[tptacek]

I can only tell you what the average of the two C sections we were billed for cost. Uninsured cost of a C section without a prolonged stay in the hospital appears to be under $10k, anecdotally from G searches on "uninsured C sectio cost". Our son stayed in the NICU ($$$$$$$) for a week; your wife can also wind up in the hospital for an extra day or two.

[stonemetal]

Yeah I am glad we dodged that bullet. The insurance was odd they wouldn't cover the pregnancy but they would cover the kid after birth so any NICU costs would have been covered.

[midnightmonster]

This isn't odd; it's standard. Covering normal pregnancy and birth is a pricey add-on if it's available at all, but by law the new child must be covered.