Vaginal Delivery Cost in Indiana — Compare All Hospitals
Vaginal delivery without sterilization, dilatation, or curettage — the most common inpatient procedure in the United States.
What this hospital charge usually covers
The gross-charge number above is the hospital's facility bill for vaginal delivery. Here's what's typically inside that price (typical inpatient stay: 1–2 days):
Included in the hospital bill
- Labor and delivery room
- Nursing and routine medications during labor and recovery
- Postpartum mother and baby room
- Routine newborn care (Apgar, vitamin K, eye prophylaxis, hearing screen)
- Standard lab work for mother and baby
Usually billed separately
- Obstetrician, midwife, and any anesthesiologist (epidural) professional fees
- Neonatologist or pediatrician fees
- Lactation consultant (sometimes included, sometimes not)
- Postpartum follow-up visits
- Circumcision (often a separate facility fee)
Quality signals to check before picking a hospital
Price alone won't tell you which hospital does vaginal delivery best. These are the CMS quality measures that matter most for this specific procedure. Click any hospital below for its full profile, then look for these:
Patient Experience (HCAHPS)
Communication during labor, nursing responsiveness, and discharge planning shape the whole birth experience.
Birthing-Friendly Hospital designation
CMS marks hospitals committed to evidence-based maternal care and support of physiologic birth.
C-Section Rate (NTSV)
For low-risk first-time mothers, an unusually high C-section rate may signal a hospital quick to escalate to surgical delivery.
When the cheapest hospital may not be the best fit
The list below sorts by price. For vaginal delivery, the lowest price isn't automatically the best fit — these are situations where it's worth weighing additional factors against price. None of the below is medical advice; talk to your doctor about what applies to your specific situation.
- For high-risk pregnancies (multiples, prior C-section, preeclampsia, diabetes), a hospital with a Level III or IV NICU is generally the safer setting regardless of price.
- For a specific birth plan (water birth, midwife-led, doula support), matching the hospital's protocols and amenities is usually more important than the price gap.
- When an obstetrician only delivers at certain hospitals, provider continuity usually matters more than price differences across facilities.
Questions to ask your hospital or insurer
The gross charge is the starting point. These are the procedure-specific questions to ask before you commit:
- Are both my obstetrician and the anesthesiologist (if I want an epidural) in-network?
- Is the pediatrician/neonatologist who will see my baby in-network?
- Is there a separate facility fee for the labor room versus the postpartum room?
- Does this estimate include a lactation consultant visit?
Data notes for Indiana
- The lowest published charge ($3,561 at Riverview Health) is unusually low for an inpatient stay. This may reflect a data-quality issue in the hospital's MRF rather than an actual price — verify directly with the hospital before relying on it.
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
Riverview Health
Noblesville, IN
Gross charge $3,561 - 2
Johnson Memorial Health
Franklin, IN
Gross charge $4,109Cash pay $3,287 - 3
Hendricks Regional Health
Danville, IN
Gross charge $4,216Cash pay $1,687 - 4
Adams Memorial Hospital
Decatur, IN
Gross charge $6,355 - 5
Daviess Community Hospital (Acute Care)
Washington, IN
Gross charge $6,893Cash pay $4,825 - 6
Woodlawn Hospital
Rochester, IN
Gross charge $8,058Cash pay $6,044 - 7
Marion General Hospital
Marion, IN
Gross charge $9,014Cash pay $5,408 - 8
Hancock Regional Hospital
Greenfield, IN
Gross charge $10,568Cash pay $8,455 - 9
Community Howard Regional Health
Kokomo, IN
Gross charge $11,957Cash pay $7,174 - 10
Community Hospital East
Indianapolis, IN
Gross charge $11,957Cash pay $7,174 - 11
Community Hospital Anderson
Anderson, IN
Gross charge $11,957Cash pay $7,174 - 12
Community Hospital South
Indianapolis, IN
Gross charge $11,957Cash pay $7,174 - 13
Community Hospital North
Indianapolis, IN
Gross charge $11,957Cash pay $7,174 - 14
Harrison County Hospital
Corydon, IN
Gross charge $12,156Cash pay $7,294 - 15
St. Catherine Hospital
East Chicago, IN
Gross charge $12,264Cash pay $7,358 - 16
Henry county hospital
New Castle, IN
Gross charge $12,882Cash pay $9,017 - 17
Columbus Regional Hospital
