Vaginal birth cost in New York, NY
In New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, 18 hospitals list a cash price for vaginal delivery, including prenatal and postpartum care: from $2,078.59 to $25,368.66, with a median of $4,754.00. The lowest listed price is at St Joseph's Hospital, Yonkers — $2,675.41 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $3,150.00 at 8 hospitals.
- The median here, $4,754.00, is 25% above the US median of $3,815.00.
- 1 of 18 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 18 facilities across 17 cities for code 59400, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 7, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 3, 2026 and Sep 28, 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 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St Joseph's Hospital, Yonkers lowest Yonkers, NY · (914) 378-7000 TOTAL OBSTETRIC CARE+2 more lines at this price File of Jul 13, 2026 · source file | $2,078.59 | — | $2,078.59–$5,424.62 | — |
| Mount Sinai Queens Long Island, NY HC Routine Obstetric Care W/Deliv File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $3,150.00 | $3,500.00 | — | 10% |
| Mount Sinai Morningside New York, NY HC Routine Obstetric Care W/Deliv File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $3,150.00 | $3,500.00 | — | 10% |
| The Mount Sinai Hospital New York, NY · (212) 241-7981 HC Routine Obstetric Care W/Deliv File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $3,150.00 | $3,500.00 | — | 10% |
| Mount Sinai Brooklyn Brooklyn, NY HC Routine Obstetric Care W/Deliv File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $3,150.00 | $3,500.00 | — | 10% |
| Community Medical Center Toms River, NJ · (732) 557-8000 OBSTETRICAL CARE File of Mar 4, 2026 · source file | $3,786.00 | — | $867.00–$4,174.00 | — |
| Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville, NJ · (973) 450-2000 OBSTETRICAL CARE File of Mar 4, 2026 · source file | $3,986.00 | — | $836.40–$4,294.00 | — |
| Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus Lakewood, NJ · (732) 363-1900 OBSTETRICAL CARE File of Mar 3, 2026 · source file | $4,350.00 | — | $2,085.90–$4,540.00 | — |
| Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Rahway Rahway, NJ · (732) 381-4200 OBSTETRICAL CARE File of Mar 4, 2026 · source file | $4,627.00 | — | $984.30 | — |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark, NJ · (973) 926-7000 OBSTETRICAL CARE File of Mar 4, 2026 · source file | $4,881.00 | — | $1,535.10–$4,049.00 | — |
| Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City, NJ · (201) 915-2000 OBSTETRICAL CARE File of Mar 4, 2026 · source file | $5,339.00 | — | $918.00–$4,174.00 | — |
| Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch, NJ · (732) 222-5200 OBSTETRICAL CARE File of Mar 4, 2026 · source file | $5,419.00 | — | $1,672.80–$4,294.00 | — |
| Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ · (732) 828-3000 OBSTETRICAL CARE File of Mar 4, 2026 · source file | $5,741.00 | — | $770.10–$4,370.00 | — |
| Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth, NJ · (908) 994-5000 OBSTETRICAL CARE File of Mar 4, 2026 · source file | $5,855.00 | — | $1,693.84–$4,118.00 | — |
| Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset Somerville, NJ · (908) 685-2200 OBSTETRICAL CARE File of Mar 4, 2026 · source file | $6,311.00 | — | $770.10–$4,294.00 | — |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston, NJ · (973) 322-5000 OBSTETRICAL CARE File of Mar 4, 2026 · source file | $6,839.00 | — | $846.60–$4,294.00 | — |
| Hudson Regional Hospital Secaucus, NJ · (201) 392-3200 Vaginal delivery with care before and after delivery File of Sep 23, 2026 · source file | $24,037.85 | $24,037.85 | $1,731.00–$45,359.42 | — |
| Montefiore Medical Center Bronx, NY · (718) 920-4321 PR OB CARE ANTEPARTUM VAG DLVR & POSTPARTUM+1 more line at this price File of Sep 28, 2026 · source file | $25,368.66 | $38,790.00 | $1,737.96–$35,263.78 | 35% |
Outpatient: lowest $2,078.59, median $4,754.00, highest $25,368.66 — a 12.2× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $3,150.00. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 6 of 14 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 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 ($3,840.75). 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 |
|---|---|---|
| University Hospital of Brooklyn Brooklyn, NY59400 - OBSTETRICAL CARE | $160.00 | file |