Looking for a midwife in Sunset Park? Mabel compared all 27 local options on experience, hospital, insurance and price. Local midwives deliver at NYU Brooklyn and Maimonides, and several see patients in neighborhood offices close to home. 20 of the 27 are certified nurse-midwives or certified midwives, and the most experienced has been practicing since 2005.
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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#1 Phyllis Lynn
CNM · Maimonides OB-GYN Midwifery Practice (Maimonides Medical Center)
Maimonides Medical Center. Hospital-wide charges, not an individual midwife’s fee; professional fees are separate. File updated 2026-04-01. Maimonides 2023 inpatient sliding-scale discount (FIN-28): uninsured patients up to 300% FPL pay a discounted share of the Medicaid DRG rate. Source: Maimonides Medical Center standard charges file (uploaded).
CERTIFIED MIDWIFE · NYU Langone Obstetrics & Gynecology Associates (listed as Karry K. Li, CNM)
$16,577–$29,247
Published hospital facility charges · uncomplicated vaginal delivery (DRG 807) · NYU Langone (Tisch)
Estimated out-of-pocket cost by plan tier
Bronze
$10,150
Silver
$3,950
Gold
$1,800
Platinum
$500
No insurance
$34,100–$43,300
Hospital charges at NYU Langone Tisch Hospital
Delivery type
Negotiated range
Cash charge
Vaginal delivery · uncomplicated (DRG 807)
$16,577–$29,247
Not published
C-section · uncomplicated (DRG 788)
$24,817–$46,210
Not published
Insurer-published rates compiled by PayerPrice (4 insurers). Hospital-wide charges, not an individual midwife’s fee; professional fees are separate. File updated 2026-10. Official source.
Insurance
Aetna, Amida Care Medicaid, BCBS / Anthem (incl. Healthplus Medicaid & Essential Plan), Cigna, EmblemHealth / GHI / HIP, Fidelis Care (incl. Medicaid & Essential Plan), Humana Medicare Advantage, Local 1199, Medicare, Multiplan, NYSHIP Empire Plan, Oxford, Tricare, UnitedHealthcare, WellCare
Languages
English
Mabel Data · Individual assessment
What Mabel users like
Board-certified nurse-midwife since 2009
Office in Midtown East at 159 East 53rd Street
NYU Langone midwives support birth plans with wireless monitoring, eating in labor and fewer exams
Also offers gynecology, IUDs and perinatal mental health care
Other considerations
Cesarean births are handled by NYU Langone obstetricians, not midwives
Birth setting: Hospital
Delivers at: NYU Langone Tisch Hospital and NYU Langone Hospital–Brooklyn · about 11.6 mi by car from Sunset Park
C.N.M. · Park Ridge Family Health Center at NYU Langone (Family Health Centers at NYU Langone)
$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, Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, CDPHP, Blue Cross Blue Shield, EmblemHealth, Medicaid
Languages
English, Spanish
Mabel Data · Individual assessment
What Mabel users like
Speaks English and Spanish
Part of NYU Langone's community health centers, with births at NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn in Sunset Park
The health center offers a sliding-scale fee and helps patients sign up for Medicaid and WIC
Prenatal care, pediatrics and primary care are under one roof at the same center
Other considerations
A team of midwives shares hospital shifts, so the midwife at your birth may not be the one you see for visits
Birth setting: Hospital
Delivers at: NYU Langone Hospital–Brooklyn · about 0.5 mi by car from Sunset Park
The Brooklyn Hospital Center. Hospital-wide charges, not an individual midwife’s fee; professional fees are separate. File updated 2026-07-27. Official source.
C.N.M. · Sunset Park Family Health Center at NYU Langone
$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
Languages
English
Mabel Data · Individual assessment
What Mabel users like
Certified nurse-midwife since 2013
Sunset Park health center offers prenatal classes, ultrasounds and genetic testing on site
Births at NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn, where midwives support unmedicated birth if you want it
Accepts Medicaid and most major plans
Other considerations
Maternal-fetal specialists take over care for high-risk pregnancies
Birth setting: Hospital
Delivers at: NYU Langone Hospital–Brooklyn · about 0.5 mi by car from Sunset Park
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.
Certified nurse-midwife with 20+ years of experience, practicing since 2006.
Births at NYU Langone Hospital–Brooklyn, a Level II Perinatal Center, about 0.5 miles by car from Sunset Park, with epidurals and obstetricians on site.
Accepts Medicaid as well as Aetna and Cigna.
Also a OB/GYN nurse practitioner, so gynecologic care continues after the baby arrives.
