missouri MO23$3,576+34%$356 – $3,684
Georgia GA44$3,296+23%$2,538 – $5,723
Ohio OH50$2,953+10%$1,079 – $8,267
Florida FL50$2,888+8%$1,400 – $6,615
Idaho ID11$2,885+8%$516 – $8,592
Michigan MI53$2,588−3%$342 – $4,461
South Dakota SD11$2,361−12%$850 – $6,132
Colorado CO32$1,895−29%$693 – $3,387
Minnesota MN63$1,660−38%$392 – $2,856
Louisiana LA22$1,629−39%$1,294 – $4,229
North Dakota ND11$1,607−40%$642 – $2,523
Mississippi MS17$1,605−40%$850 – $1,874
North Carolina NC19$1,602−40%$1,454 – $1,602
Washington WA47$1,528−43%$415 – $4,362
Oklahoma OK24$1,428−47%$244 – $4,650
Illinois IL46$1,358−49%$325 – $3,947
Alaska AK12$1,299−51%$701 – $5,514
Nebraska NE18$816−69%$325 – $1,985
Oregon OR41$796−70%$415 – $5,039
Wisconsin WI46$722−73%$374 – $2,856
Montana MT10$596−78%$215 – $687
Maine ME17$533−80%$204 – $4,856
Iowa IA39$517−81%$364 – $816
Kentucky KY12$491−82%$237 – $12,767
West Virginia WV15$465−83%$161 – $3,721
Indiana IN31$457−83%$325 – $731
Kansas KS22$428−84%$225 – $1,517
Tennessee TN13$422−84%$135 – $4,047
New Hampshire NH11$324−88%$152 – $1,928
Vermont VT10$309−88%$252 – $4,427
Wyoming WY8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $2,673.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care979$3,223$743 – $5,346
Children’s10fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access275$568$314 – $2,393
Ownership
For-profit96$2,800$478 – $5,341
Government212$1,155$354 – $3,589
Non-profit956$2,953$517 – $5,167
System affiliation
Part of a system1,049$3,016$533 – $5,167
Independent220$653$305 – $3,228

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,937
Median cash price$2,673
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

929 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,856 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,731; most fall between $525 and $5,322.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 929 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$312$777$2,856$4,591$7,639

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 25× what the cheapest tenth charges ($312 vs $7,639).

Of the 1,001 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 929 gave a usable cash price; 44 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 28 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,269 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (32%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,393 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,269
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here76
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded4
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded43
Hospitals that filed this code1,393

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Repair of current obstetric laceration family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Episiotomy/Vag Rpr Oth/Thn Attending.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Repair of a birth-related vaginal tear or episiotomy cut (CPT 59300) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-59300-repair-of-a-birth-related-vaginal-tear-or-episiotomy-cut