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Procedure price report · Other therapeutic obstetrical procedures including antepartum and postpartum care

Complete pregnancy care with vaginal delivery

CPT 59400the billing code this page is about

A single global charge covering routine prenatal visits, a vaginal delivery, and after-delivery care for the mother.

Hospitals typically charge $4,184 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 607 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $4,102. Most fall between $2,615 and $5,519 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
607
States
49
Filings dated
Dec 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 607 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
$2,079$2,757$4,184$5,277$6,733

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 3.2× what the cheapest tenth charges ($2,079 vs $6,733).

How the prices are spread

$1,218 – $1,457: 6 hospitals$1,218$1,457 – $1,743: 12 hospitals$1,743 – $2,085: 13 hospitals$1,743$2,085 – $2,494: 45 hospitals$2,494 – $2,984: 70 hospitals$2,494$2,984 – $3,569: 51 hospitals$3,569 – $4,270: 88 hospitals$3,569$4,270 – $5,107: 122 hospitals$5,107 – $6,109: 92 hospitals$5,107$6,109 – $7,308: 48 hospitals$6,109median $4,184price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (547 of 607 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$1,218$1,4576
$1,457$1,74312
$1,743$2,08513
$2,085$2,49445
$2,494$2,98470
$2,984$3,56951
$3,569$4,27088
$4,270$5,107122
$5,107$6,10992
$6,109$7,30848

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $4,184.

Alaska: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $4,835 across 19 hospitalsWA$4,835Idaho: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: median $3,889 across 10 hospitalsMT$3,889North Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $5,457 across 31 hospitalsMN$5,457Illinois: median $4,470 across 24 hospitalsIL$4,470Wisconsin: median $4,965 across 34 hospitalsWI$4,965Michigan: median $3,809 across 30 hospitalsMI$3,809New York: median $4,595 across 41 hospitalsNY$4,595Massachusetts: median $5,674 across 12 hospitalsMA$5,674Oregon: median $5,669 across 26 hospitalsOR$5,669Nevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $4,552 across 39 hospitalsIA$4,552Indiana: median $2,557 across 16 hospitalsIN$2,557Ohio: median $4,860 across 20 hospitalsOH$4,860Pennsylvania: median $3,023 across 25 hospitalsPA$3,023New Jersey: median $5,339 across 14 hospitalsNJ$5,339Connecticut: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $3,336 across 16 hospitalsCA$3,336Utah: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: median $4,450 across 24 hospitalsNE$4,450Missouri: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: median $2,615 across 12 hospitalsWV$2,615Virginia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $3,303 across 22 hospitalsKS$3,303Arkansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: median $2,343 across 12 hospitalsSC$2,343Oklahoma: median $5,024 across 11 hospitalsOK$5,024Louisiana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureGAHawaii: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $2,757 across 24 hospitalsTX$2,757Florida: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $4,184. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Massachusetts MA12$5,674+36%$5,277 – $7,014
Oregon OR26$5,669+35%$4,426 – $6,991
Minnesota MN31$5,457+30%$3,584 – $6,092
New Jersey NJ14$5,339+28%$4,350 – $6,839
Oklahoma OK11$5,024+20%$5,024 – $5,024
Wisconsin WI34$4,965+19%$4,891 – $6,733
Ohio OH20$4,860+16%$2,904 – $9,620
Washington WA19$4,835+16%$2,873 – $6,804
New York NY41$4,595+10%$3,150 – $5,277
Iowa IA39$4,552+9%$3,244 – $4,984
Illinois IL24$4,470+7%$2,345 – $7,038
Nebraska NE24$4,450+6%$2,931 – $5,235
Montana MT10$3,889−7%$2,668 – $4,476
Michigan MI30$3,809−9%$3,156 – $4,104
California CA16$3,336−20%$1,739 – $5,202
Kansas KS22$3,303−21%$2,434 – $4,051
Pennsylvania PA25$3,023−28%$959 – $4,748
Texas TX24$2,757−34%$2,680 – $3,432
West Virginia WV12$2,615−37%$2,590 – $5,900
Indiana IN16$2,557−39%$2,345 – $3,944
South Carolina SC12$2,343−44%$2,343 – $2,343
Colorado CO9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Georgia GA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not 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 $4,184.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care371$4,276$2,391 – $5,517
Children’s4fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access230$4,078$2,789 – $5,495
Ownership
For-profit30$3,677$2,345 – $5,530
Government136$3,938$2,499 – $5,312
Non-profit439$4,352$2,651 – $5,616
System affiliation
Part of a system448$4,278$2,651 – $5,500
Independent159$3,944$2,435 – $5,554

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$5,513
Median cash price$4,184
Cash as a share of list, median hospital70%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 30%. 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

372 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $4,264 and the average of the middle 60% is $4,058; most fall between $2,422 and $5,555.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 372 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
$1,868$2,651$4,264$5,362$6,733

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 3.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,868 vs $6,733).

Of the 429 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 372 gave a usable cash price; 25 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 32 a list price only.

How complete is this

607 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (15%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 706 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted607
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here56
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded42
Hospitals that filed this code706

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • 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 Other therapeutic obstetrical procedures including antepartum and postpartum care family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as OB Care Antepartum Vag Dlvr & Postpartum.

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.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Complete pregnancy care with vaginal delivery (CPT 59400) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-59400-complete-pregnancy-care-with-vaginal-delivery