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Cesarean delivery only after attempted vaginal birth

CPT 59620the billing code this page is about

Covers only the cesarean operation in a woman with a prior cesarean who attempted a vaginal birth; prenatal and after-birth care are billed separately.

Hospitals typically charge $1,975 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 369 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,197. Most fall between $1,317 and $3,671 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
369
States
46
Filings dated
Jan 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 23, 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 369 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
$868$1,482$1,975$3,105$4,627

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($868 vs $4,627).

How the prices are spread

$546 – $691: 14 hospitals$546$691 – $875: 5 hospitals$875 – $1,107: 14 hospitals$875$1,107 – $1,400: 30 hospitals$1,400 – $1,771: 59 hospitals$1,400$1,771 – $2,241: 86 hospitals$2,241 – $2,835: 39 hospitals$2,241$2,835 – $3,587: 23 hospitals$3,587 – $4,538: 43 hospitals$3,587$4,538 – $5,741: 20 hospitals$4,538median $1,975price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (333 of 369 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$546$69114
$691$8755
$875$1,10714
$1,107$1,40030
$1,400$1,77159
$1,771$2,24186
$2,241$2,83539
$2,835$3,58723
$3,587$4,53843
$4,538$5,74120

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,975.

Alaska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $3,183 across 18 hospitalsMN$3,183Illinois: median $1,735 across 13 hospitalsIL$1,735Wisconsin: median $3,671 across 30 hospitalsWI$3,671Michigan: median $2,487 across 30 hospitalsMI$2,487New York: median $1,524 across 22 hospitalsNY$1,524Massachusetts: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $2,138 across 13 hospitalsOR$2,138Nevada: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,905 across 22 hospitalsIA$1,905Indiana: median $1,154 across 13 hospitalsIN$1,154Ohio: median $2,218 across 14 hospitalsOH$2,218Pennsylvania: median $710 across 18 hospitalsPA$710New Jersey: median $4,881 across 17 hospitalsNJ$4,881Connecticut: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: median $1,736 across 41 hospitalsCA$1,736Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNCSouth Carolina: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $1,975 across 11 hospitalsOK$1,975Louisiana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceGAHawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTXFlorida: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,975. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ17$4,881+147%$2,958 – $5,855
Wisconsin WI30$3,671+86%$2,051 – $5,540
Minnesota MN18$3,183+61%$843 – $4,429
Michigan MI30$2,487+26%$1,339 – $2,627
Ohio OH14$2,218+12%$365 – $4,332
Oregon OR13$2,138+8%$1,711 – $2,184
Oklahoma OK11$1,9750%$1,975 – $1,975
Iowa IA22$1,905−4%$1,905 – $2,201
California CA41$1,736−12%$1,736 – $1,810
Illinois IL13$1,735−12%$1,154 – $1,905
New York NY22$1,524−23%$868 – $2,845
Indiana IN13$1,154−42%$1,091 – $2,372
Pennsylvania PA18$710−64%$579 – $4,735
Washington WA9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Texas TX5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN1not 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 $1,975.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care265$1,905$1,194 – $3,372
Children’s8fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access94$2,184$1,541 – $3,671
Ownership
For-profit17fewer than 20 hospitals
Government60$2,013$1,524 – $3,065
Non-profit290$1,932$1,287 – $3,671
System affiliation
Part of a system280$1,905$1,154 – $3,671
Independent89$2,108$1,524 – $3,065

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,065
Median cash price$1,975
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. 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

261 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,810 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,883; most fall between $1,174 and $3,274.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 261 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
$910$1,335$1,810$2,606$4,308

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 4.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($910 vs $4,308).

Of the 300 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 261 gave a usable cash price; 18 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 21 a list price only.

How complete is this

369 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (9%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 431 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted369
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here41
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 — excluded20
Hospitals that filed this code431

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 23, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Cesarean section family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Cesarean Delivery Attempted Vbac.

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, “Cesarean delivery only after attempted vaginal birth (CPT 59620) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-59620-cesarean-delivery-only-after-attempted-vaginal-birth