- The average cost of having a baby in the US is $10,808.
- In 2016, 2,684,803 mothers had a vaginal birth and 1,258,581 mothers had a c-section, the latter of which is on the rise.
- FAIR Health gave Business Insider a state-by-state view of how much it costs to have a baby in every state for both a vaginal birth and c-section, with and without insurance.
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How much it costs to have a baby in every state, whether you have health insurance or don't
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The cost of having a baby isn't cheap in the United States, at least.
The average cost to have a baby in the US, without complications during delivery, is $10,808 which can increase to $30,000 when factoring in care provided before and after pregnancy.
When considering the fact that in the US, 2,621,010 mothers had a vaginal birth and 1,232,339 mothers had a c-section in 2017, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , that's a lot of money going into the healthcare system just from maternity costs.
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C-sections are the more costly of the two, and they're on the rise. The likelihood of a C-section in the US has increased by 500% since the ealry 1970s, reported Neel Shah for US News .
But whether you have a vaginal birth or a C-section, the cost varies depending on what state you live in. FAIR Health provided Business Insider with a state-by-state view on just how much it costs to have a baby in every state.
Scroll through below to find out how much it costs to have a baby in your state, listed alphabetically. We've included the median cost of having a vaginal birth with insurance and having a vaginal birth without insurance, as well as the cost of having a c-section with insurance and having a c-section without insurance.
The cost with insurance reflects the full hospital bill. Actual out-of-pocket costs would be lower and dependent on the coinsurance or copay included in the individual's health insurance plan. The cost without insurance is based on the full amount a hospital might bill, which an uninsured person would be fully responsible for unless other arrangements were made.
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