Vaginal delivery cost in New York

Prices at 88 hospitals in New York, from their machine-readable files. Here the median cash price is $9,820 — 4% above the US median ($9,448), roughly 1.8× the Medicare rate.

Lowest cash prices

HospitalLocationCashInsurerCMS ratingER waitReadmit
Adirondack Medical Center-Saranac Lake 🍼 Saranac Lake, NY $2,496 $6,505 ★ 4/5 143 min 14.3%
Bassett Healthcare 🍼 Cooperstown, NY $4,030 $6,130 ★ 2/5 199 min 15.6%
Canton-Potsdam Hospital 🍼 Potsdam, NY $4,101 $5,567 ★ 2/5 137 min 15.6%
Unity Hospital 🍼 Rochester, NY $6,242 $5,968 ★ 2/5 294 min 15.3%
Unity Specialty Hospital Rochester, NY $6,242 $5,968
Newark-Wayne Community Hospital 🍼 Newark, NY $6,446 $5,398 ★ 2/5 206 min 16.3%
United Memorial Medical Center 🍼 Batavia, NY $6,552 $5,968 ★ 2/5 164 min 14.7%
Highland Hospital 🍼 Rochester, NY $7,149 $8,410 ★ 3/5 312 min 15.5%
Slhs Massena, Inc Massena, NY $7,467 $5,471 112 min 14.6%
Rochester General Hospital 🍼 Rochester, NY $8,873 $5,968 ★ 2/5 237 min 15.8%
St Anthony Community Hospital 🍼 Warwick, NY $9,244 $7,803 ★ 4/5 161 min 14.9%
Strong Memorial Hospital 🍼 Rochester, NY $9,552 $11,237 ★ 3/5 240 min 15.0%
St Joseph's Hospital Health Center 🍼 Syracuse, NY $9,801 $8,692 ★ 2/5 228 min 16.2%
Montefiore St Luke's Cornwall 🍼 Newburgh, NY $9,839 $6,986 ★ 2/5 192 min 15.1%
St Peter's Hospital 🍼 Albany, NY $9,960 $11,439 ★ 2/5 374 min 14.8%
Samaritan Hospital of Troy, New York 🍼 Troy, NY $9,960 $11,439 ★ 3/5 243 min 14.3%
Ellis Hospital 🍼 Schenectady, NY $10,173 $6,815 ★ 3/5 232 min 14.9%
Corning Hospital 🍼 Corning, NY $10,610 $5,784 ★ 3/5 209 min 14.5%
Guthrie Cortland Regional Medical Center 🍼 Cortland, NY $11,257 $6,716 ★ 3/5 171 min 15.3%
Our Lady of Lourdes Memorial Hospital, Inc 🍼 Binghamton, NY $14,017 $5,523 ★ 3/5 240 min 15.3%
Mercy Hospital of Buffalo 🍼 Buffalo, NY $15,052 $4,878 ★ 2/5 309 min 14.8%
Bronxcare Hospital Center 🍼 Bronx, NY $15,900 $18,710 ★ 1/5 184 min 16.7%
Sisters of Charity Hospital 🍼 Buffalo, NY $16,069 $5,194 ★ 3/5 197 min 15.3%
Kenmore Mercy Hospital Kenmore, NY $16,285 $5,194 ★ 3/5 230 min 14.4%
Mount St. Mary's Hospital & Health Center Lewiston, NY $16,285 $4,878 ★ 2/5 163 min 15.3%

CMS rating = overall hospital star rating (1–5); ER wait = median minutes in the emergency department; Readmit = 30-day readmission rate (lower is better) — all from Medicare’s Care Compare; “—” = not reported. 🍼 = CMS Birthing-Friendly hospital. Data last updated June 2026. Prices from hospitals’ machine-readable files (45 CFR §180); Medicare benchmark from CMS PFS/CLFS/IPPS. Prices below 15% of the median are excluded as likely partial or mis-coded charges. Estimates — confirm with the hospital. Report an incorrect price.

Price comparison (median)

Chargemaster (list price)
$14,546
Cash / self-pay
$9,820
Insurer-negotiated
$8,550
Medicare pays
$5,487
$5,171$16,177
Median cash $9,820  ·  Medicare $5,487  ·  bar = typical cash range (10th–90th percentile)
Is this a fair price?
1× Medicarefair ≈2×5×+

Typical cash price here is $9,820 — about 1.8× the Medicare rate ($5,487). Reasonable. A fair cash price is usually within ~2× Medicare ($10,973).

💡 Asking for the cash price instead of the $14,546 list price could save about $4,726 (32%).

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