make_your_move: (bellydance belly)
make_your_move ([personal profile] make_your_move) wrote2007-06-26 09:06 am
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The cost of birth

From Regis & Kelly this morning, for births in a hospital in New York:

Uncomplicated vaginal delivery: $10,000

C-section: $12 to $15,000

Complicated pregnancy: $287,000

What we charge at the birth center for a home or birth center birth, normal pregnancy, including labs & usually 1 ultrasound: $4800

And yet, a lot of insurance companies still don't cover this as an option....

[identity profile] bella-peligrosa.livejournal.com 2007-06-26 10:32 pm (UTC)(link)
I actually think the insurance I'm under now will cover this...I've gotta check it out, but there's at least a partial payment for it.