Vaginal Delivery Cost in California — 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
Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge $0 - 2
Kaweah Health Medical Center
Visalia, CA
Gross charge $9,868Cash pay $7,500 - 3
Adventist Health White Memorial Montebello
Montebello, CA
Gross charge $9,986Cash pay $999,602 - 4
Tri-City Medical Center (Acute Care)
Oceanside, CA
Gross charge $14,317Cash pay $8,590 - 5
Adventist Health Reedley
Reedley, CA
Gross charge $16,105Cash pay $3,060 - 6
Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital
Hollister, CA
Gross charge $17,547Cash pay $4,386,693 - 7
Saint Agnes Medical Center
Fresno, CA
Gross charge $19,763Cash pay $12,846 - 8
Redlands Community Hospital
Redlands, CA
Gross charge $20,242Cash pay $4,858 - 9
San Antonio Regional Hospital
Upland, CA
Gross charge $23,395Cash pay $23,862 - 10
Ridgecrest Regional Hospital
Ridgecrest, CA
Gross charge $25,120Cash pay $13,313 - 11
Barstow Community Hospital
Barstow, CA
Gross charge $25,869Cash pay $15,521 - 12
Tahoe Forest Hospital
Truckee, CA
Gross charge $25,977 - 13
Riverside University Health System Medical Center
Moreno Valley, CA
Gross charge $26,152 - 14
Fairchild Medical Center
Yreka, CA
Gross charge $28,930 - 15
Eisenhower Medical Center
Rancho Mirage, CA
Gross charge $30,655Cash pay $3,746 - 16
Natividad Medical Center
Salinas, CA
Gross charge $32,356 - 17
Sharp Grossmont Hospital
La Mesa, CA
Gross charge $33,204Cash pay $24,903 - 18
Sharp Memorial Hospital
San Diego, CA
Gross charge $33,204Cash pay $24,903 - 19
Sharp Chula Vista Medical Center
Chula Vista, CA
Gross charge $33,204Cash pay $24,903 - 20
Sharp Coronado Hospital
Coronado, CA
Gross charge $33,204Cash pay $24,903 - 21
Regional Medical Center
San Jose, CA
Gross charge $33,466Cash pay $23,426 - 22
Adventist Health Clear Lake
Clearlake, CA
Gross charge $34,614Cash pay $12,461 - 23
Dignity Health - Mercy General Hospital
Sacramento, CA
Gross charge — - 24
Mad River Community Hospital
Arcata, CA
Gross charge — - 25
Dignity Health - Memorial Hospital
Bakersfield, CA
Gross charge — - 26
St Elizabeth Community Hospital
Red Bluff, CA
Gross charge — - 27
Glendale Mem Hospital & Hlth Center
Glendale, CA
Gross charge — - 28
Community Regional Medical Center
Fresno, CA
Gross charge — - 29
Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center (Acute Care)
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge — - 30
St. John's Regional Medical Center
Oxnard, CA
Gross charge — - 31
St Joseph's Medical Center of Stockton
Stockton, CA
Gross charge — - 32
Community Hospital of San Bernardino
San Bernardino, CA
Gross charge — - 33
Community Hospital of Huntington Park
Huntington Park, CA
Gross charge — - 34
St. Francis Medical Center
Lynwood, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $7,051 - 35
Marian Regional Medical Center (Acute Care)
Santa Maria, CA
Gross charge — - 36
Northridge Hospital Medical Center (Acute Care)
Northridge, CA
Gross charge — - 37
Valley Presbyterian Hospital
Van Nuys, CA
Gross charge — - 38
Woodland Memorial Hospital
Woodland, CA
Gross charge — - 39
St Bernardine Medical Center
San Bernardino, CA
Gross charge — - 40
Dignity Health - Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital
Grass Valley, CA
Gross charge — - 41
UCSF Health Saint Francis Hospital
San Francisco, CA
Gross charge — - 42
Sequoia Hospital
Redwood City, CA
Gross charge — - 43
French Hospital Medical Center
San Luis Obispo, CA
Gross charge — - 44
Dignity Health - Dominican Hospital
Santa Cruz, CA
Gross charge — - 45
Arrowhead Regional Medical Center
Colton, CA
Gross charge — - 46
Dignity Health – Mercy Hospital Downtown
Bakersfield, CA
Gross charge — - 47
Providence St. Mary Medical Center
Apple Valley, CA
Gross charge — - 48
Loma Linda University Medical Center (Acute Care)
Loma Linda, CA
Gross charge — - 49
Northbay Medical Center
Fairfield, CA
Gross charge — - 50
Dignity Health - Mercy Hospital of Folsom
Folsom, CA
Gross charge — - 51
Huntington Hospital (Acute Care)
Pasadena, CA
Gross charge — - 52
Dignity Health – Mercy Medical Center
Merced, CA
Gross charge — - 53
UCSF Health St. Mary's Hospital
San Francisco, CA
Gross charge — - 54
Memorial Hospital of Gardena
Gardena, CA
Gross charge — - 55
UCLA West Valley Medical Center
West Hills, CA
Gross charge — - 56
Clovis Community Medical Center
Clovis, CA
Gross charge — - 57
Adventist Health Sierra Vista
San Luis Obispo, CA
Gross charge — - 58
Mercy San Juan Medical Center
Carmichael, CA
Gross charge — - 59
La Palma Intercommunity Hospital (Acute Care)
La Palma, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $8,693 - 60
San Dimas Community Hospital
San Dimas, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $8,061 - 61
Methodist Hospital of Sacramento
Sacramento, CA
Gross charge — - 62
East Los Angeles Doctors Hospital
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge — - 63
Fresno Surgical Hospital
Fresno, CA
Gross charge — - 64
Desert Valley Hospital
Victorville, CA
Gross charge —Cash pay $8,763 - 65
Cedar-Sinai Marina Del Rey Hospital
Marina Del Rey, CA
Gross charge — - 66
Kaiser Permanente Manteca Medical Center
Manteca, CA
Gross charge — - 67
Loma Linda University Medical Center-Murrieta
Murrieta, CA
Gross charge — - 68
Coast Plaza Hospital
Norwalk, CA
Gross charge — - 69
Loma Linda University Children's Hospital
Loma Linda, CA
Gross charge — - 70
Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Hospital
Los Angeles, CA
Gross charge — - 71
Mountains Community Hospital
Lake Arrowhead, CA
Gross charge — - 72
Mercy Medical Center of Mount Shasta
Mount Shasta, CA
Gross charge — - 73Gross charge —Cash pay $10,403
- 74
Mark Twain Medical Center
San Andreas, CA
Gross charge —
California hospitals price vaginal delivery (Medicare DRG 807) anywhere from $9,868 to $34,614 — a $24,746 gap between the cheapest and most expensive option. The cheapest is Kaweah Health Medical Center in Visalia; the most expensive is Adventist Health Clear Lake in Clearlake. The state average sits at $25,104.
Gross charges are list prices, not what most patients pay. 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 California, 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. California 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.