Surgery and procedures CPT 59400 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Vaginal delivery, including prenatal and postpartum care in Fort Wayne, IN — inpatient

In Fort Wayne, IN, 4 hospitals list a cash price for Vaginal delivery, including prenatal and postpartum care as an inpatient: from $1,429.38 to $2,660.90, with a median of $2,061.99. The lowest listed price is at Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center LLC.

Cash prices at 4 facilities across 2 cities for code 59400, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$1,429.38Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center LLC
Median$2,061.99half pay less
Highest$2,660.90in this market
Difference1.9×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Fort Wayne, IN.

median
Lowest $1,429.38Highest $2,660.90

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Lutheran Musculoskeletal Center LLC lowest Fort Wayne, IN 59400 Obstetric Care Routine $1,429.38 $5,294.00 73% Apr 1, 2026
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IOM Health System LP Fort Wayne, IN 59400 Obstetric Care Routine $1,741.68 $4,838.00 64% Apr 1, 2026
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Dupont Hospital LLC Fort Wayne, IN 59400 Obstetric Care Routine $2,382.30 $5,294.00 55% Apr 1, 2026
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Bluffton Health System LLC Bluffton, IN 59400 Obstetric Care Routine $2,660.90 $4,838.00 45% Apr 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $1,429.38, median $2,061.99, highest $2,660.90 — a 1.9× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $1,429.38 — 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.