Seven Carroll Gardens midwives, compared by experience, care approach, hospital connections and cost. Alongside hospital-based care, local midwives offer home births. Mabel reviewed professional records, practice information and local maternity data to help families find the right fit.
How we ranked: Providers are listed by experience, credentials, where they deliver, what families tell us and how much of their practice Mabel could verify. The order is editorial.
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Carroll Gardens · 11201Hospital
#1 Katie Lawrence
CNM · NYU Langone - Joseph S. & Diane H. Steinberg Ambulatory Care Center, Cobble Hill
$16,577–$23,774
Published hospital facility charges · uncomplicated vaginal delivery (DRG 807) · NYU Brooklyn
Estimated out-of-pocket cost by plan tier
Bronze
$10,150
Silver
$3,950
Gold
$1,800
Platinum
$500
No insurance
$30,500–$39,100
Hospital charges at NYU Langone Hospital–Brooklyn
Delivery type
Negotiated range
Cash charge
Vaginal delivery · uncomplicated (DRG 807)
$16,577–$23,774
Not published
C-section · uncomplicated (DRG 788)
$24,817–$32,450
Not published
Insurer-published rates compiled by PayerPrice (3 insurers). Hospital-wide charges, not an individual midwife’s fee; professional fees are separate. File updated 2026-10. Official source.
Insurance
Aetna, Amida Care, Blue Cross Blue Shield, BCBS Health Plus, Cigna, Elderplan, EmblemHealth, Fidelis Care, Healthfirst, Humana, Local 1199, MVP Health Care, Magnacare, Medicaid, Medicare, MetroPlusHealth, Multiplan, NYSHIP - The Empire Plan, Oxford, Tricare, UnitedHealthcare, Wellcare, Oscar
Languages
English
Mabel Data · Individual assessment
What Mabel users like
Yale-trained midwife with over a decade of experience
Patients say she answers every question thoroughly and includes partners
Previously worked at the Brooklyn Birthing Center
Accepts Medicaid and most major plans
Other considerations
Office is in Cobble Hill, not Bay Ridge
Birth setting: Hospital
Delivers at: NYU Langone Hospital–Brooklyn · about 4.0 mi by car from Carroll Gardens
From the cost of care to the hospitals serving local families, these comparisons bring together published maternity measures and Mabel’s Carroll Gardens market analysis.
Carroll Gardens: estimated maternity spending
Bronze
$10.2k
Silver
$4k
Gold
$1.8k
Platinum
$0.5k
Home self-pay
$7.5k
Source: published hospital price files and NY State of Health 2026 standard plan designs; values are estimates.
Estimated maternity costs in Carroll Gardens, by insurance tier and birth setting, for births with the midwives listed here.
Carroll Gardens vs. nearby areas: price scenarios
Carroll Gardens
$33,800
Brooklyn Heights
$23,800
Downtown Brooklyn
$33,600
Fort Greene
$31,600
Source: published hospital price files and NY State of Health 2026 standard plan designs; values are estimates.
Carroll Gardens families can also compare midwives in Brooklyn Heights, Downtown Brooklyn and Fort Greene. Mabel estimates a $33,800 typical self-pay budget for a birth with a Carroll Gardens midwife, with some variation across nearby neighborhoods.
Delivery hospital distance from Carroll Gardens
The Brooklyn Hospital Center1.5 mi
NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital2.2 mi
NYU Langone Hospital–Brooklyn · 1 listed here4.0 mi
NewYork-Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital4.3 mi
Estimated driving miles from the center of Carroll Gardens.
Estimated distance to delivery hospital
Carroll Gardens · model weighted by the number of NYC midwives delivering at each hospital
Scenario
Median
Within 3 mi
Within 5 mi
Weak distance preference
4.3 mi
22.7%
62.6%
Moderate distance preference
4.1 mi
37.7%
82.6%
Strong distance preference
2.2 mi
62.3%
96.1%
Moderate + river-crossing penalty
4.1 mi
41.3%
88.8%
Estimated driving distances and alternative assumptions about how strongly families prefer a nearby hospital.
Carroll Gardens: birth-planning scenarios
Vaginal birth
74%
Cesarean
26%
VBAC (after prior C-section)
26%
Midwife-attended
4%
Source: NYS Department of Health hospital maternity data (2023), weighted by where Carroll Gardens midwives deliver.
Delivery outcomes at NYU Brooklyn. VBAC is the share of births after a previous C-section that were vaginal; midwife-attended is the share of all births attended by a midwife.
Experience among listed midwives
CNM / CM
5 of 7
Other / unspecified
2 of 7
15+ years practicing
5 of 7
The 7 Carroll Gardens profiles include certified nurse-midwives and other midwifery backgrounds; the most experienced has been practicing since 2006.
Nearby hospitals: maternity outcomes
A comparable Leapfrog measure is the low-risk, first-birth cesarean rate. Lower is generally preferable for this specific measure, but does not determine the best hospital for every pregnancy.
Brooklyn Hospital
32.6%
Brooklyn Methodist
24.5%
NYU Brooklyn
21.9%
The Brooklyn Hospital Center: 32.6% low-risk cesarean; 3.3% episiotomy; 1,106 live births. Leapfrog hospital report.
NYU Langone Hospital–Brooklyn: 21.9% low-risk cesarean; 2.3% episiotomy; 4,132 live births. Leapfrog hospital report.
Published Leapfrog hospital-level maternity measures; not individual midwife outcomes. Reporting periods and patient mix may differ.
Mabel Estimates are scenario-based, not personalized benefits calculations. Bronze, Silver, Gold and Platinum tiers describe broad cost-sharing levels, not fixed maternity prices. Individual coverage and clinical credentials should be confirmed directly before booking.
Giving birth near Carroll Gardens
One of the 7 midwives listed here deliver at NYU Langone Hospital–Brooklyn.
The closest hospital with a maternity unit is The Brooklyn Hospital Center, about 1.5 miles by car; Brooklyn Methodist is about 2.2 miles away.
