The price paid for long-term solar power purchase agreement (PPA) contracts in 2015 fell below 50 dollars per megawatt-hour (or 5 cents per kilowatt-hour) in 4 of the 5 regions analyzed.
Only in California hospitals was the difference between complicated and uncomplicated delivery charges greater than $6,000 for vaginal births and $10,000 for cesarean births. The highest proportionally in Rhode Island.
On average, hospital deliveries cost $3,800 per stay, but the mean cost per stay varied depending on the mode of delivery. C-sections tended to be more costly than vaginal deliveries ($4,700 versus $2,900 without complications, and $6,500 versus $3,800 with complications, respectively). While uncommon, vaginal delivery with an operating room procedure (such as operative forceps or vacuum delivery) had the highest average cost ($8,100)âmore than double the cost per stay for all types of delivery ($3,800).