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Vaginal birth after C-section (VBAC) in Iowa: what insurers pay

Posted commercial rates at 27 Iowa hospitals, each next to its own Medicare base rate.

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CPT 59612

HospitalMedian across insurers× MedicareInsurersFile date
Cass County Memorial Hospital Atlantic$1,5800.5×32026-06-01
Boone County Hospital Boone$1,6220.5×32026-07-27
Iowa Specialty Hospital - Clarion Clarion$1,6840.5×12026-06-11
Wayne County Hospital Corydon$2,3720.8×12026-06-10
Cherokee Regional Medical Center Cherokee$4,1961.4×42025-11-19
Compass Memorial Healthcare Marengo$4,4001.4×22026-02-12
Knoxville Hospital & Clinics Knoxville$4,6441.5×12026-01-24
Floyd County Medical Center Charles City$4,6471.5×32025-11-19
Gundersen Palmer Lutheran Hospital And Clinics West Union$5,5161.8×12026-06-27
Unitypoint Health - Marshalltown Marshalltown$5,5881.8×12026-01-28
Trinity Muscatine Muscatine$5,6681.8×42026-01-28
Finley Hospital Dubuque$5,8061.9×52026-01-28
Methodist Jennie Edmundson Council Bluffs$5,8751.8×22026-02-15
Broadlawns Medical Center Des Moines$6,2952.0×22026-09-01
Trinity Bettendorf Bettendorf$6,8822.2×32026-01-28
Allen Hospital Waterloo$7,0602.3×32026-01-28
Trinity Regional Medical Center Fort Dodge$7,8092.5×32026-01-28
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs Council Bluffs$8,6452.6×62026-02-28

MS-DRG 807

HospitalMedian across insurers× MedicareInsurersFile date
Finley Hospital Dubuque$5,4671.2×72026-01-28
Broadlawns Medical Center Des Moines$5,8641.3×22026-09-01
Trinity Muscatine Muscatine$5,9151.3×42026-01-28
Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell$5,9911.3×12026-01-28
Cherokee Regional Medical Center Cherokee$6,0271.3×32025-11-19
Monroe County Hospital Albia$6,6111.4×42026-03-17
Methodist Jennie Edmundson Council Bluffs$6,8021.4×52026-02-15
Mercyone Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines$6,8261.5×102026-03-31
Trinity Regional Medical Center Fort Dodge$6,9471.5×32026-01-28
Trinity Bettendorf Bettendorf$7,0011.5×32026-01-28
Allen Hospital Waterloo$7,1121.5×32026-01-28
Spencer Municipal Hospital Spencer$7,4601.6×12026-01-01
Ottumwa Regional Health Center Ottumwa$7,6211.7×52026-07-23
Mercyone Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque$7,6761.7×82026-03-31
Mercyone Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo$7,9561.7×22026-03-31
Cass County Memorial Hospital Atlantic$8,0841.8×12026-06-01
Boone County Hospital Boone$9,0142.0×12026-07-27
Mercyone North Iowa Medical Center Mason City$9,2602.0×22026-03-31
Gundersen Palmer Lutheran Hospital And Clinics West Union$9,3572.0×22026-06-27
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs Council Bluffs$10,0822.0×92026-02-28
Mercyone Clinton Medical Center Clinton$10,7562.3×52026-03-31
Floyd County Medical Center Charles City$12,8802.8×32025-11-19

MS-DRG 806

HospitalMedian across insurers× MedicareInsurersFile date
Finley Hospital Dubuque$6,1941.2×72026-01-28
Broadlawns Medical Center Des Moines$6,5581.3×22026-09-01
Trinity Muscatine Muscatine$6,7161.3×42026-01-28
Methodist Jennie Edmundson Council Bluffs$6,8021.2×52026-02-15
Grinnell Regional Medical Center Grinnell$6,8021.3×12026-01-28
Cherokee Regional Medical Center Cherokee$6,8431.3×32025-11-19
Monroe County Hospital Albia$7,3641.4×42026-03-17
Mercyone Des Moines Medical Center Des Moines$7,5601.5×102026-03-31
Ottumwa Regional Health Center Ottumwa$7,6211.5×52026-07-23
Trinity Regional Medical Center Fort Dodge$7,8871.5×32026-01-28
Trinity Bettendorf Bettendorf$7,9491.5×32026-01-28
Allen Hospital Waterloo$8,0751.6×32026-01-28
Spencer Municipal Hospital Spencer$8,7091.7×12026-01-01
Mercyone Waterloo Medical Center Waterloo$8,8081.7×22026-03-31
Mercyone Dubuque Medical Center Dubuque$9,1601.8×82026-03-31
Chi Health Mercy Council Bluffs Council Bluffs$10,0821.8×92026-02-28
Boone County Hospital Boone$10,1912.0×12026-07-27
Mercyone North Iowa Medical Center Mason City$10,3362.0×22026-03-31
Gundersen Palmer Lutheran Hospital And Clinics West Union$10,4652.0×22026-06-27
Mercyone Clinton Medical Center Clinton$11,9312.3×52026-03-31
Cass County Memorial Hospital Atlantic$12,5942.5×22026-06-01
Floyd County Medical Center Charles City$13,9822.7×32025-11-19

Questions

How much do insurers pay for vaginal birth after c-section (vbac) in Iowa?

27 Iowa hospitals post usable commercial rates for vaginal birth after c-section (vbac) in their federal price-transparency files. For CPT 59612, hospital outpatient, the median across 18 hospitals is $5,552, 1.8× each hospital's local Medicare base rate. Your share depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance; the surgeon and anesthesia bill separately.