DRG 788 · Maternity

C-Section Cost in Michigan — Compare All Hospitals

Delivery of a baby through a surgical incision in the abdomen. The stay includes the operation and a few days of recovery care for mother and baby.

State average
$26,379
gross charge · DRG 788
Hospitals
22
with published pricing
Price range
$14,719 – $76,781
low to high
Lowest $14,719 Highest $76,781

Michigan hospitals price c-section (Medicare DRG 788) anywhere from $14,719 to $76,781 — a $62,062 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Uphs Marquette Dlp Hospital in Marquette; the most expensive is University of Michigan Health-West in Wyoming. The state average sits at $26,379.

Gross charges are list prices, not what most patients pay. Insurance plans negotiate substantial discounts, Medicare and Medicaid pay fixed federal rates, and uninsured patients can usually qualify for a cash-pay discount. But the gross charge still works as a useful benchmark: a hospital that lists c-section at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.

For c-section in Michigan, the price below is each hospital's gross charge for the facility portion of delivery — your actual out-of-pocket depends on insurance, length of stay, complications, and whether the obstetrician bills separately. Click any hospital name for its full maternity profile, including CMS star rating, patient-experience scores, and (where designated) the CMS Birthing-Friendly Hospital marker — a useful signal of maternity-care quality.

Pricing comes from each hospital's Machine-Readable File (MRF), published under the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule. Michigan hospitals missing from the list either don't perform c-section in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 788 in their most recent MRF, or fell below our data-quality thresholds (we filter out clearly erroneous entries like $0 charges). The list refreshes as hospitals update their files.

Hospitals ranked by gross charge

  1. 1

    Uphs Marquette Dlp Hospital

    Marquette, MI

    Gross charge $14,719
    Cash pay $8,832
  2. 2

    Up Health System Portage

    Hancock, MI

    Gross charge $14,719
    Cash pay $8,832
  3. 3

    Bell Hospital

    Ishpeming, MI

    Gross charge $14,719
    Cash pay $8,832
  4. 4

    Mclaren Port Huron

    Port Huron, MI

    Gross charge $16,334
    Cash pay $8,167
  5. 5

    Holland Hospital

    Holland, MI

    Gross charge $22,462
    Cash pay $13,477
  6. 6

    McLaren Bay Region

    Bay City, MI

    Gross charge $25,335
    Cash pay $12,667
  7. 7

    Mclaren Central Michigan

    Mount Pleasant, MI

    Gross charge $25,335
    Cash pay $12,667
  8. 8

    Mclaren Northern Michigan (Acute Care)

    Petoskey, MI

    Gross charge $25,335
    Cash pay $12,667
  9. 9

    Mclaren Flint

    Flint, MI

    Gross charge $25,335
    Cash pay $12,667
  10. 10

    McLaren Greater Lansing

    Lansing, MI

    Gross charge $25,335
    Cash pay $12,667
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    McLaren Lapeer Region

    Lapeer, MI

    Gross charge $25,335
    Cash pay $12,667
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    McLaren Oakland

    Pontiac, MI

    Gross charge $25,335
    Cash pay $12,667
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    Karmanos Cancer Center

    Detroit, MI

    Gross charge $25,335
    Cash pay $12,667
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    Gross charge $25,335
    Cash pay $12,667
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    McLaren Thumb Region

    Bad Axe, MI

    Gross charge $25,335
    Cash pay $12,667
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    Mclaren Macomb (Acute Care)

    Mount Clemens, MI

    Gross charge $25,335
    Cash pay $12,667
  17. 17

    University of Michigan Health-Sparrow Carson

    Carson City, MI

    Gross charge $28,386
    Cash pay $7,096
  18. 18

    Edward W Sparrow Hospital

    Lansing, MI

    Gross charge $28,386
    Cash pay $7,096
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    University of Michigan Health- Sparrow Clinton

    Saint Johns, MI

    Gross charge $28,386
    Cash pay $7,096
  20. 20

    University of Michigan Health-Sparrow Eaton

    Charlotte, MI

    Gross charge $28,386
    Cash pay $7,096
  21. 21

    Sparrow Ionia Hospital

    Ionia, MI

    Gross charge $28,386
    Cash pay $7,096
  22. 22

    University of Michigan Health-West

    Wyoming, MI

    Gross charge $76,781
    Cash pay $30,712
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    Three Rivers Health

    Three Rivers, MI

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    MyMichigan Medical Center Alma

    Alma, MI

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    Hillsdale Hospital

    Hillsdale, MI

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    Spectrum Health

    Grand Rapids, MI

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    University of Michigan Health

    Ann Arbor, MI

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    Mymichigan Medical Center Saginaw

    Saginaw, MI

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    MyMichigan Medical Center West Branch

    West Branch, MI

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    Borgess Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Kalamazoo, MI

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    Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak

    Royal Oak, MI

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    Henry Ford St. John Hospital

    Detroit, MI

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    MyMichigan Medical Center Clare

    Clare, MI

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    Henry Ford Hospital (Warren)

    Warren, MI

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    Henry Ford Genesys Hospital

    Grand Blanc, MI

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    Oaklawn Hospital

    Marshall, MI

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    MyMichigan Medical Center Midland

    Midland, MI

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  40. 40

    Chippewa County War Memorial Hospital

    Sault Ste Marie, MI

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    Ascension River District Hospital

    East China, MI

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    Ascension Rochester main entrance

    Rochester, MI

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    Saint Mary's Standish Community Hospital

    Standish, MI

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    Corewell Health Zeeland Hospital

    Zeeland, MI

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    Covenant Medical Center

    Saginaw, MI

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    Tawas St Joseph Hospital

    Tawas City, MI

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    Corewell Health Ludington Hospital

    Ludington, MI

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  52. 52

    Memorial Healthcare

    Owosso, MI

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    Corewell Health Wayne Hospital

    Wayne, MI

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    Corewell Health Trenton Hospital

    Trenton, MI

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  55. 55

    DMC Detroit Receiving Hospital

    Detroit, MI

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  56. 56

    Bronson LakeView Hospital

    Paw Paw, MI

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  57. 57

    Corewell Health Gerber Hospital

    Fremont, MI

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    Corewell Health Pennock Hospital

    Hastings, MI

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