Vaginal delivery after a previous cesarean in Columbus, OH costs $5,700 to $11,474. Here's every hospital's price.
2 hospitals in the Columbus, OH metro area publish a cash price for vaginal delivery after a previous cesarean (CPT 59610). We read their files every month so you don't have to.
Across the Columbus, OH metro area, 2 hospitals list a cash price for vaginal delivery after a previous cesarean (CPT 59610). The lowest is $5,700 at Mount Carmel St Ann's, the median is $5,700 and the highest is $11,474 at Nationwide Children's Hospital. The most expensive hospital lists 2.0 times the cheapest for the same code.
The Columbus, OH median of $5,700 is 24% above the national median of $4,595 across 223 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.
8 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $944 to $15,689. With insurance you pay a share of the negotiated rate, which is sometimes higher than the cash price; you may ask for the cash price instead.
The files behind these prices are dated between January 2025 and April 2026. 12 other hospitals in the metro area have no readable price for this code: some publish no file, some block automated reading, some leave the code out. They are listed below so you can call them.
Sorted by cash price
Hospital facility fee onlyWesterville · 12 mi · File Mar 2026
Columbus · 8 mi · File Apr 2026
Canal Winchester · 9 mi · Older file Jan 2025
What's in the price
The hospital facility fee for CPT 59610. The doctor, anesthesia and lab work usually bill separately.
Cash vs. insured
Cash is what you pay without insurance. With insurance you pay a share of the negotiated rate, which can be higher than cash. You may ask for the cash price.
What to say on the phone
"I'd like the self-pay price for CPT 59610, in writing, and whether it covers facility, physician and anesthesia."
About vaginal delivery after a previous cesarean
CPT 59610 is the obstetric global package for a vaginal birth after cesarean (VBAC): routine prenatal care, the vaginal delivery and postpartum care. It is billed by the obstetrician as one code; a hospital's listed price usually reflects a hospital-employed practice's package.
What the price covers, and what it does not
Prenatal visits, the delivery and postpartum follow-up by the clinician. Not included: the hospital stay (DRG 807 for an uncomplicated vaginal delivery), anesthesia, ultrasounds, laboratory tests, newborn care by the pediatrician, or the cesarean if the VBAC attempt is converted (59618 in that case). Not every hospital offers VBAC; those that do must have surgical staff immediately available, which is one reason the hospital stay may be priced higher.
Why prices vary
Practice packages differ, and hospital stay prices vary two to three times between hospitals. Ask specifically what happens to the price if the labor ends in a cesarean.
Questions to ask
- What is the self-pay price for 59610, and what does the hospital stay add?
- Does this hospital support VBAC, and what does a conversion to cesarean cost?
- Is there an all-inclusive self-pay maternity package?
Hospitals in Columbus, OH without a price for this procedure
Listed so you know who to call. The reason is what we found on their website.
- Fairfield Medical Centercode not in file
- Galion Community HospitalNo website on record
- Grady Memorial Hospitalcode not in file
- Hocking Valley Community HospitalNo website on record
- Licking Memorial HospitalNo price file found
- Madison HealthNo price file found
- Memorial Hospitalcode not in file
- Mount Carmel Dublincode not in file
- Mount Carmel East & Westcode not in file
- Mount Carmel New Albany Surgical Hospitalcode not in file
- Ohio State University State Health Systemcode not in file
- Ohiohealth Morrow County Hospitalcode not in file