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Fees

Midwifery services with Community Midwives, LLC costs about one-quarter the amount you or your insurance company would pay for standard prenatal care and hospital birth.

In the event of transfer out of care during pregnancy, your fees are prorated and doula services are offered.

Please feel free to contact us to discuss payment in further detail, as well as possibility of barter arrangements.

Private and Public Insurance

The global fee for services offered by Community Midwives, LLC is $3600. Medicaid/Badgercare/Title 19 and non-HMO insurance companies cover midwifery and homebirth services.We may bill you for deductibles, co-pays, and otherwise non-covered or non-billable services.

Please click on "For Clients" above to complete and submit the required insurance registration form. There is a one-time $15 fee for verification of benefits by a professional billing service.

Madison-area HMOs (Dean, Group Health Cooperative, UW Health) do not offer coverage for out-of-hospital midwives or home birth. If your insurance plan does not cover midwives and/or homebirth, we encourage you to write a letter of complaint to your company, as well as to the State Insurance Commissioner! (click "For Clients" above for a link to the Office of Insurance Commissioner)

Cash Discount

Community Midwives, LLC offers an all-inclusive out-of-pocket discounted fee of $2900 . We ask that you pay as much as you can afford by 36 weeks gestation.

Clients frequently access Health Savings Accounts or other tax-deferred medical accounts to pay for midwifery and home birth services.

If you have had a baby previously with Community Midwives, LLC your fee is $2400.

For questions or a free interview, contact:

Ingrid Andersson
Phone / Fax:(608) 231-1882
Email: