The median cash price for Cesarean Delivery (global obstetric care) is $5,681.15, based on the stated self-pay prices 6 hospitals publish in their federal price-transparency files. Across all 17 hospitals we cover, prices run $936.62–$25,368.66.
| Hospital | Cash price | Gross charge | File dated |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Los Angeles, CA |
$936.62 cash | $1,440.95 | 2025-11-26 |
| Henry Ford Hospital Detroit, MI |
$1,551.02 est. | — | 2025-06-28 |
| Froedtert Hospital Milwaukee, WI |
$2,312.03 est. | — | 2025-12-31 |
| Banner University Medical Center Phoenix Phoenix, AZ |
$2,837.28 est. | — | 2026-03-02 |
| University of Michigan Health Ann Arbor, MI |
$2,893.60 cash | $7,234 | 3/31/2026 |
| Tampa General Hospital Tampa, FL |
$3,885 est. | — | 2026-04-01 |
| Dignity Health St Josephs Hospital and Medical Center Phoenix, AZ |
$4,204.21 est. | — | 2026-02-28 |
| Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital (Dartmouth) Lebanon, NH |
$4,523.29 cash | $14,782 | 1/1/2026 |
| OSF HealthCare Peoria, IL |
$4,533 est. | — | 2026-03-31 |
| Houston Methodist Hospital Houston, TX |
$5,770.94 est. | — | 2026-04-01 |
| Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston, NJ |
$6,839 cash | — | 2026-03-04 |
| Cleveland Clinic Main Campus Cleveland, OH |
$10,673 cash | $16,420 | 2026-06-16 |
| UCSF Medical Center San Francisco, CA |
$10,928 est. | — | 2026-04-01 |
| UC Irvine Medical Center Orange, CA |
$14,970 est. | — | 2026-04-01 |
| Montefiore Medical Center New York, NY |
$25,368.66 cash | $38,790 | 2026-04-01 |
| Stanford Health Care Palo Alto, CA |
$26,317 est. | — | 2026-04-01 |
| Providence Alaska Medical Center Anchorage, AK |
$36,575.04 est. | — | 2026-04-01 |
"Cash price" = the hospital's published discounted_cash self-pay rate. "Gross charge" = the sticker price before any discount — what cash-pay patients are first billed and can negotiate down toward the cash rate.
If you're paying cash for Cesarean Delivery (global obstetric care), the hospital's published self-pay price is a ceiling you can negotiate from, not a fixed quote. Bring the figure above (and the source file) to billing and ask for the cash / prompt-pay rate. Free-standing imaging centers and ASCs are often well below hospital outpatient rates.