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How much to midwife fees run in your state?

post #1 of 45
7/26/10 at 4:52pm
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Just curious how it varies by state, thanks
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post #2 of 45
7/26/10 at 5:19pm
I didn't do any checking around this time, but this birth will be $1900. It seems that the avg was ~2k two years ago when I was shopping around for a provider for my last birth. I'm in northern Utah.
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post #3 of 45
7/26/10 at 5:39pm
I'm in TX and they run around $2800 for a homebirth to approx $3500 (I'm sure there are some that are more and a few that are less) for a birthcenter birth. This is for a CPM. I don't know about CNM.
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post #4 of 45
7/26/10 at 5:50pm
In Colorado... My last birth was in 2008 and we paid $3000. She does give a discount if you pay by a certain time. We also have to pay around $50 for a standard birth kit plus another $80ish for the nbs (the state stopped doing them for free).
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post #5 of 45
7/26/10 at 5:54pm
Cheapest I've found here in the Kansas City area is $1700 on up to $3200. The average is about $2700.
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post #6 of 45
7/26/10 at 5:56pm
I have no idea since I still can't find a hb mw. I did find one from the Amish lady(she only had 1 name) but that midwife isn't working with non-Amish right now.
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post #7 of 45
7/26/10 at 5:57pm
In Iowa every home birth fee I've seen is $2250-$3250.
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post #8 of 45
7/26/10 at 6:00pm
The one HB MW in my area of Louisiana is 2800 and HAS to be paid before the birth. not sure how much her birth kit etc is.

When I was looking into MW in Illinois it was 3000 for a HB, 2400 if paid by 37 weeks and 2000 if you were low income on Medicaid. (I think those were the prices it's been a while since i've seen them since I didn't end up moving.
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post #9 of 45
7/26/10 at 6:00pm
Gah, here in San Diego, CA 4K or just under is standard. It's worth it, it's worth it... It's just hard to know insurance will pay for a lousy hospital birth and all kinds of unnecessary interventions (which I'm glad will be covered if they do end up NECESSARY) but not for a homebirth.
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post #10 of 45
7/26/10 at 6:02pm
The mw I interviewed in Maryland seemed to run from 2400 to about 4000.
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post #11 of 45
7/26/10 at 6:42pm
wow..

Yea Here in BC our provincial medicare covers it. I'll have to get the stuff for the birth and kits stuff and i think it runs about $120 or so.. but you can easily bring the cost down.. but still wow
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post #12 of 45
7/26/10 at 6:58pm
I'm in California too...along the central coast. The total cost is $4,000. We'll see how much our insurance ends up covering. My DH has been dealing with all of that.
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post #13 of 45
7/26/10 at 7:02pm
my CPM in Maine charges $3500 for a homebirth. It includes all prenatal and pp care.
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post #14 of 45
7/26/10 at 7:05pm
Southern NJ -$5000. And I just got bad news from the insurance that they don't cover homebirths.
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post #15 of 45
7/26/10 at 7:23pm
iowa. mine is $1500 + kit +milage. I think I will probably be paying an extra $500 in milage. And my kit is $55 and other random supplies shouldn't be too much.
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post #16 of 45
7/26/10 at 7:25pm
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I'm in TX and they run around $2800 for a homebirth to approx $3500 (I'm sure there are some that are more and a few that are less) for a birthcenter birth. This is for a CPM. I don't know about CNM.
This was my experience in the San Antonio area. The birth center here is $4000 with $500 off for self pay and another $500 off if you're military. (There are several military bases here and they know that we can get care on base for free) Most of the midwives I emailed charge $2500 for the birth...some charge for a tub and some don't. I got lucky and found one offering a military discount and am only paying $1800.
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post #17 of 45
7/26/10 at 7:53pm
Southwest Missouri (Joplin, specifically) here.

When searching I got told fees anywhere from $1500 to $3000.

Here some of the midwives include the prenatals and the birth fee into one big chunk. Others (like mine) just charge a prenatal fee ($50 is what I give to mine but I've heard others who pay anywhere from $20-$60) and then her birth fee is $2000. This includes birth kit and 90% of the supplies for the birth. It's very convenient.
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post #18 of 45
7/26/10 at 8:01pm
Northern lower Michigan - $3500 for prenatals/delivery/postpartum , I will have additional expense for the pool rental and birth supplies.
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post #19 of 45
7/26/10 at 8:06pm
A friend in AZ is paying 3000--that's the cash discount if paid by 36 wks...otherwise it's a bit more...
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post #20 of 45
7/26/10 at 8:45pm
When we were interviewing MW's we heard $2000 up to $3100. I live in the Metro Detroit area (MI). In Ann Arbor there is a midwife that charges $4000+, she's kinda famous in the birthy community though (author, knowledge, etc.).
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