i just paid my GP bills for private in a public hospital cause that was shared care with a GP.

Private in a private was around $1600 out of pocket from memory (sydney but chepaish OB at the time) - and this was all OB bills - the actual hospital stay cost me nothing (we have top cover with no excess and chose hospital taking into consideration that it was on the health funds "priority" list).

They have since introduced anotheer medicare number for OBs so this time the price has gone up - again the hospital stay should cost nothing and all the fees will be in OBs and paedeatricians (which you have for a c/section in private) Can't think of the toal off the top of my head but am guessing it will be closer to $3000 this time ( I can get out the sheet and work it out if you want to know) - again this is in regional town not in Sydney where it would be much dearer. Most OBs will outline their fees up front (even before you make the first appointment) so you could get an idea of this by ringing round if this was a "stumbling" block