Vaginal birth cost in Boston, MA
In Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH, 10 hospitals list a cash price for vaginal delivery, including prenatal and postpartum care: from $5,218.00 to $11,985.00, with a median of $7,218.00. The lowest listed price is at Mount Auburn Hospital — $2,000.00 less than the median here. Across Massachusetts, the median is $6,793.00 at 11 hospitals.
- The median here, $7,218.00, is 89% above the US median of $3,815.00.
- 10 of 10 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 10 facilities across 9 cities for code 59400, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Auburn Hospital lowest Cambridge, MA · (617) 492-3500 HC OBSTETRIC CARE VAGINAL DELIVERY File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $5,218.00 | $5,218.00 | — | — |
| Anna Jaques Hospital Newburyport, MA · (978) 463-1000 HC OBSTETRIC CARE VAGINAL DELIVERY File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $5,543.00 | $5,543.00 | — | — |
| Anna Jaques Hospital Newburyport, MA · (978) 463-1000 HC PRENATAL DELIVERY & POST PARTUM @ NSBC File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $6,138.00 | $6,138.00 | — | — |
| Winchester Hospital Winchester, MA · (781) 729-9000 HC PRENATAL DELIVERY & POST PARTUM @ NSBC File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $6,173.00 | $6,173.00 | — | — |
| Winchester Hospital Winchester, MA · (781) 729-9000 HC OBSTETRIC CARE VAGINAL DELIVERY File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $6,341.00 | $6,341.00 | — | — |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Plymouth Plymouth, MA · (508) 746-2000 HC PRENATAL DELIVERY & POST PARTUM @ NSBC File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $6,442.00 | $6,442.00 | — | — |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Plymouth Plymouth, MA · (508) 746-2000 HC OBSTETRIC CARE VAGINAL DELIVERY File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $6,667.00 | $6,667.00 | — | — |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Milton Milton, MA · (617) 696-4600 HC PRENATAL DELIVERY & POST PARTUM @ NSBC File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $6,793.00 | $6,793.00 | — | — |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Milton Milton, MA · (617) 696-4600 HC OBSTETRIC CARE VAGINAL DELIVERY File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $7,031.00 | $7,031.00 | — | — |
| Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington Burlington, MA · (781) 744-5100 HC OBSTETRIC CARE VAGINAL DELIVERY File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $7,643.00 | $7,643.00 | — | — |
| Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington Burlington, MA · (781) 744-5100 HC PRENATAL DELIVERY & POST PARTUM @ NSBC File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $7,713.00 | $7,713.00 | — | — |
| Exeter Hospital Exeter, NH · (603) 778-7311 HC OBSTETRIC CARE VAGINAL DELIVERY+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $8,000.00 | $8,000.00 | — | — |
| New England Baptist Hospital Boston, MA · (617) 754-5800 HC PRENATAL DELIVERY & POST PARTUM @ NSBC+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $8,911.00 | $8,911.00 | — | — |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham Needham, MA · (781) 453-3002 HC PRENATAL DELIVERY & POST PARTUM @ NSBC File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $9,013.00 | $9,013.00 | — | — |
| Mount Auburn Hospital Cambridge, MA · (617) 492-3500 HC PRENATAL DELIVERY & POST PARTUM @ NSBC File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $9,035.00 | $9,035.00 | — | — |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham Needham, MA · (781) 453-3002 HC OBSTETRIC CARE VAGINAL DELIVERY File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $9,328.00 | $9,328.00 | — | — |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston, MA · (617) 667-7000 HC PRENATAL DELIVERY & POST PARTUM @ NSBC File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $11,985.00 | $11,985.00 | — | — |
Outpatient: lowest $5,218.00, median $7,218.00, highest $11,985.00 — a 2.3× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 10 facilities here, median $7,218.00. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
What vaginal birth is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Vaginal birth explained.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 59400 ($3,840.09). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.
| Hospital | Cash price | File |
|---|---|---|
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston, MAHC OBSTETRIC CARE VAGINAL DELIVERY | $277.00 | file |