Real birth costs, shared by real parents

What will it actually cost to have your baby?

Hospital price lists tell you what they charge. They don’t tell you what families like yours paid after insurance. We’re building that answer together — hospital by hospital, one shared bill at a time.

The numbers so far

Published data93hospitals in 8 metro areas across New York and Washington
Published data194,462hospital deliveries behind those numbers (152,322 in NY, 42,140 in WA)NY: calendar 2021 · WA: 2025
User-reported0real out-of-pocket bills shared so far. We’re brand new — yours could be the very first.Share yours anonymously →
Why it mattersList ≠ paidA billed charge is a starting price. What you owe depends on your plan, your deductible, and what your insurer negotiated.
Published billed charges · NY $4,417 – $46,347 Range of average hospital billed charges for a vaginal birth across 74 New York hospitals we list (lowest: Nicholas H. Noyes Memorial Hospital; highest: Montefiore Medical Center-Wakefield Hospital). Source: NY SPARCS (2021). Facility charges only, before insurance.
Published billed charges · NY $9,563 – $82,766 Range of average billed charges for a C-section across the same New York hospitals (lowest: Nicholas H. Noyes Memorial Hospital; highest: Montefiore Med Center - Jack D Weiler Hosp of A Einstein College Div). Source: NY SPARCS (2021).
Published billed charges · WA $18,655 – $36,724 Range of average hospital billed charges for a vaginal birth across 19 Washington hospitals we list (lowest: MultiCare Valley Hospital; highest: Overlake Medical Center). Source: WA CHARS (2025). Facility charges only, before insurance.
Published billed charges · WA $23,262 – $82,958 Range of average billed charges for a C-section across the same Washington hospitals (lowest: MultiCare Valley Hospital; highest: Franciscan Health St. Joseph Medical Center). Source: WA CHARS (2025).

Averages are discharge-weighted means of hospital-reported facility charges for APR-DRG 560 (vaginal delivery) and APR-DRG 540 (cesarean delivery), all severity levels. They exclude doctor, anesthesia and newborn bills. NY and WA data are from different years and states and shouldn’t be compared directly. Methodology.

Why we’re doing this

Great tools already exist for prices: SumHealth, CarePriceGuide and FAIR Health help you see list, cash and negotiated rates. But when you’re pregnant, the question is simpler and harder: “What will I end up paying?”

That number lives on the bills sitting in new parents’ kitchen drawers. If enough of us share them — anonymously — every family after us gets a real answer.

  1. Look up your hospital.
    See its published charges and any bills other parents have shared.
  2. Share your bill after baby comes.
    Five minutes, no name needed. We review every one before it goes live.
  3. Help the next family plan.
    Your numbers help someone budget, pick a plan, or push back on a bill.

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