Anonymous · about 5 minutes

Share what you paid to give birth

Your numbers help the next family budget and push back on surprise bills. No name, no account. You’ll find most of this on your insurer’s Explanation of Benefits (EOB) or the hospital’s final bill.

Before you start: please don’t include names, account numbers, dates of birth or anything that could identify you or your baby. A real person reviews every submission and removes anything identifying before it’s published.

Hospital

Year baby was born

Type of birth

Vaginal C-section

How were you covered?

Insurance company optional — e.g. Aetna, Blue Cross

Plan deductible optional

Out-of-pocket maximum optional

Total the hospital billed before insurance, if you know it

What insurance paid optional

What you paid out of pocket the important one

What does your out-of-pocket number include? check all that apply Hospital (facility) bill for mom Doctor / midwife / anesthesia bills Baby’s own hospital bill Prenatal visits and tests

Anything else? optional — e.g. “induced, 3-night stay”, “got a surprise anesthesia bill”, “negotiated 30% off”. No names, please.

Email for the Bump Budget newsletter optional — never published, never required

Yes, send me Bump Budget (one money move a week).

I understand my answers will be reviewed and may be published anonymously on The Birth Bill. I haven’t included names or account numbers.

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