How much does it cost to give birth in the States with no insurance?
We were quoted approx. $10,000 – $12,000 natural birth and $15,000 – $17,000 C-Section … and that is IF there are no complications requiring a longer than normal hospital stay, etc. I should also say that those quotes included the pre-natal doctor’s visits ahead of time. Still, that’s alot of money to worry about on top of the basic costs of babies in general! Just in response to those mentioning that you should get insurance or state insurance …. If you are self employed, it is fairly easy to get insurance – but Maternity Insurance works much differently. First, you have to pay the premiums for 12 full months before you qualify to use it. Those premiums were quoted at $300 per month for us (on top of our regular insurance premiums). Then you have to hope to get preggo on the 13th month or else you keep paying out the premium. And then, the maxium pay-out that the maternity insurance would pay toward our bill was $6,000! Obviously, that just wasn’t a good deal. We make too much mon
It varies, but a hospital birth is between $2,500 and $6,000 in much of the US (clearly not all!). This is cash price, not usually the quoted price. Yes, there are good things about your situation in Canada. On the other hand, in 2007, a Canadian couple had to drive 300 miles to the bustling metropolis of Helena, MT to have their quadruplets because there wasn’t a single hospital in Canada that would take them. I’ve also heard MANY Canadians complain that it takes months for them to see specialists, even for urgent problems. If you make little money, BTW, you get covered under Medicaid or a private insurer. Many states, hopefully all within the next year or two, are making sliding scale pregnancy insurance available to any woman without insurance (for instance, in my state it is US$80/month).
