Why hospital bills look so scary
A C-section bill might say $70,000, and yet the family ends up paying around $4,000. The big number is the hospital's sticker price, which almost nobody pays. Your insurance company has already agreed to a much lower price. What you pay is your deductible plus your share, up to your plan's yearly limit.
Hospitals now have to publish the prices they've agreed on with each insurance company, but in files that are almost impossible to read. We do the digging and bring the prices together in one place, so you can see what having a baby really costs and plan for it.
How much does it cost to have a baby?
Every bill explained: the hospital, your doctors, your baby's own bill, and what insurance covers.
Compare 35 DFW hospitals
Prices for vaginal births, C-sections and your baby's stay, plus NICU levels.
What a C-section costs
Planned or unexpected, here's what to expect, hospital by hospital.
No insurance?
Self-pay prices, how to ask for a written estimate, and help that may be available.
DFW hospitals with the lowest prices for a vaginal birth
| Hospital | City | Range, by insurance plan | Typical price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baylor Scott & White All Saints Medical Center – Fort Worth | Fort Worth | $4,353–$19,139 | $6,890 |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Centennial | Frisco | $4,353–$17,556 | $6,890 |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Grapevine | Grapevine | $4,353–$19,139 | $6,890 |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Irving | Irving | $4,353–$19,139 | $6,890 |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Lake Pointe | Rowlett | $4,353–$17,556 | $6,890 |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – McKinney | Mc Kinney | $4,353–$19,139 | $6,890 |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Waxahachie | Waxahachie | $4,353–$19,139 | $6,890 |
| Baylor University Medical Center | Dallas | $4,353–$19,139 | $6,890 |
| Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Frisco at PGA Parkway | Frisco | $4,353–$19,139 | $7,137 |
| Methodist Celina Medical Center | Celina | $4,501–$12,051 | $7,758 |
Where our prices come from
Our prices start with the price data hospitals are required by law to publish. That data comes in huge technical files, often millions of lines long, made for computers rather than people. We pull out the prices for having a baby, check them carefully, and turn them into the simple numbers you see here. We add official information about each hospital's level of care for moms and babies. We never take money from hospitals to change what we show. More about our data.