The BBC reported that in the U.K. the average cost for a normal delivery or planned cesarean section on a hospital labor ward in 2016 was $ 2,300 (# 1,755), while a complicated case like Helen's rose to $ 3,400 (# 2,582). (propublica.org)
Nice decoration, midwife - led, big bath and shower, just down the corridor from labor ward and operating theaters, with emergency bell that brings resuscitation team running. (skepticalob.com)
Wouldn't hospitals do away with labor wards almost entirely and just build more ORs? (skepticalob.com)