How much did your hospital birth cost (not your copay)

KelliLynee

A friend is asking because she has to choose new insurance & will be paying a percentage of her hospitalization. Obviously it will vary depending on the area & everything, but she is just looking for a rough estimate. Thanks!

Lucky428

Over $50k.  I had a failed induction, labored over 24 hours, ended in c/s, stayed 4 days...

oboechick7

I think mine came to about $52k . Like PP I had a failed induction, I labored for 32 hours and ended up with a c/s. I also had two epis.

I was in the hospital for 4 days 

mistywhite400

I want to say a coworkers daughter had a baby with no ins & it was 15K.  I think that was the whole kit & caboodle...  OB, hospital stay, delivery, anesthesia

hersheykiss

I wanna say the total was around $64k because it was a planned c/s, We had to pay about $1600.

mxpxgirl13

I had a normal, natural birth, stayed in hospital for 2 or 3 nights. Hospital billed us for $8 K, but we only had to pay $100 out of pocket because we have really good insurance.

 ETA: Judging by what everyone's answers, we got a good deal! 

blublusher

i think the total bill that i saw was in the $60ks...i think its less if you are making w/o ins out of pocket...i think...

ruffle&rust

hersheykiss:

I wanna say the total was around $64k because it was a planned c/s, We had to pay about $1600.

this exactly!

bourk997

too much

easyBreezie

Mine was around $45,000 and I had to pay $4000. Mostly due to DS in NICU.

mrs.larry

$16k at Cedars Sinai in Los Angeles

i had a pitocin-only induction, 7 hours of labor, and no epidural. I stayed a total of just under 72 hours. there were no complications with the baby.

chels0120

$73k we ended up in NICU for 10 days.

mrs.k 07

I was just looking at my bill the other day. I had a med free labor/delivery that lasted 5 hrs and stayed 2 nights including DS's bill it was $5k.

Go Dux

I think both mine were about $20k.  I had relatively easy labors, and stayed for 2 days.

FerreraRocher

30k

pregnantchica

A little over $20k and $0 out of pocket.  We went in on a Sunday afternoon, had dd in the evening, and left Tuesday morning...some friends complained bc they didn't have a chance to see dd at the hospital...lol!

Belpaese

It was about $11k. Induction, labored 12 hours, epi, vag birth. I stayed two nights. I have a good insurance, and I only paid $150 out of pocket.

Ivana_Stolichnaya

About $13k and some change.

Normal vaginal birth, healthy baby (no special medical assistance needed) epi. and 2 night's stay at the hospital. 

We have to pay about $1500, our hospital has allowed us to pay it off in $100 monthly payments.

CA_EAM

About $134k was the total "bill" but that was my c-section, 6 days in the hospital for me and 6 days in NICU for DS.  My insurance blows and I had to pay my our of pocket max $9k.  I shouldn't complain, I could NOT have insurance.

LadyLurk

Hospital charges were almost $15k - we paid about $300, OBGYN's office (only for delivery, not prenatal care) was about $3000 - we paid about $500, Anesthesia was almost $900 (bill was from a separate provider) - we paid a little over $100.

Hospital charges were for a regular vaginal delivery and no problems with baby. However, I had to have two blood transfusions (each bag of blood was almost $900!) and stayed in the hospital from 4 am Monday to 6 pm Wednesday (DD was born at 9:17 am on Monday.)

emiliemadison

AFTER insurance, our out of pocket costs were 10% of the whole bill with a max cap of $3500. For our first child, the total bill was $48K, so we paid the $3500 because our 10% portion was higher than the cap. For #2, our out of pocket cost was $1700 with total bills at $17K.

jessmess0105

About 25K for just the hospital, the OB and labs/tests were more.  I had a scheduled c-section and stayed for just under 3 days.  No problems with dleivery or baby.

fashionmommy

The total bill was about $20k.  Normal vag birth, epi, 2 day stay.

ryry1977

We are thinking ours was $20,000.  We had to pay 20% and it was $1,000, that is why we are thinking 20k.  I went natural and was there only 24 hours.

