Vaginal birth cost in Lexington, NE
In Lexington, NE, 2 hospitals list a cash price for vaginal delivery, including prenatal and postpartum care: from $3,254.00 to $6,840.00, with a median of $5,047.00. The lowest listed price is at Cozad Community Hospital — $1,793.00 less than the median here. Across Nebraska, the median is $4,679.50 at 12 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 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 — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Lexington, NE.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cozad Community Hospital lowest Cozad, NE · (308) 784-2261 Obstetric care, planned vaginal delivery | $3,254.00 | $3,615.00 | $2,024.00–$3,615.00 | 10% | — source file |
| Gothenburg Health Gothenburg, NE · (308) 537-3661 Obstetric care, planned vaginal delivery | $6,840.00 | $7,600.00 | $4,665.00–$7,296.00 | 10% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $3,254.00, median $5,047.00, highest $6,840.00 — a 2.1× difference within the same market.
Cash or insurance?
At 2 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
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.