Birth setting: Hospital
Delivers at: NYU Langone Hospital–Brooklyn · about 0.5 mi by car from Sunset Park
Maimonides Medical Center. Hospital-wide charges, not an individual midwife’s fee; professional fees are separate. File updated 2026-04-01. Maimonides 2023 inpatient sliding-scale discount (FIN-28): uninsured patients up to 300% FPL pay a discounted share of the Medicaid DRG rate. Source: Maimonides Medical Center standard charges file (uploaded).
Maimonides Medical Center. Hospital-wide charges, not an individual midwife’s fee; professional fees are separate. File updated 2026-04-01. Maimonides 2023 inpatient sliding-scale discount (FIN-28): uninsured patients up to 300% FPL pay a discounted share of the Medicaid DRG rate. Source: Maimonides Medical Center standard charges file (uploaded).
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.
Certified nurse-midwife with 17+ years of experience, practicing since 2009.
Births at NYU Langone Hospital–Brooklyn, a Level II Perinatal Center, about 0.5 miles by car from Sunset Park, with epidurals and obstetricians on site.
Accepts Medicaid as well as Aetna and Cigna.
Birth setting: Hospital
Delivers at: NYU Langone Hospital–Brooklyn · about 0.5 mi by car from Sunset Park
Hospital charges at NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull
Delivery type
Negotiated range
Cash charge
Vaginal delivery · uncomplicated (DRG 807)
$10,643–$48,972
Not published
Vaginal delivery · complications (DRG 806)
$10,643–$50,134
Not published
Vaginal delivery · major complications (DRG 805)
$7,264–$54,869
Not published
C-section · uncomplicated (DRG 788)
$15,447–$53,116
Not published
C-section · complications (DRG 787)
$15,447–$55,416
Not published
C-section · major complications (DRG 786)
$15,824–$63,172
Not published
Woodhull Medical Center. Hospital-wide charges, not an individual midwife’s fee; professional fees are separate. File updated 2026-09-05. Source: New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation standard charges file (2026-09-05).
Insurance
MagnaCare, CDPHP, Aetna, Cigna, EmblemHealth, Empire BCBS / Anthem, Fidelis Care, Healthfirst, MetroPlusHealth, Oscar, UnitedHealthcare, Oxford, Affinity / Molina, WellCare, 1199SEIU, MultiPlan, Amida Care, VNS Health
Languages
English
Mabel Data · Individual assessment
What Mabel users like
Licensed midwife at Woodhull, a public hospital in Bushwick/Williamsburg
Listed as accepting new patients
Her one posted patient review gives five stars
Licensed midwife with 11+ years of experience, practicing since 2015.
Other considerations
Births are at Woodhull, about 7 miles by car from Sunset Park.
Birth setting: Hospital
Delivers at: NYC Health + Hospitals/Woodhull · about 7.3 mi by car from Sunset Park
Practicing since: 2015
Patient rating: 5.0 / 5 on Healthline FindCare (1 reviews)
RN, CNM · Sunset Park Family Health Center at NYU Langone
$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, Cigna, EmblemHealth, Fidelis Care, Medicaid, Medicare, UnitedHealthcare
Languages
English
Mabel Data · Individual assessment
What Mabel users like
Sunset Park health center offers prenatal classes, ultrasounds and genetic testing on site
Births at NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn, where midwives support unmedicated birth if you want it
Free walk-in pregnancy tests seven days a week at her center
Accepts Medicaid and most major plans
Other considerations
Newer midwife, certified in 2021
Birth setting: Hospital
Delivers at: NYU Langone Hospital–Brooklyn · about 0.5 mi by car from Sunset Park
CNM · NYU Langone Health – Family Health Centers at NYU Langone (Sunset Park)
$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 (Medicaid), Empire BCBS HealthPlus (Medicaid, Essential Plan, Child Health Plus), Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Elderplan, EmblemHealth (GHI/HIP), Fidelis Care, Healthfirst, Humana Medicare Advantage, Local 1199, MVP Health Care, MagnaCare, NYS Medicaid, Medicare, MetroPlusHealth, MultiPlan, NYSHIP Empire Plan, Oxford, Tricare, UnitedHealthcare, UnitedHealthcare Community Plan, Wellcare, NYC Employees PPO
Languages
English
Mabel Data · Individual assessment
What Mabel users like
Board-certified nurse-midwife since 2020
Prenatal care close to home at two Sunset Park health centers
Births at NYU Langone Hospital–Brooklyn, where midwives support moving freely, eating in labor and choosing birth positions
Takes Medicaid, the Essential Plan and most major insurers, including Healthfirst, MetroPlus and Fidelis
Other considerations
NYU Langone Hospital–Brooklyn has a small team of four midwives sharing call, so your birth midwife may be someone you've met only briefly
Birth setting: Hospital
Delivers at: NYU Langone Hospital–Brooklyn · about 0.5 mi by car from Sunset Park
Maimonides Medical Center. Hospital-wide charges, not an individual midwife’s fee; professional fees are separate. File updated 2026-04-01. Maimonides 2023 inpatient sliding-scale discount (FIN-28): uninsured patients up to 300% FPL pay a discounted share of the Medicaid DRG rate. Source: Maimonides Medical Center standard charges file (uploaded).
