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.
C-sections are considered major surgery, and costs significantly more than a vaginal delivery. According to the most recent data provided by the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, the average cost of delivering a baby vaginally was $9,617 in the U.S. in 2009, and $15,799 for babies delivered via C-section. The costs also vary greatly depending on the hospital and state.