Vaginal delivery (full package)
Facility: Lehigh Valley Hospital - Dickson City
Billing Code: 59400 (CPT)
This hospital's typical commercial price is $2,387 compared to the $2,527 fair price benchmark.
3-Star CMS clinical quality rating paired with 0.94× fair market pricing.
On the higher side — 6 of 8 other PA hospitals charge less.
Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 PA hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.
A fair price for a Vaginal delivery (full package) is about $2,527 (about 1.1× the $2,214 Medicare rate). Lehigh Valley Hospital - Dickson City charges insurers about $2,387 — about the fair price. Located in Dickson City, PA.
What each insurance company pays
Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.
5 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital
Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.
| Insurance company | Price range | vs. Medicare |
|---|---|---|
| UnitedHealthcaremajor | $1,380 - $2,387 | 62% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $972 - $9,456 | 44% |
| Aetnamajor | $1,000 - $12,483 | 45% |
| Cignamajor | $981 - $2,208 | 44% |
| Humanamajor | $1,000 - $2,251 | 45% |
| Ambetter (Centene) | $2,889 - $6,502 | 130% |
| AmeriHealth | $1,000 - $3,010 | 45% |
| Devoted Health | $1,000 - $2,251 | 45% |
| Geisinger | $1,000 - $5,070 | 45% |
| HealthPartners | $952 - $2,803 | 43% |
| UPMC Health Plan | $1,010 - $10,440 | 46% |
| + 6 smaller / regional plans | $1,029 - $13,045 |
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Other Procedures at Lehigh Valley Hospital - Dickson City
Compare: Vaginal delivery (full package) at other PA hospitals
- St Mary Medical Center · Langhorne $1,142
- Surgical Institute of Reading · Wyomissing $1,786
- Warren General Hospital · Warren $2,004
- Penn Highlands Connellsville · Connellsville $2,231
- Reading Hospital · West Reading $2,238
- Meadville Medical Center · Meadville $2,256
- Lehigh Valley Hospital - Pocono · East Stroudsburg $2,387
- Schuylkill Medical Center - South Jackson Street · Pottsville $2,419
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.
Audit a Bill or Quote at Lehigh Valley Hospital - Dickson City (Zero PHI Required)
Statutory 501(r) AGB Cap Limits Bill to $2,080
At 274% FPL (201%–400% FPL tier), 26 U.S.C. § 501(r)(5) caps FAP-eligible bills at Amounts Generally Billed (36.3% of gross = $2,080).
Compare Prompt-Pay Cash Rate Against Remaining Deductible
Ask Lehigh Valley Hospital - Dickson City's billing desk for their written 45 CFR § 180 discounted self-pay cash price and Good Faith Estimate under the No Surprises Act.
Negotiate Toward $2,527 Fair BaseRate ($2,214 Medicare)
Your bill ($5,729) is $3,202 above the denoised Fair BaseRate ($2,527) and 2.6× the $2,214 Medicare rate.
Clinical Quality, Patient Experience & Infection Benchmarks
Source: CMS Hospital Care Compare. Clinical quality metrics summarize historical facility-wide cohorts and are not medical advice for individual care decisions.
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Verify the Raw Data: Official Hospital MRF, CMS Medicare.gov & Federal Filings
Safe-Harbor Data Corrections: Parsed directly from public 45 CFR § 180 hospital filings, CMS Care Compare, and CMS HCRIS cost reports. Hospital compliance officers may submit updated MRF URLs or rate tables for verification.