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Vaginal delivery hospital stay, no complications in Seattle, WA costs $17,369. Here's every hospital's price.

1 hospitals in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 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 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro area, 1 hospitals list a cash price for vaginal delivery hospital stay, no complications (MS-DRG 807). The lowest is $17,369 at Valley Medical Center, the median is $17,369 and the highest is $17,369.

The Seattle, WA median of $17,369 is 128% above the national median of $7,608 across 255 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.

13 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $2,700 to $25,544. 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 February 2026 and April 2026. 14 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.

$17,369
lowest cash price in Seattle, WA
Valley Medical Center · 18 mi
$17,369
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Valley Medical Center

Renton · 18 mi · File Mar 2026

$17,369
list $24,813
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Highline Medical Center

Burien · 24 mi · File Feb 2026

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3
Providence Regional Medical Center Everett

Everett · 39 mi · File Apr 2026

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4
St Clare Hospital

Lakewood · 39 mi · File Feb 2026

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5
Swedish Medical Center / Cherry Hill

Seattle · 24 mi · File Apr 2026

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6
Swedish Edmonds Hospital

Edmonds · 32 mi · File Apr 2026

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7
Swedish Medical Center

Seattle · 24 mi · File Apr 2026

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8
Overlake Hospital Medical Center & Clinics

Bellevue · 19 mi · File Apr 2026

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9
St Joseph Medical Center

Tacoma · 33 mi · File Feb 2026

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10
St Francis Community Hospital

Federal Way · 27 mi · File Feb 2026

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11
St Anthony Hospital

Gig Harbor · 38 mi · File Feb 2026

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12
Swedish Issaquah

Issaquah · 9 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 Seattle, WA 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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