Vaginal birth cost in Boston, MA — inpatient
In Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH, 10 hospitals list a cash price for vaginal delivery, including prenatal and postpartum care as an inpatient: 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.
Cash prices at 10 facilities across 9 cities for code 59400, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . 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 | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Auburn Hospital lowest Cambridge, MA · (617) 492-3500 HC OBSTETRIC CARE VAGINAL DELIVERY | $5,218.00 | $5,218.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Anna Jaques Hospital Newburyport, MA · (978) 463-1000 HC OBSTETRIC CARE VAGINAL DELIVERY | $5,543.00 | $5,543.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Anna Jaques Hospital Newburyport, MA · (978) 463-1000 HC PRENATAL DELIVERY & POST PARTUM @ NSBC | $6,138.00 | $6,138.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Winchester Hospital Winchester, MA · (781) 729-9000 HC PRENATAL DELIVERY & POST PARTUM @ NSBC | $6,173.00 | $6,173.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Winchester Hospital Winchester, MA · (781) 729-9000 HC OBSTETRIC CARE VAGINAL DELIVERY | $6,341.00 | $6,341.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Plymouth Plymouth, MA · (508) 746-2000 HC PRENATAL DELIVERY & POST PARTUM @ NSBC | $6,442.00 | $6,442.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Plymouth Plymouth, MA · (508) 746-2000 HC OBSTETRIC CARE VAGINAL DELIVERY | $6,667.00 | $6,667.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Milton Milton, MA · (617) 696-4600 HC PRENATAL DELIVERY & POST PARTUM @ NSBC | $6,793.00 | $6,793.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Milton Milton, MA · (617) 696-4600 HC OBSTETRIC CARE VAGINAL DELIVERY | $7,031.00 | $7,031.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington Burlington, MA · (781) 744-5100 HC OBSTETRIC CARE VAGINAL DELIVERY | $7,643.00 | $7,643.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington Burlington, MA · (781) 744-5100 HC PRENATAL DELIVERY & POST PARTUM @ NSBC | $7,713.00 | $7,713.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Exeter Hospital Exeter, NH · (603) 778-7311 HC OBSTETRIC CARE VAGINAL DELIVERY | $8,000.00 | $8,000.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Exeter Hospital Exeter, NH · (603) 778-7311 HC PRENATAL DELIVERY & POST PARTUM @ NSBC | $8,000.00 | $8,000.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| New England Baptist Hospital Boston, MA · (617) 754-5800 HC OBSTETRIC CARE VAGINAL DELIVERY | $8,911.00 | $8,911.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| New England Baptist Hospital Boston, MA · (617) 754-5800 HC PRENATAL DELIVERY & POST PARTUM @ NSBC | $8,911.00 | $8,911.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham Needham, MA · (781) 453-3002 HC PRENATAL DELIVERY & POST PARTUM @ NSBC | $9,013.00 | $9,013.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Auburn Hospital Cambridge, MA · (617) 492-3500 HC PRENATAL DELIVERY & POST PARTUM @ NSBC | $9,035.00 | $9,035.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham Needham, MA · (781) 453-3002 HC OBSTETRIC CARE VAGINAL DELIVERY | $9,328.00 | $9,328.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston, MA · (617) 667-7000 HC PRENATAL DELIVERY & POST PARTUM @ NSBC | $11,985.00 | $11,985.00 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Inpatient: lowest $5,218.00, median $7,218.00, highest $11,985.00 — a 2.3× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 10 facilities here, median $7,218.00 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
What it is
This is a 'global' maternity code for routine care during pregnancy, a vaginal delivery and care after birth. It is billed by the doctor or midwife and covers routine prenatal visits, the delivery itself, and routine postpartum visits.
What the price covers
It covers the delivering clinician's services. The hospital's labor and delivery stay, anesthesia (such as an epidural), lab tests, ultrasounds and the newborn's care are billed separately.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 59400 ($3,938.25). 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.
| Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston, MAHC OBSTETRIC CARE VAGINAL DELIVERY | $277.00 | file |