Vaginal Delivery Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals
A vaginal birth, without tubal ligation or a D&C, for a mother with serious health complications. The stay covers labor, delivery, close monitoring of mother and baby, and recovery.
State average
$29,322
gross charge · DRG 805
Hospitals
13
with published pricing
Price range
$10,187 – $41,211
low to high
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Cambridge Health Alliance
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge $10,187 - 2
Southcoast Hospitals Group
Fall River, MA
Gross charge $24,221Cash pay $8,351 - 3
Lowell General Hospital
Lowell, MA
Gross charge $24,851Cash pay $17,396 - 4
MelroseWakefield Hospital
Melrose, MA
Gross charge $24,851Cash pay $17,396 - 5
Tufts Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge $24,851Cash pay $17,396 - 6
Newton-Wellesley Hospital
Newton, MA
Gross charge $26,351Cash pay $19,763 - 7
Mercy Medical Center
Springfield, MA
Gross charge $28,838Cash pay $15,861 - 8
Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals
Leominster, MA
Gross charge $31,388 - 9
Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital
Southbridge, MA
Gross charge $31,388 - 10
Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus
Worcester, MA
Gross charge $31,388 - 11
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $40,452Cash pay $30,339 - 12
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge $41,211Cash pay $30,908 - 13
Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital
Jamaica Plain, MA
Gross charge $41,211Cash pay $30,908 - 14
Saint Anne's Hospital
Fall River, MA
Gross charge — - 15
Holyoke Medical Center
Holyoke, MA
Gross charge — - 16
Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)
Pittsfield, MA
Gross charge — - 17
Heywood Hospital
Gardner, MA
Gross charge — - 18
Athol Hospital
Athol, MA
Gross charge — - 19
Mount Auburn Hospital
Cambridge, MA
Gross charge — - 20
Baystate Franklin Medical Center
Greenfield, MA
Gross charge — - 21
Anna Jaques Hospital
Newburyport, MA
Gross charge — - 22
Marlborough Hospital
Marlborough, MA
Gross charge — - 23
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham
Needham, MA
Gross charge — - 24
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 25
New England Baptist Hospital
Boston, MA
Gross charge — - 26
Winchester Hospital
Winchester, MA
Gross charge — - 27
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton
Milton, MA
Gross charge — - 28
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington
Burlington, MA
Gross charge — - 29
Fairview Hospital
Great Barrington, MA
Gross charge — - 30
Falmouth Hospital
Falmouth, MA
Gross charge —
13 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for vaginal delivery (DRG 805). Prices range from $10,187 to $41,211 — roughly $31,024 apart. The cheapest is Cambridge Health Alliance in Cambridge; the most expensive is Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital in Jamaica Plain. The state average sits at $29,322.
These numbers are list prices — what the hospital bills before any insurance adjustment. 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 vaginal delivery at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.
For vaginal delivery in Massachusetts, 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. Massachusetts hospitals missing from the list either don't perform vaginal delivery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 805 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.