Vaginal Delivery Cost in New York — 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 New York
- The lowest published charge ($4,026 at Adirondack Medical Center - Saranac Lake) 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
Adirondack Medical Center - Saranac Lake
Saranac Lake, NY
Gross charge $4,026Cash pay $2,496 - 2
Canton-Potsdam Hospital
Potsdam, NY
Gross charge $5,665Cash pay $3,682 - 3
Arnot Ogden Medical Center (Acute Care)
Elmira, NY
Gross charge $8,731 - 4
Rochester General Hospital
Rochester, NY
Gross charge $12,186Cash pay $7,921 - 5
RRH Clifton Springs Hospital & Clinic
Clifton Springs, NY
Gross charge $12,186Cash pay $7,921 - 6
Bassett Healthcare
Cooperstown, NY
Gross charge $12,990Cash pay $3,507 - 7
Corning Hospital
Corning, NY
Gross charge $13,696Cash pay $10,956 - 8
Kenmore Mercy Hospital (Acute Care)
Kenmore, NY
Gross charge $14,685Cash pay $14,855 - 9
St. Peter's Hospital
Albany, NY
Gross charge $14,734Cash pay $9,577 - 10
Samaritan Hospital of Troy, New York
Troy, NY
Gross charge $14,734Cash pay $9,577 - 11
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation - Sunnyview Hospital
Schenectady, NY
Gross charge $14,734Cash pay $9,577 - 12
Guthrie Cortland Medical Center
Cortland, NY
Gross charge $15,009Cash pay $12,007 - 13
Mount St. Mary's Hospital
Lewiston, NY
Gross charge $15,134 - 14
Mercy Hospital of Buffalo
Buffalo, NY
Gross charge $15,134 - 15
Wynn Hospital
Utica, NY
Gross charge $15,272Cash pay $9,163 - 16
Sisters of Charity Hospital
Buffalo, NY
Gross charge $15,677 - 17
Bronxcare Hospital Center
Bronx, NY
Gross charge $16,779 - 18
St Marys Healthcare
Amsterdam, NY
Gross charge $17,296 - 19
Ellis Hospital
Schenectady, NY
Gross charge $19,872Cash pay $9,936 - 20
Westchester Medical Center (Acute Care)
Valhalla, NY
Gross charge $71,402Cash pay $11,029 - 21
Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, Inc
Binghamton, NY
Gross charge — - 22
Nassau University Medical Center (Acute Care)
East Meadow, NY
Gross charge — - 23
Richmond University Medical Center
Staten Island, NY
Gross charge — - 24
Huntington Hospital
Huntington, NY
Gross charge —Cash pay $26,681 - 25
Brooklyn Hospital Center - Downtown Campus
Brooklyn, NY
Gross charge — - 26
Geneva General Hospital (Acute Care)
Geneva, NY
Gross charge — - 27
Montefiore Medical Center (Acute Care)
Bronx, NY
Gross charge — - 28
UR Medicine – F.F. Thompson Hospital
Canandaigua, NY
Gross charge — - 29
Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital
Mount Vernon, NY
Gross charge — - 30
Bertrand Chaffee Hospital
Springville, NY
Gross charge — - 31
Garnet Health Medical Center
Middletown, NY
Gross charge — - 32Gross charge —
- 33
UR Medicine St James Hospital
Hornell, NY
Gross charge —Cash pay $8,669 - 34
Samaritan Medical Center (Acute Care)
Watertown, NY
Gross charge — - 35
Highland Hospital
Rochester, NY
Gross charge —Cash pay $8,669 - 36
Glen Cove Hospital (Acute Care)
Glen Cove, NY
Gross charge —Cash pay $23,529 - 37
Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital
New Rochelle, NY
Gross charge — - 38
Glens Falls Hospital
Glens Falls, NY
Gross charge — - 39
Long Island Jewish Medical Center
New Hyde Park, NY
Gross charge —Cash pay $26,681 - 40
Crouse Hospital
Syracuse, NY
Gross charge — - 41
NYU Langone Hospitals
New York, NY
Gross charge — - 42
Oswego Hospital
Oswego, NY
Gross charge — - 43
Erie County Medical Center (Acute Care)
Buffalo, NY
Gross charge — - 44
Saratoga Hospital
Saratoga Springs, NY
Gross charge — - 45
University Hospital S U N Y Health Science Center
Syracuse, NY
Gross charge — - 46
Montefiore St. Luke's Cornwall
Newburgh, NY
Gross charge —Cash pay $5,211 - 47
Strong Memorial Hospital
Rochester, NY
Gross charge —Cash pay $8,669 - 48
Good Samaritan University Hospital
West Islip, NY
Gross charge — - 49
White Plains Hospital
White Plains, NY
Gross charge — - 50
Cayuga Medical Center
Ithaca, NY
Gross charge — - 51
Plainview Hospital
Plainview, NY
Gross charge —Cash pay $23,529 - 52Gross charge —
- 53
St. Barnabas Hospital
Bronx, NY
Gross charge — - 54Gross charge —
- 55
Schuyler Hospital
Montour Falls, NY
Gross charge — - 56
Kaleida Health (Acute Care)
Buffalo, NY
Gross charge — - 57
Albany Medical Center Hospital
Albany, NY
Gross charge — - 58
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center (Acute Care)
Jamaica, NY
Gross charge — - 59
Olean General Hospital
Olean, NY
Gross charge — - 60
Jacobi Medical Center (Acute Care)
Bronx, NY
Gross charge — - 61
Elmhurst Hospital Center (Acute Care)
Elmhurst, NY
Gross charge — - 62
Flushing Hospital Medical Center
Flushing, NY
Gross charge — - 63
Maimonides Medical Center
Brooklyn, NY
Gross charge — - 64
NYC Health + Hospitals/South Brooklyn Health
Brooklyn, NY
Gross charge — - 65
Metropolitan Hospital Center (Acute Care — New York)
New York, NY
Gross charge — - 66
Kings County Hospital Center (Acute Care)
Brooklyn, NY
Gross charge — - 67
Bellevue Hospital Center (Acute Care)
New York, NY
Gross charge — - 68
St John's Riverside Hospital
Yonkers, NY
Gross charge — - 69
Brooks-Tlc Hospital System, Inc
Dunkirk, NY
Gross charge — - 70
Queens Hospital Center
Jamaica, NY
Gross charge — - 71
Harlem Hospital Center
New York, NY
Gross charge — - 72
Stony Brook University Hospital
Stony Brook, NY
Gross charge — - 73
United Health Services Hospitals, Inc.
Binghamton, NY
Gross charge — - 74
UHS Delaware Valley Hospital
Walton, NY
Gross charge — - 75
St John's Episcopal Hospital at South Shore
Far Rockaway, NY
Gross charge —
20 New York hospitals list a gross charge for vaginal delivery under the federal price-transparency rule, with quoted prices spanning $4,026 to $71,402. The cheapest is Adirondack Medical Center - Saranac Lake in Saranac Lake; the most expensive is Westchester Medical Center (Acute Care) in Valhalla. The state average sits at $16,497.
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 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 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.