In theory, the hospital should be able to provide a minimum price based on the standard order set for labor and delivery -- &quot;If you have a natural birth in the hospital, and you spend 1 day in the room, 2 days in recovery, only use these drugs and receive these tests, your visit will cost $XX.&quot;  But that isn&#x27;t really helpful since most births will vary a substantial amount from the &#x27;basic&#x27; plan. This gets back to why insurance exists in the first place, if the average price for 10 births is $10,000 -- that could be 10 births at $10k or 9 births at $1k and one at $91k or literally anywhere in between.