DRG 788 · Maternity

C-Section Cost in New York — 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
$29,374
gross charge · DRG 788
Hospitals
18
with published pricing
Price range
$7,109 – $117,547
low to high
Lowest $7,109 Highest $117,547

18 New York hospitals list a gross charge for c-section under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $7,109 to $117,547. The cheapest is Arnot Ogden Medical Center (Acute Care) in Elmira; the most expensive is Westchester Medical Center (Acute Care) in Valhalla. The state average sits at $29,374.

What's published is the gross charge — the starting point, not what you'd actually owe. 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 New York, 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. New York 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

    Arnot Ogden Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Elmira, NY

    Gross charge $7,109
  2. 2

    Canton-Potsdam Hospital

    Potsdam, NY

    Gross charge $14,520
    Cash pay $9,438
  3. 3

    Rochester General Hospital

    Rochester, NY

    Gross charge $21,221
    Cash pay $13,794
  4. 4

    RRH Clifton Springs Hospital & Clinic

    Clifton Springs, NY

    Gross charge $21,221
    Cash pay $13,794
  5. 5

    Bronxcare Hospital Center

    Bronx, NY

    Gross charge $21,386
    Cash pay $21,090
  6. 6

    Guthrie Cortland Medical Center

    Cortland, NY

    Gross charge $22,795
    Cash pay $18,236
  7. 7

    St. Peter's Hospital

    Albany, NY

    Gross charge $23,430
    Cash pay $15,230
  8. 8

    Samaritan Hospital of Troy, New York

    Troy, NY

    Gross charge $23,430
    Cash pay $15,230
  9. 9
    Gross charge $23,430
    Cash pay $15,230
  10. 10

    Wynn Hospital

    Utica, NY

    Gross charge $23,468
    Cash pay $14,081
  11. 11

    Bassett Healthcare

    Cooperstown, NY

    Gross charge $24,726
    Cash pay $6,676
  12. 12

    Kenmore Mercy Hospital (Acute Care)

    Kenmore, NY

    Gross charge $26,974
    Cash pay $30,436
  13. 13

    Mercy Hospital of Buffalo

    Buffalo, NY

    Gross charge $30,151
  14. 14

    Ellis Hospital

    Schenectady, NY

    Gross charge $30,523
    Cash pay $15,261
  15. 15

    Corning Hospital

    Corning, NY

    Gross charge $31,991
    Cash pay $25,593
  16. 16

    Mount St. Mary's Hospital

    Lewiston, NY

    Gross charge $32,008
  17. 17

    Sisters of Charity Hospital

    Buffalo, NY

    Gross charge $32,800
  18. 18

    Westchester Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Valhalla, NY

    Gross charge $117,547
    Cash pay $14,083
  19. 19

    Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, Inc

    Binghamton, NY

    Gross charge —
  20. 20

    Nassau University Medical Center (Acute Care)

    East Meadow, NY

    Gross charge —
  21. 21

    Richmond University Medical Center

    Staten Island, NY

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  22. 22

    Huntington Hospital

    Huntington, NY

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $36,861
  23. 23

    Brooklyn Hospital Center - Downtown Campus

    Brooklyn, NY

    Gross charge —
  24. 24

    Geneva General Hospital (Acute Care)

    Geneva, NY

    Gross charge —
  25. 25

    Montefiore Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Bronx, NY

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  26. 26

    UR Medicine – F.F. Thompson Hospital

    Canandaigua, NY

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  27. 27

    Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital

    Mount Vernon, NY

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  28. 28

    Bertrand Chaffee Hospital

    Springville, NY

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  29. 29

    Garnet Health Medical Center

    Middletown, NY

    Gross charge —
  30. 30
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  31. 31

    UR Medicine St James Hospital

    Hornell, NY

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $11,818
  32. 32

    Samaritan Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Watertown, NY

    Gross charge —
  33. 33

    Highland Hospital

    Rochester, NY

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $11,818
  34. 34

    Glen Cove Hospital (Acute Care)

    Glen Cove, NY

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $32,507
  35. 35

    Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital

    New Rochelle, NY

    Gross charge —
  36. 36

    Glens Falls Hospital

    Glens Falls, NY

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  37. 37

    Long Island Jewish Medical Center

    New Hyde Park, NY

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $36,861
  38. 38

    Crouse Hospital

    Syracuse, NY

    Gross charge —
  39. 39

    NYU Langone Hospitals

    New York, NY

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  40. 40

    Oswego Hospital

    Oswego, NY

    Gross charge —
  41. 41

    Erie County Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Buffalo, NY

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  42. 42

    Saratoga Hospital

    Saratoga Springs, NY

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  44. 44

    Montefiore St. Luke's Cornwall

    Newburgh, NY

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $6,810
  45. 45

    Strong Memorial Hospital

    Rochester, NY

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $11,818
  46. 46

    Good Samaritan University Hospital

    West Islip, NY

    Gross charge —
  47. 47

    White Plains Hospital

    White Plains, NY

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  48. 48

    Cayuga Medical Center

    Ithaca, NY

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  49. 49

    Plainview Hospital

    Plainview, NY

    Gross charge —
    Cash pay $32,507
  50. 50
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  51. 51

    St. Barnabas Hospital

    Bronx, NY

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  52. 52
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  53. 53

    Schuyler Hospital

    Montour Falls, NY

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  54. 54

    Kaleida Health (Acute Care)

    Buffalo, NY

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  55. 55

    Albany Medical Center Hospital

    Albany, NY

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  56. 56

    Jamaica Hospital Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Jamaica, NY

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  57. 57

    Olean General Hospital

    Olean, NY

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  58. 58

    Jacobi Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Bronx, NY

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  59. 59

    Elmhurst Hospital Center (Acute Care)

    Elmhurst, NY

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  60. 60

    Flushing Hospital Medical Center

    Flushing, NY

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  61. 61

    Maimonides Medical Center

    Brooklyn, NY

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  62. 62

    NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health

    Brooklyn, NY

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  63. 63
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  64. 64

    Kings County Hospital Center (Acute Care)

    Brooklyn, NY

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  65. 65

    Bellevue Hospital Center (Acute Care)

    New York, NY

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  66. 66

    St John's Riverside Hospital

    Yonkers, NY

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  67. 67

    Brooks-Tlc Hospital System, Inc

    Dunkirk, NY

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  68. 68

    Queens Hospital Center

    Jamaica, NY

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  69. 69

    Harlem Hospital Center

    New York, NY

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  70. 70

    Stony Brook University Hospital

    Stony Brook, NY

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  71. 71

    United Health Services Hospitals, Inc.

    Binghamton, NY

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  72. 72

    UHS Delaware Valley Hospital

    Walton, NY

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  73. 73

    St John's Episcopal Hospital at South Shore

    Far Rockaway, NY

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