With the average conventional birth costing over $2,600 for mothers with insurance and nearly $15,000 for mothers without insurance, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2024’s Best & Worst States to Have a Baby, as well as expert commentary, to identify where prospective parents will experience the highest quality care at the best cost.
WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 31 key measures of cost, health care accessibility and baby-friendliness. The data set ranges from conventional-delivery charges at hospitals to average annual infant-care costs to the number of pediatricians per capita.
Having a Baby in Texas (1=Best; 25=Avg.):
- Overall Rank: 37th
- 32nd – Hospital Cesarean-Delivery Charges
- 33rd – Hospital Conventional-Delivery Charges
- 28th – Avg. Annual Cost of Early Child Care
- 25th – Infant Mortality Rate
- 32nd – Rate of Low Birth-Weight
- 49th – Midwives & OB-GYNs per Capita
- 40th – Pediatricians & Family Medicine Physicians per Capita
- 30th – Child-Care Centers per Capita
- 27th – Parental-Leave Policy Score
