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
West Virginia — $19,173
Wyoming — $17,668
Massachusetts — $17,669
Washington — $17,400
Rhode Island — $17,179
New Hampshire — $17,029
Montana — $16,852
Florida — $16,515
Georgia — $16,258
Maryland — $16,020
Idaho — $15,942
Wisconsin — $15,533
Minnesota — $15,344
Virginia — $15,279
Ohio — $15,049
Indiana — $14,775
Nevada — $14,746
Pennsylvania — $14,522
Colorado — $14,421
North Carolina — $14,250
Hawaii — $14,168
South Carolina — $13,865
Texas — $13,517
Arizona — $13,417
South Dakota — $13,324
Illinois — $13,262
Nebraska — $13,232
North Dakota — $13,168
Utah — $13,076
Tennessee — $13,070
New Mexico — $12,930
Michigan — $12,900
Kentucky — $12,440
Kansas — $12,355
Iowa — $12,257
District of Columbia — $12,198
Oklahoma — $11,774
Missouri — $11,412
Louisiana — $11,346
Arkansas — $10,827
Alabama — $9,987
Mississippi — $9,847
The median C-section cost, by state:
Alaska — $39,532
Maine — $28,794
Vermont — $28,747
Oregon — $28,708
New Jersey — $26,896
New York — $26,264
Wyoming — $26,206
West Virginia — $25,861
Connecticut — $25,636
Delaware — $25,626
California — $25,169
Idaho — $24,671
Montana — $24,584
Washington — $23,642
Colorado — $23,312
Massachusetts — $22,920
Hawaii — $21,966
Rhode Island — $21,873
Georgia — $21,712
New Hampshire — $21,466
Wisconsin — $20,908
Minnesota — $20,409
Florida — $20,343
Indiana — $19,924
Virginia — $19,732
South Carolina — $19,654
South Dakota — $19,332
North Dakota — $18,980
North Carolina — $18,490
Pennsylvania — $18,404
Nevada — $18,184
Utah — $17,865
Maryland — $17,772
Ohio — $17,610
Arizona — $17,601
Illinois — $17,155
Michigan — $17,013
Texas — $16,754
Nebraska — $16,688
District of Columbia — $16,668
Kentucky — $16,546
Kansas — $16,133
New Mexico — $15,595
Missouri — $15,192
Iowa — $15,159
Oklahoma — $15,052
Tennessee — $14,823
Louisiana — $14,762
Arkansas — $12,412
Alabama — $11,458
Mississippi — $11,110
