Vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC), including prenatal and postpartum care in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
In Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI, 8 hospitals list a cash price for Vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC), including prenatal and postpartum care: from $4,045.58 to $6,652.48, with a median of $5,968.42. The lowest listed price is at Fairview Health Services.
Cash prices at 8 facilities across 8 cities for code 59610, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. 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 ROUT OB CARE,VAG DELIV,PREV C-SEC | $4,045.58 | $9,519.00 | 57% | Feb 6, 2026 source file |
| Fairview Health Services Edina, MN PR ROUT OB CARE,VAG DELIV,PREV C-SEC | $5,920.97 | $9,443.33 | 37% | Feb 6, 2026 source file |
| HealthEast St John's Hospital Maplewood, MN PR ROUT OB CARE,VAG DELIV,PREV C-SEC | $5,951.67 | $9,492.29 | 37% | Feb 5, 2026 source file |
| Fairview Health Services Princeton, MN PR ROUT OB CARE,VAG DELIV,PREV C-SEC | $5,968.42 | $9,519.00 | 37% | Jan 29, 2026 source file |
| HealthEast Woodwinds Hospital Woodbury, MN PR ROUT OB CARE,VAG DELIV,PREV C-SEC | $5,968.42 | $9,519.00 | 37% | Feb 5, 2026 source file |
| Fairview Health Services Minneapolis, MN PR ROUT OB CARE,VAG DELIV,PREV C-SEC | $5,968.42 | $9,519.00 | 37% | Feb 6, 2026 source file |
| Fairview Health Services Wyoming, MN PR ROUT OB CARE,VAG DELIV,PREV C-SEC | $5,968.42 | $9,519.00 | 37% | Feb 5, 2026 source file |
| North Memorial Health Care Robbinsdale, MN ROUTINE OB CARE VAG DLVRY & POSTPARTUM CARE VB | $6,652.48 | $10,346.00 | 36% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $4,045.58, median $5,968.42, highest $6,652.48 — a 1.6× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 8 facilities here, median $5,968.42. 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 prenatal care, a vaginal birth after a previous cesarean (VBAC), and postpartum care. It covers the doctor's services throughout pregnancy and delivery.
What the price covers
It covers the delivering clinician's care. The hospital labor stay, anesthesia, labs, ultrasounds and newborn care are billed separately.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 59610 ($5,000.00). 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 Minneapolis, MNAS ROUT OB CARE,VAG DELIV,PREV C-SEC | $138.57 | file |