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Vaginal delivery hospital stay, no complications in Chicago, IL-IN costs $10,113 to $14,928. Here's every hospital's price.

7 hospitals in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN 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 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area, 7 hospitals list a cash price for vaginal delivery hospital stay, no complications (MS-DRG 807). The lowest is $10,113 at Northwest Community Hospital 1, the median is $11,970 and the highest is $14,928 at Northwestern Medicine Mchenry.

The Chicago, IL-IN median of $11,970 is 53% above the national median of $7,846 across 105 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.

30 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $136 to $25,080. 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 August 2026. 51 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.

$10,113
lowest cash price in Chicago, IL-IN
Northwest Community Hospital 1 · 23 mi
$1,857 below the median
$11,970
median cash price
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hospitals with a cash price
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Hospital facility fee only
1
Northwest Community Hospital 1

Arlington Heights · 23 mi · File Mar 2026

$10,113
list $10,113
2
University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics

Chicago · 12 mi · File Apr 2026

$10,218
list $34,061
3
Methodist Hospitals INC

Gary · 27 mi · File Aug 2026

$11,329
list $16,184 · lowest of 2 lines
4
Northwestern Medicine Delnor Community Hospital

Geneva · 27 mi · File Apr 2026

$11,970
list $17,100 · lowest of 2 lines
5
Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston Hospital

Evanston · 23 mi · Older file Jan 2025

$12,456
list $19,163
6
Northwestern Medicine Kishwaukee Hospital

Dekalb · 47 mi · File Apr 2026

$13,149
list $18,784 · lowest of 2 lines
7
Northwestern Medicine Mchenry

Mchenry · 45 mi · File Apr 2026

$14,928
list $21,326
8
Loyola Gottlieb Memorial Hospital

Melrose Park · 10 mi · File Mar 2026

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9
Advocate Sherman Hospital

Elgin · 33 mi · File Nov 2025

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10
Advocate Trinity Hospital

Chicago · 14 mi · File Nov 2025

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11
Macneal Hospital

Berwyn · 6 mi · File Mar 2026

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12
Uchicago Medicine Adventhealth La Grange

La Grange · 3 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 Chicago, IL-IN 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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