Vaginal delivery, including prenatal and postpartum care in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — inpatient
In Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI, 9 hospitals list a cash price for Vaginal delivery, including prenatal and postpartum care as an inpatient: from $3,902.01 to $6,425.50, with a median of $5,756.06. The lowest listed price is at Fairview Health Services.
Cash prices at 9 facilities across 9 cities for code 59400, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 29, 2026 and Feb 6, 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 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview Health Services lowest Burnsville, MN PR FULL ROUT OBSTE CARE,VAGINAL DELIV | $3,902.01 | $9,181.18 | 57% | Feb 6, 2026 source file |
| Westfields Hospital New Richmond, WI Routine OB Care | $4,326.35 | $8,225.00 | 47% | — source file |
| HealthEast Woodwinds Hospital Woodbury, MN PR FULL ROUT OBSTE CARE,VAGINAL DELIV | $5,752.10 | $9,174.00 | 37% | Feb 5, 2026 source file |
| HealthEast St John's Hospital Maplewood, MN PR FULL ROUT OBSTE CARE,VAGINAL DELIV | $5,754.27 | $9,177.45 | 37% | Feb 5, 2026 source file |
| Fairview Health Services Minneapolis, MN PR FULL ROUT OBSTE CARE,VAGINAL DELIV | $5,756.06 | $9,180.32 | 37% | Feb 6, 2026 source file |
| Fairview Health Services Wyoming, MN PR FULL ROUT OBSTE CARE,VAGINAL DELIV | $5,756.66 | $9,181.27 | 37% | Feb 5, 2026 source file |
| Fairview Health Services Princeton, MN PR FULL ROUT OBSTE CARE,VAGINAL DELIV | $5,756.66 | $9,181.27 | 37% | Jan 29, 2026 source file |
| Fairview Health Services Edina, MN PR FULL ROUT OBSTE CARE,VAGINAL DELIV | $5,758.60 | $9,184.36 | 37% | Feb 6, 2026 source file |
| North Memorial Health Care Robbinsdale, MN OB CARE ANTEPARTUM VAG DLVR & POSTPARTUM | $6,425.50 | $9,993.00 | 36% | — source file |
Inpatient: lowest $3,902.01, median $5,756.06, highest $6,425.50 — a 1.6× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 9 facilities here, median $5,756.06 — 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.
3 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 59400 ($4,037.48). 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.
| Fairview Health Services Edina, MNAS FULL ROUT OBSTE CARE,VAGINAL DELIV | $0.29 | file |
| HealthEast St John's Hospital Maplewood, MNAS FULL ROUT OBSTE CARE,VAGINAL DELIV | $132.30 | file |
| Fairview Health Services Minneapolis, MNAS FULL ROUT OBSTE CARE,VAGINAL DELIV | $134.36 | file |