Below are the average payments under commercial employer-sponsored health insurance for overall childbirth (cesarean section and vaginal births) in 37 states and Washington, D.C., ranked in descending order. Payments for childbirth among people with employer-sponsored health plans include the amounts paid by both the insurer and the patient.
Averages are based on a sample of more than 400,000 admissions for delivery from 2020 inpatient delivery claims. The below list does not feature all U.S. states; Health Care Cost Institute analyzed states that had data on at least 400 deliveries attributed to at least five providers in 2020, including 100 vaginal birth deliveries and 100 C-section deliveries.
- Alaska: $21,535
- California: $21,139
- New York: $20,092
- Oregon: $19,837
- Connecticut: $19,371
- Washington: $18,192
- West Virginia: $17,842
- Maine: $17,486
- Florida: $17,340
- Massachusetts: $17,285
- Wisconsin: $16,917
- Delaware: $16,618
- Georgia: $16,616
- Minnesota: $16,319
- Colorado: $16,317
- Montana: $16,239
- District of Columbia: $16,092
- Virginia: $15,221
- Indiana: $14,826
- Pennsylvania: $14,714
- South Dakota: $14,016
- Nevada: $13,969
- South Carolina: $13,658
- North Carolina: $13,327
- Illinois: $13,320
- Utah: $13,095
- Ohio: $13,048
- Texas: $12,992
- New Mexico: $12,791
- Arizona: $12,491
- Iowa: $12,126
- Kentucky: $12,048
- Louisiana: $11,990
- Kansas: $11,876
- Michigan: $11,827
- Oklahoma: $11,705
- Missouri: $11,242
- Arkansas: $10,177
