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Vaginal delivery hospital stay, no complications in Boston, MA-NH costs $6,186 to $17,721. Here's every hospital's price.

4 hospitals in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area publish a cash price for vaginal delivery hospital stay, no complications (MS-DRG 807). We read their files every month so you don't have to.

Across the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH metro area, 4 hospitals list a cash price for vaginal delivery hospital stay, no complications (MS-DRG 807). The lowest is $6,186 at Cambridge Health Alliance, the median is $9,367 and the highest is $17,721 at Tufts Medical Center. The most expensive hospital lists 2.9 times the cheapest for the same code.

The Boston, MA-NH median of $9,367 is 23% above the national median of $7,608 across 255 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.

6 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $531 to $26,562. 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 2026 and April 2026. 35 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.

$6,186
lowest cash price in Boston, MA-NH
Cambridge Health Alliance · 11 mi
$3,181 below the median
$9,367
median cash price
4 hospitals
2.9×
highest ÷ lowest
same procedure, same metro
4/41
hospitals with a cash price
35 don't · see who

Sorted by cash price

Hospital facility fee only
1
Cambridge Health Alliance

Cambridge · 11 mi · File Mar 2026

$6,186
list $6,186
2
Lowell General Hospital

Lowell · 19 mi · File Apr 2026

$9,367
list $13,381 · lowest of 3 lines
3
Melrosewakefield Healthcare

Melrose · 4 mi · File Apr 2026

$9,438
list $13,483
4
Tufts Medical Center

Boston · 12 mi · File Apr 2026

$17,721
list $25,316 · lowest of 3 lines
5
Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital

Brockton · 30 mi · File Jan 2026

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6
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington

Burlington · 10 mi · File Apr 2026

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1

What's in the price

The hospital facility fee for MS-DRG 807. The doctor, anesthesia and lab work usually bill separately.

2

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.

3

What to say on the phone

"I'd like the self-pay price for MS-DRG 807, in writing, and whether it covers facility, physician and anesthesia."

About vaginal delivery hospital stay, no complications

MS-DRG 807 is the hospital stay for an uncomplicated vaginal birth: labor and delivery room, nursing, the mother's postpartum room for one or two nights, supplies and medications. It is the most common reason for a hospital admission in the United States.

What the price covers, and what it does not

The DRG covers the mother's stay. It does not include the obstetrician or midwife (billed as the global package, 59400), the anesthesiologist for an epidural, the newborn's own stay and pediatric care, which is billed to the baby separately, or laboratory tests. A self-pay family should expect at least three bills: mother's stay, baby's stay and the delivering clinician.

Why prices vary

The hospital stay for the same uncomplicated birth varies two to four times between hospitals in the same metro area. Academic centers and large systems list the highest charges; community hospitals and birth centers the lowest. Many hospitals offer a fixed self-pay maternity package well below the sum of the list prices; ask for it by name.

Questions to ask

  • What is the self-pay price for DRG 807, and what is the newborn's stay?
  • Is there an all-inclusive self-pay maternity package?
  • What do the epidural and the delivering clinician cost?

Hospitals in Boston, MA-NH without a price for this procedure

Listed so you know who to call. The reason is what we found on their website.

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