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Surgery and procedures CPT 59400 Tennessee Outpatient

Vaginal birth cost in Tennessee

In Tennessee, 5 hospitals publish a cash price for vaginal delivery, including prenatal and postpartum care: from $490.82 to $4,451.40, with a median of $490.82. The lowest price is at Methodist North Hospital (Memphis) and 3 other hospitals. The highest price is 9.1× the lowest.

  • The median here, $490.82, is 87% below the US median of $3,815.00.
  • Tennessee has the lowest median of 16 states with at least 5 hospitals pricing this code.
  • Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.

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 Oct 30, 2026. See them on a map

Lowest$490.82Methodist North Hospital + 3 more
Median$490.82half of hospitals charge less
Highest$4,451.40in Tennessee
Lowest saves$0.00vs the median

Hospitals in Tennessee, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceFile date
Methodist North Hospital lowest Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC Obgyn Care Antepartum $490.82 $2,231.00 Mar 19, 2026
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Methodist South Hospital lowest Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC Obgyn Care Antepartum $490.82 $2,231.00 Mar 19, 2026
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Methodist University Hospital lowest Memphis · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC Obgyn Care Antepartum $490.82 $2,231.00 Mar 19, 2026
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Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital lowest Germantown · Memphis, TN-MS-AR HC Obgyn Care Antepartum $490.82 $2,231.00 Mar 19, 2026
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Metro Nashville General Hospital Nashville · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN 59400 Routine obstetric care including antepartum care, vaginal delivery, postpartum care $4,451.40 $7,419.00 Sep 1, 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
Memphis, TN-MS-AR 4 $490.82 $490.82
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN 1 $4,451.40 $4,451.40
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.