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Vaginal delivery with prenatal and postpartum care in Chicago, IL-IN costs $1,077 to $4,575. Here's every hospital's price.

4 hospitals in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area publish a cash price for vaginal delivery with prenatal and postpartum care (CPT 59400). We read their files every month so you don't have to.

Across the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area, 4 hospitals list a cash price for vaginal delivery with prenatal and postpartum care (CPT 59400). The lowest is $1,077 at Morris Hospital & Healthcare Centers, the median is $1,657 and the highest is $4,575 at Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston Hospital. The most expensive hospital lists 4.2 times the cheapest for the same code.

The Chicago, IL-IN median of $1,657 is 59% below the national median of $4,058 across 243 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.

8 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $62 to $14,901. 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. 72 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.

$1,077
lowest cash price in Chicago, IL-IN
Morris Hospital & Healthcare Centers · 40 mi
$580 below the median
$1,657
median cash price
4 hospitals
4.2×
highest ÷ lowest
same procedure, same metro
4/82
hospitals with a cash price
72 don't · see who

Sorted by cash price

Hospital facility fee only
1
Morris Hospital & Healthcare Centers

Morris · 40 mi · File Jun 2026

$1,077
list $4,475
2
Jackson Park Hospital

Chicago · 13 mi · File Dec 2025

$1,657
list $2,071
3
Humboldt Park Health

Chicago · 12 mi · File Aug 2026

$2,249
list $8,034
4
Northshore University Healthsystem - Evanston Hospital

Evanston · 23 mi · Older file Jan 2025

$4,575
list $7,038 · lowest of 2 lines
5
Loyola Gottlieb Memorial Hospital

Melrose Park · 10 mi · File Mar 2026

6
Macneal Hospital

Berwyn · 6 mi · File Mar 2026

7
University of Illinois Hospital and Clinics

Chicago · 12 mi · File Apr 2026

list $14,901
8
Elmhurst Memorial Hospital

Elmhurst · 9 mi · File Apr 2026

9
Edward Hospital

Naperville · 16 mi · File Apr 2026

10
Loyola University Medical Center

Maywood · 7 mi · File Mar 2026

1

What's in the price

The hospital facility fee for CPT 59400. 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 CPT 59400, in writing, and whether it covers facility, physician and anesthesia."

About vaginal delivery with prenatal and postpartum care

CPT 59400 is the obstetric "global package": routine prenatal visits, the vaginal delivery itself and the postpartum check-up, billed as one code by the obstetrician or midwife. When a hospital lists this code, the number usually reflects the professional package at a hospital-employed practice, not the hospital stay.

What the price covers, and what it does not

The global package covers the clinician's prenatal visits, attendance at the delivery and postpartum care. It does not include the hospital stay for mother and baby (billed as DRG 807 or similar), ultrasounds, laboratory tests, anesthesia (an epidural is billed by the anesthesiologist), the pediatrician's newborn care, or any complications. For a self-pay birth, add the hospital's DRG price to this package and ask about the rest.

Why prices vary

Obstetric packages range widely between practices. Hospital-employed practices, especially at academic centers, list higher prices; midwife-led practices and birth centers are usually lower. Many hospitals offer an all-inclusive self-pay maternity package that bundles the stay and the delivery; it is often the best deal for the uninsured.

Questions to ask

  • What is the self-pay price for 59400, and what does the hospital stay (DRG 807) add?
  • Is there an all-inclusive maternity package for self-pay patients?
  • What are the anesthesia, ultrasound and newborn charges?

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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