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Surgery and procedures CPT 59400 New York Outpatient

Vaginal birth cost in New York

In New York, 8 hospitals publish a cash price for vaginal delivery, including prenatal and postpartum care: from $1,736.40 to $25,368.66, with a median of $3,150.00. The lowest price is at Wynn Hospital (Utica). The highest price is 14.6× the lowest.

  • The median here, $3,150.00, is 17% below the US median of $3,815.00.
  • New York ranks 4th of 16 states by median, cheapest first.
  • Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.

New York law (Public Health Law §2807-k(9-a), as amended in October 2024): uninsured patients with income below 200% of the federal poverty level owe nothing for emergency and medically necessary hospital care; up to 400% they pay on a sliding scale of at most 10% or 20% of what Medicaid would pay. Emergency care is covered for New York residents, other care for people living in the hospital's service area; immigration status does not count. Ask for the Uniform Hospital Financial Assistance form. 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 Nov 8, 2026. See them on a map

Lowest$1,736.40Wynn Hospital
Median$3,150.00half of hospitals charge less
Highest$25,368.66in New York
Lowest saves$1,413.60vs the median

Hospitals in New York, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceFile date
Wynn Hospital lowest Utica · Utica-Rome, NY OB Care Antepartum Vag Dlvr & Postpartum $1,736.40 $2,894.00 Aug 7, 2026
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St Joseph's Hospital, Yonkers Yonkers · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Obstetrical care $2,078.59 — Jul 13, 2026
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Mount Sinai Brooklyn Brooklyn · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Routine Obstetric Care W/Deliv $3,150.00 $3,500.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Mount Sinai Morningside New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Routine Obstetric Care W/Deliv $3,150.00 $3,500.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Mount Sinai Queens Long Island · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Routine Obstetric Care W/Deliv $3,150.00 $3,500.00 Apr 1, 2026
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The Mount Sinai Hospital New York · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ HC Routine Obstetric Care W/Deliv $3,150.00 $3,500.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Erie County Medical Center Buffalo · Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY OBSTETRICAL CARE $6,362.52 — Aug 25, 2026
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Montefiore Medical Center Bronx · New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ PR OB CARE ANTEPARTUM VAG DLVR & POSTPARTUM $25,368.66 $38,790.00 Sep 28, 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
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ 6 $2,078.59 $3,150.00
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY 1 $6,362.52 $6,362.52
Utica-Rome, NY 1 $1,736.40 $1,736.40
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.