Columbus, IN
Gross charge $15,415Cash pay $12,332 - 18
Community Hospital
Munster, IN
Gross charge $15,494Cash pay $9,297 - 19
St Mary Medical Center Inc (Acute Care)
Hobart, IN
Gross charge $15,494Cash pay $9,297 - 20
Decatur County Memorial Hospital
Greensburg, IN
Gross charge $15,887Cash pay $11,915 - 21
MHP Major Hospital
Shelbyville, IN
Gross charge $16,049Cash pay $5,136 - 22
Baptist Health Floyd
New Albany, IN
Gross charge $17,133Cash pay $12,849 - 23
Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center
Mishawaka, IN
Gross charge $17,385Cash pay $11,300 - 24
Saint Joseph Plymouth Medical Center
Plymouth, IN
Gross charge $17,385Cash pay $11,300 - 25
Union Hospital Inc
Terre Haute, IN
Gross charge $19,783Cash pay $11,870 - 26
Union Hospital Regional
Terre Haute, IN
Gross charge $19,783Cash pay $11,870 - 27
Union Hospital Clinton
Clinton, IN
Gross charge $19,783Cash pay $11,870 - 28
Witham Health Services
Lebanon, IN
Gross charge $24,949Cash pay $17,465 - 29
Northwest Health - La Porte
La Porte, IN
Gross charge — - 30
Ascension St. Vincent Kokomo
Kokomo, IN
Gross charge — - 31
Lutheran Hospital of Indiana
Fort Wayne, IN
Gross charge — - 32
Eskenazi Health
Indianapolis, IN
Gross charge — - 33
Northwest Health - Porter
Valparaiso, IN
Gross charge — - 34
St Joseph Health System, Llc
Fort Wayne, IN
Gross charge — - 35
IU Health Bloomington Hospital
Bloomington, IN
Gross charge — - 36
IU Health University Hospital
Indianapolis, IN
Gross charge — - 37
Memorial Hospital (South Bend)
South Bend, IN
Gross charge — - 38
Schneck Medical Center
Seymour, IN
Gross charge — - 39
Bluffton Regional Medical Center
Bluffton, IN
Gross charge — - 40
Deaconess Hospital Inc
Evansville, IN
Gross charge — - 41
Ascension St. Vincent Hospital - Indianapolis
Indianapolis, IN
Gross charge — - 42
Ascension St. Vincent Anderson
Anderson, IN
Gross charge — - 43
IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital
Muncie, IN
Gross charge — - 44
Ascension St. Vincent Evansville
Evansville, IN
Gross charge — - 45
Northwest Health - Starke
Knox, IN
Gross charge — - 46
Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center
Jasper, IN
Gross charge — - 47
Lutheran Kosciusko Hospital
Warsaw, IN
Gross charge — - 48
Dupont Hospital
Fort Wayne, IN
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- 51
IU Health West Hospital
Avon, IN
Gross charge — - 52
IU Health North Hospital
Carmel, IN
Gross charge — - 53
The Orthopedic Hospital of Lutheran
Ft Wayne, IN
Gross charge — - 54
IU Health Arnett Hospital
Lafayette, IN
Gross charge — - 55
Ascension St. Vincent Fishers
Fishers, IN
Gross charge — - 56
Ascension St. Vincent Randolph
Winchester, IN
Gross charge — - 57
Ascension St. Vincent Jennings
North Vernon, IN
Gross charge — - 58
IU Health Paoli Hospital
Paoli, IN
Gross charge — - 59
Ascension St. Vincent Williamsport
Williamsport, IN
Gross charge — - 60
Ascension St. Vincent Mercy
Elwood, IN
Gross charge — - 61
Ascension St. Vincent Clay
Brazil, IN
Gross charge — - 62
IU Health Tipton Hospital
Tipton, IN
Gross charge — - 63
IU Health White Memorial Hospital
Monticello, IN
Gross charge — - 64
Ascension St. Vincent Salem
Salem, IN
Gross charge — - 65
Cameron Health
Angola, IN
Gross charge — - 66
IU Health Frankfort Hospital
Frankfort, IN
Gross charge — - 67
Dukes Memorial Hospital
Peru, IN
Gross charge — - 68
IU Health Jay Hospital
Portland, IN
Gross charge — - 69
Ascension St. Vincent Warrick
Boonville, IN
Gross charge — - 70
St. Elizabeth Healthcare Dearborn Hospital
Lawrenceburg, IN
Gross charge — - 71
Norton Clark Hospital
Jeffersonville, IN
Gross charge — - 72
Good Samaritan Hospital (Acute Care)
Vincennes, IN
Gross charge — - 73
The Women's Hospital
Newburgh, IN
Gross charge — - 74
Elkhart General Hospital
Elkhart, IN
Gross charge — - 75
Community Hospital of Bremen
Bremen, IN
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28 Indiana hospitals publish gross charges for vaginal delivery (DRG 807). Prices range from $3,561 to $24,949 — roughly $21,389 apart. The cheapest is Riverview Health in Noblesville; the most expensive is Witham Health Services in Lebanon. The state average sits at $13,014.
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 Indiana, 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. Indiana hospitals missing from the list either don't perform vaginal delivery in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 807 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.