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I just had my first and the total came out to about $430,000 I think. Mom stayed for 4 days and the baby was in the NICU for a week mostly for observation but also had some extensive testing and a few rounds of antibiotics done preemptively. Out of pocket it cost me next to nothing since my deductible had already been met, but that’s what my insurance actually shelled out.

In the end, mother and child were both healthy, so it was mostly done out of an abundance of caution since the mother delivered with a fever. I’m sure if I had no coverage I’d be able to negotiate that down but I’m also sure I’d be broke from it. After all is said and done though, there weren’t any bizarre line items like skin to skin.