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Surgery and procedures CPT 59400 Minnesota Outpatient

Vaginal birth cost in Minnesota

In Minnesota, 6 hospitals publish a cash price for vaginal delivery, including prenatal and postpartum care: from $1,790.10 to $6,364.16, with a median of $3,167.78. The lowest price is at Perham Health (Perham). The highest price is 3.6× the lowest.

  • The median here, $3,167.78, is 17% below the US median of $3,815.00.
  • Minnesota ranks 5th of 16 states by median, cheapest first.
  • Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.

Minnesota law (Minn. Stat. §144.589): a hospital may not charge an uninsured patient whose household income is under $125,000 more than the lowest amount it would be paid for the same service by a private insurer, counting the insured patient's share. If the cash price below is higher, ask the billing office to apply this limit. Each hospital's page here shows the range of insurer rates in its own file (the "Insurers pay" column), a starting point when you ask. Other states' laws.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 59400. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Sep 27, 2026. See them on a map

Lowest$1,790.10Perham Health
Median$3,167.78half of hospitals charge less
Highest$6,364.16in Minnesota
Lowest saves$1,377.68vs the median

Hospitals in Minnesota, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceFile date
Perham Health lowest Perham · Fergus Falls, MN Vaginal delivery with care before and after delivery $1,790.10 $2,754.00 Feb 1, 2026
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Community Memorial Hospital Cloquet · Duluth, MN-WI FP-OBSTETRICAL CARE $2,400.00 $3,750.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Lakewood Health System Staples · Staples, MN Vaginal delivery with care before and after delivery $2,751.56 $4,438.00 Sep 11, 2026
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Meeker County Memorial Hospital Litchfield · Litchfield, MN ROUTINE OB CARE INCLUDING ANTEPARTUM, VAGINAL DELIVERY AND POSTP $3,584.00 $5,600.00 Dec 28, 2025
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Stevens Community Medical Center Morris · Morris, MN Vaginal delivery with care before and after delivery $3,615.00 $4,820.00 Jun 26, 2026
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Lifecare Medical Center Roseau · Roseau, MN Vaginal delivery with care before and after delivery $6,364.16 $7,232.00 Aug 5, 2026
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Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.

By metro area

Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.

Metro areaHospitalsLowestMedian
Duluth, MN-WI 1 $2,400.00 $2,400.00
Fergus Falls, MN 1 $1,790.10 $1,790.10
Litchfield, MN 1 $3,584.00 $3,584.00
Morris, MN 1 $3,615.00 $3,615.00
Roseau, MN 1 $6,364.16 $6,364.16
Staples, MN 1 $2,751.56 $2,751.56
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More

What vaginal birth is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Vaginal birth explained.

Vaginal delivery, including prenatal and postpartum care in other states

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.