How much does it cost to deliver a baby?
Here are the assumptions:
- Induced delivery (took mom about 10 hours once induced for baby to be born)
- No complications (mom and baby)
- 2 nights
- Epidural
And now the charges…
- Hospital charges for mom (before insurance): $15,281.00
- Hospital charges for baby (before insurance): $5,040.00
- Doctor for mom (delivery): $5,000.00
- Anesthesiologist for mom (Epidural): $1,650.00
- Doctor for baby (1st checkup in hospital): $275.00
Total cost for a baby delivered at the hospital BEFORE insurance: $27,246.00
We had a PPO insurance where we hit the max out of pocket for the individual, so in the end we paid about $1,500 for the entire delivery. Insurance is such a mystery.
And of course the value of all of this: PRICELESS (I know so cliche :whatever: )