FAQ: FINANCES
Q: HOW DOES THE FEE WORK? HOW AND WHEN DO WE PAY FOR MIDWIFERY SERVICES?
Midwifery care with Nourish Midwifery has a cost of $7500. For families who have financial need, we offer a sliding fee scale of $4500-$7500, which means that you choose the fee that you and your family can afford within this scale. Payments are made as follows: 1/3 of the fee is due at the time of your initial prenatal visit ($500 of which is non-refundable), 1/3 of the fee is due at 28 weeks of pregnancy and the final 1/3 of the fee is due by 37 weeks of pregnancy. Payments can be made in cash, by check or by card.
Q: WHAT DOES THE HOME BIRTH FEE INCLUDE?
A: THE HOME BIRTH FEE INCLUDES ALL OF YOUR MIDWIFERY CARE THROUGHOUT PREGNANCY, LABOR, BIRTH AND POSTPARTUM.
Prenatal Care
Up to one-hour visits every:
-4 weeks from start of care to 28 weeks pregnancy
-2 weeks from 28 weeks – 36 weeks pregnancy
-1 visit per week until the birth of your baby
Labor and Birth Support
Your midwives and/or midwife and birth assistant will arrive at your home during active labor and stay with you through the immediate postpartum period (3-4 hours on average)
Your primary midwife will file the necessary paperwork for obtaining a birth certificate and social security card for your little one
Full newborn exam
Birth tub, for comfort during labor and/or for waterbirth (optional)
Tidying up of the labor and birth space, prior to midwife’s departure
Postpartum Care
4-6 postpartum visits in the first 6 weeks postpartum
Continued access to your midwife via phone and email
Well-Baby care for the first 6 weeks of life “outside”
Administration of the Minnesota Department of Health’s Newborn Screens, between 24 – 36 hours after birth:
Newborn Blood Spot Screen
Newborn Hearing Screen
Critical Congenital Heart Defect Screen
Breastfeeding support and education
Q: ARE THERE ANY ADDITIONAL FEES, ASSOCIATED WITH A HOME BIRTH?
A: YES.
Placenta encapsulation is offered at a discounted cost to our home birth clients — $150
Newborn Bloodspot Screening (lab expense) — $235, if not billing to insurance
Birth Supply Kit — <$100
Birth Tub Liner — <$50
Labs, screens, medications and ultrasounds — costs vary, depending on your insurance plan and the price lists of the individual companies that provide these items and services
Care with other providers, if needed or wanted — costs vary, depending on your insurance plan and the price lists of the individual companies that provide these services
Q: DO YOU WORK WITH INSURANCE COMPANIES AND/OR HEALTH SHARES?
A: no and YES.
We do not currently work with or bill health insurance.
For health shares, we are happy to create an invoice for care that can be submitted for reimbursement.
Q: WHAT IF WE NEED OR WANT TO TRANSFER CARE? DO YOU HAVE A REFUND POLICY?
A: YES.
We have a refund policy in place for families that need or want a transfer of care in pregnancy. Refunds are given, minus fees paid for care already given, for families who transfer care prior to labor beginning.