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Vaginal delivery hospital stay, no complications in Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD costs $5,396 to $9,617. Here's every hospital's price.

8 hospitals in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 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 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area, 8 hospitals list a cash price for vaginal delivery hospital stay, no complications (MS-DRG 807). The lowest is $5,396 at Jefferson Lansdale Hospital, the median is $7,370 and the highest is $9,617 at Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware.

The Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD median of $7,370 is 6% below the national median of $7,846 across 105 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.

19 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $1,780 to $43,490. 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 September 2025 and September 2026. 32 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.

$5,396
lowest cash price in Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD
Jefferson Lansdale Hospital · 25 mi
$1,973 below the median
$7,370
median cash price
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Hospital facility fee only
1
Jefferson Lansdale Hospital

Lansdale · 25 mi · File Mar 2026

$5,396
· lowest of 2 lines
2
Lower Bucks Hospital

Bristol · 28 mi · File Sep 2026

$6,653
3
Roxborough Memorial Hospital

Philadelphia · 11 mi · File Sep 2026

$6,924
· lowest of 3 lines
4
Jefferson Stratford Hospital

Stratford · 17 mi · File Mar 2026

$7,370
· lowest of 2 lines
5
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital

Philadelphia · 9 mi · File Mar 2026

$8,549
· lowest of 2 lines
6
St Mary Medical Center

Langhorne · 29 mi · File Mar 2026

$9,322
7
Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital

Philadelphia · 13 mi · File Dec 2025

$9,617
· lowest of 2 lines
8
Jefferson Einstein Montgomery Hospital

East Norriton · 18 mi · File Dec 2025

$9,617
· lowest of 2 lines
9
St Francis Hospital

Wilmington · 17 mi · File Mar 2026

$12,991
10
Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware

Wilmington · 15 mi · File Mar 2026

$74,982
list $74,982
11
Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital

Camden · 12 mi · File Apr 2026

12
Virtua Mount Holly Hospital

Mount Holly · 28 mi · File Apr 2026

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 Philadelphia, PA-NJ-DE-MD 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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