Becker's Healthcare July 28, 2025
The median in-network cost for a vaginal delivery is $15,178, and the average C-section costs $19,292, according to healthcare data company Fair Health.
Fair Health calculated the cost of giving birth including the delivery itself — pharmacy, nursery, labor and delivery room, medical supplies, room and board for the mother — as well as anesthesia, fetal nonstress tests, ultrasounds, laboratory work and breast pump. Using data from September 2024, the company found Alaska as the most expensive state to give birth.
The median vaginal delivery cost, by state:
Alaska — $29,152
New York — $21,810
New Jersey — $21,757
Connecticut — $20,658
California — $20,389
Oregon — $19,960
Maine — $19,585
Delaware — $19,540
Vermont — $19,463
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