US Health Care Costs

Vaginal birth, with major complications in California

MS-DRG 805: Vaginal delivery without sterilization/d&c with mcc

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

HospitalCityMedicare staysBilledPaidCash priceInsurers (median)
Hoag Memorial Hospital PresbyterianNewport Beach––––$23,217$14,410–$28,108 · 4 plans
Stanford Health CareStanford––––Not in dollars (16 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.