RaeAnt

HOLY HELL to some of those prices!!!!

NO insurance
scheduled induction
cytotec to complete effacing
pitocin to fully dilate
1 epi
started as a regular vag delivery but ended as C/s after @ less than 12hr labor/20 minutes pushing
blood pressure issues after delivery forcing a magnesium drip.
In hospital from 1am 12/22- @ 1pm 12/24 which is not typical for a c/s (normally is at least 3 days for a c/s)

DS was $1500 (discount $1200 i think)
epi $4500
vag delivery $4500-6000 (discounted @ 25%)
c/s delivery $8000-10,000 (discounted @25%)

The discount was if the bill was paid prior to delivery. so all in all our total was @$16,000. That is not counting all the lab fees and prenatal visits, etc. I remember ultrasounds, paying cash was@ $300 each. I had @ 5 total over the course of my pregnancy.

Blackvelvet

mrs.k 07:

I was just looking at my bill the other day. I had a med free labor/delivery that lasted 5 hrs and stayed 2 nights including DS's bill it was $5k.

Including the prenatal care DS and all my care just over 5K 2 nights medfree natural delivery

posvane

~45K  We did not pay a penny, thankfully. That was for schedueled csec and a 3 day stay.

rockylover

Mne was just under $16K. I had a planned induction, epidural and 2 night stay.

DarcyLongfellow

Over $30,000, but I was induced, had an epidural, then had major clotting, so I had to have an ultrasound, then go under general anesthesia for a D&C, so I was there 5 days. By far the most expensive single thing was the epidural -- it was around $10,000 (I was shocked!).

MissAmber23

Total bill was around $18,000 I think. I was there from Tuesday 5pm until Saturday noon. Induced with pitocin, vaginal delivery, no epi. But the induction took a grand total of 38 hours, and DS was born Thursday afternoon. Then we had to stay 48 hours after he was born b/c my BP was high and b/c I was GBS+. We ended up paying $450 out of pocket.

SailorGray

About $43,000. We paid $5,000.

This includes a Monday - Friday hospital stay, two failed attempts at induction and one successful (I forget all of the details) and one epi. Except for the fact he had no plans on coming out on his own, my delivery was pretty routine.

newguardwife

I wanna say that it was about 14k. With a cervadil (the night before) and pitocin induction. I had an epidural. We stayed 3 nights.

lwrigley2000

About 35k. After 17 hrs of labor I had an unplanned c-section and 4 nights in the hospital.

sunnyday016

About $9k, but we only paid about $2k.

Unmedicated, vaginal delivery, 2 night stay. 

Mommy2B_Hart

It's a rough number, but I want to say my grand total was around $25K. 

That includes: All OB services, I had a high risk pregnancy with PIH, and GD, saw a Endocronologist weekly, had I don't even remember how many ultra sounds, and at 32ish weeks, started going to my OB twice a week for NST scans.

My delivery was a scheduled induction, with cervadil, pitocin, and an epi, we stayed for 3 nights.  DS was circumcised (that was $527 pre-insurance, I remember that number distinctly)

meggiekins

My delivery was almost exactly $200k. But that was 5 days antenatal care for pre-e, c/s & assoc costs, 4 days pp, and a week for DD in the NICU. My whole pg was right around $250k. Luckily we have awesome insurance, and only paid $500.

AppleMomma

$50,000. I ended up with an induction (3 days long) did end in a vaginal birth (Thank GOD!) but ended up in the hospital a total of 10 days, 7 of which DS was in with me & cared for as well.

ZTACRYSTAL

Where are you all having your babies?

Planned and failed induction, 2 failed epidurals, labored over 24 hours, put under (to sleep) for a c-section, 5 days in the hospital. 2 days in ICU care (pre-eclampsia & Mag), $18,000 TOTAL

Our portion $50.00