Vaginal Delivery Cost in New Jersey — 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?
Hospitals ranked by gross charge
- 1
CentraState Medical Center
Freehold, NJ
Gross charge $27,961 - 2
Morristown Medical Center
Morristown, NJ
Gross charge $29,643 - 3
Chilton Medical Center
Pompton Plains, NJ
Gross charge $29,643 - 4
Newton Medical Center
Newton, NJ
Gross charge $29,643 - 5
Overlook Medical Center
Summit, NJ
Gross charge $29,643 - 6
Ahs Hospital Corp
Hackettstown, NJ
Gross charge $29,643 - 7
St. Mary's General Hospital
Passaic, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $10,658 - 8
Cooper University Hospital Cape Regional
Cape May Court House, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $6,219 - 9
Valley Hospital
Paramus, NJ
Gross charge — - 10
St Joseph's University Medical Center Inc
Paterson, NJ
Gross charge — - 11
West Jersey Hospital
Voorhees, NJ
Gross charge — - 12
Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital
Camden, NJ
Gross charge — - 13
Deborah Heart and Lung Rehabilitate Center
Browns Mills, NJ
Gross charge — - 14
Inspira Medical Center Vineland
Vineland, NJ
Gross charge — - 15
Community Medical Center
Toms River, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $8,598 - 16
Capital Health Medical Center - Hopewell
Pennington, NJ
Gross charge — - 17
Englewood Hospital and Medical Center
Englewood, NJ
Gross charge — - 18
Shore Medical Center
Somers Point, NJ
Gross charge — - 19
Virtua Mount Holly Hospital
Mount Holly, NJ
Gross charge — - 20
St. Luke's Hospital - Warren Campus
Phillipsburg, NJ
Gross charge — - 21
Virtua Willingboro Hospital
Willingboro, NJ
Gross charge — - 22
Atlanticare Regional Medical Center - City Campus
Atlantic City, NJ
Gross charge — - 23
Inspira Medical Center Mullica Hill
Elmer, NJ
Gross charge — - 24
HMH Jersey Shore University Medical Center
Neptune, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $5,407 - 25
Capital Health Regional Medical Center
Trenton, NJ
Gross charge — - 26
HMH Bayshore Medical Center
Holmdel, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $5,407 - 27
The University Hospital
Newark, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $18,613 - 28
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center
Newark, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $12,709 - 29
HMH Palisades Medical Center
North Bergen, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $7,669 - 30
Clara Maass Medical Center
Belleville, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $8,990 - 31Gross charge —
- 32
Trinitas Regional Medical Center
Elizabeth, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $11,761 - 33
HMH Riverview Medical Center
Red Bank, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $5,407 - 34
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
New Brunswick, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $4,122 - 35
HMH Raritan Bay Medical Center
Perth Amboy, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $5,513 - 36
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset
Somerville, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $2,486 - 37
HMH Ocean University Medical Center
Brick, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $5,260 - 38
Jersey City Medical Center
Jersey City, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $5,589 - 39
Monmouth Medical Center
Long Branch, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $9,390 - 40
Monmouth Medical Center, Southern Campus
Lakewood, NJ
Gross charge — - 41
HMH JFK University Medical Center
Edison, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $5,564 - 42
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton
Hamilton, NJ
Gross charge — - 43
HMH Southern Ocean Medical Center
Manahawkin, NJ
Gross charge —Cash pay $4,621
6 New Jersey hospitals list a gross charge for vaginal delivery under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $27,961 to $29,643. The cheapest is CentraState Medical Center in Freehold; the most expensive is Ahs Hospital Corp in Hackettstown. The state average sits at $29,362.
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 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 New Jersey, 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 Jersey 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.