VBAC delivery cost in Utica, NY
In Utica-Rome, NY, 2 hospitals list a cash price for vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC), including prenatal and postpartum care: from $988.47 to $1,812.00, with a median of $1,400.24. The lowest listed price is at Little Falls Hospital — $411.77 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $3,255.20 at 16 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 59610, 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 Utica-Rome, NY.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Falls Hospital lowest Little Falls, NY · (315) 823-5261 CAH PR Rout OB Care,Vag Deliv,Prev C-Sec | $988.47 | $3,661.00 | $1,025.08–$3,661.00 | 73% | — source file |
| Mvhs Utica, NY Routine OB Care Vag Dlvry & Postpartum Care Vb | $1,812.00 | $3,020.00 | $528.50–$1,771.21 | 40% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $988.47, median $1,400.24, highest $1,812.00 — a 1.8× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $3,279.80. 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 1 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 1 it is 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 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.