US Health Care Costs

Vaginal birth, with complications in Massachusetts

MS-DRG 806: Vaginal delivery without sterilization/d&c with cc

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaidCash priceInsurers (median)
Brigham and Women's HospitalBoston–––$29,148$7,258only 1 plan
Massachusetts General HospitalBoston–––$28,999–
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University CampusWorcester–––$30,912$8,135$7,814–$10,312 · 19 plans

Medicare: CMS, 2024 (hospitals with 11 or more Medicare stays). Cash and insurer prices: hospitals' own price files, where read; insurer figures are commercial plans only, median and 10th–90th percentile across plans.