Vaginal delivery, including prenatal and postpartum care in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA
In Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA, 2 hospitals list a cash price for Vaginal delivery, including prenatal and postpartum care: from $4,552.00 to $5,277.00, with a median of $4,914.50. The lowest listed price is at Allen Memorial Hospital Corporation.
Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 59400, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 28, 2026 and Mar 31, 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 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen Memorial Hospital Corporation lowest Waterloo, IA PR FULL ROUT OBSTE CARE,VAGINAL DELIV | $4,552.00 | $5,690.00 | 20% | Jan 28, 2026 source file |
| Covenant Medical Center Inc Waterloo, IA PR Routine Obstetric Care Incl Antepartum Care Vaginal Delivery and Pp Care | $5,277.00 | $5,277.00 | — | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $4,552.00, median $4,914.50, highest $5,277.00 — a 1.2× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $6,025.50. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
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.