Insurance
Aetna, Affinity Health Plan, CenterLight, Centers Plan, Centivo, Cigna, EmblemHealth, Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield, Empire Plan (UnitedHealthcare), Fidelis, Hamaspik, HealthFirst, Hotel Trades, Local 1199, MagnaCare, Medicaid, Medicare, MetroPlusHealth, MultiPlan, Oxford, RiverSpring Health Plans, Tricare, UnitedHealthcare, VNS Choice, Wellcare, WTC Health Program
Languages
English
Mabel Data · Individual assessment
What Mabel users like
Also a Certified Breastfeeding Counselor, helpful for feeding support after birth
Describes her care as safe, culturally centered and holistic
Worked as a maternity nurse at Downstate and Northern Westchester Hospital before becoming a midwife
Takes Medicaid and 25 other plans, including Healthfirst, MetroPlus and Fidelis
Other considerations
A newer midwife, certified in the last few years
Birth setting: Hospital
Delivers at: Maimonides Medical Center · about 1.2 mi by car from Sunset Park
CNM · NYU Langone Health – Family Health Centers at NYU Langone (Sunset Park)
$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 (Medicaid), Empire BCBS HealthPlus (Medicaid, Essential Plan, Child Health Plus), Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Elderplan, EmblemHealth (GHI/HIP), Fidelis Care, Healthfirst, Humana Medicare Advantage, Local 1199, MVP Health Care, MagnaCare, NYS Medicaid, Medicare, MetroPlusHealth, MultiPlan, NYSHIP Empire Plan, Oxford, Tricare, UnitedHealthcare, UnitedHealthcare Community Plan, Wellcare, NYC Employees PPO
Languages
English
Mabel Data · Individual assessment
What Mabel users like
Spent eight years as a labor and delivery nurse before becoming a midwife
Also board-certified as a women's health nurse practitioner
Sees patients in Sunset Park and Red Hook
Births at NYU Langone Hospital–Brooklyn, where midwives support moving freely, eating in labor and choosing birth positions
Other considerations
NYU Langone Hospital–Brooklyn has a small team of four midwives sharing call, so your birth midwife may be someone you've met only briefly
Birth setting: Hospital
Delivers at: NYU Langone Hospital–Brooklyn · about 0.5 mi by car from Sunset Park
LM, CNM, MSN · NYU Langone OB/GYN Associates – Midwood
$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 (Medicaid), Empire BCBS HealthPlus (Medicaid, Essential Plan, Child Health Plus), Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Elderplan, EmblemHealth (GHI/HIP), Fidelis Care, Healthfirst, Humana Medicare Advantage, Local 1199, MVP Health Care, MagnaCare, NYS Medicaid, Medicare, MetroPlusHealth, MultiPlan, NYSHIP Empire Plan, Oxford, Tricare, UnitedHealthcare, UnitedHealthcare Community Plan, Wellcare, NYC Employees PPO
Languages
English
Mabel Data · Individual assessment
What Mabel users like
Holds both nurse-midwife and licensed midwife credentials
Office visits in Midwood, with gynecology care in the same practice
Births at NYU Langone Hospital–Brooklyn, where midwives support moving freely, eating in labor and choosing birth positions
Takes Medicaid, the Essential Plan and most major insurers, including Healthfirst, MetroPlus and Fidelis
Other considerations
Prenatal visits are in Midwood, but births are at the hospital in Sunset Park
NYU Langone Hospital–Brooklyn has a small team of four midwives sharing call, so your birth midwife may be someone you've met only briefly
Birth setting: Hospital
Delivers at: NYU Langone Hospital–Brooklyn · about 0.5 mi by car from Sunset Park
Maimonides Medical Center. Hospital-wide charges, not an individual midwife’s fee; professional fees are separate. File updated 2026-04-01. Maimonides 2023 inpatient sliding-scale discount (FIN-28): uninsured patients up to 300% FPL pay a discounted share of the Medicaid DRG rate. Source: Maimonides Medical Center standard charges file (uploaded).
Insurance
Aetna, Cigna, EmblemHealth, Empire BCBS / Anthem, Fidelis Care, Healthfirst, MetroPlusHealth, UnitedHealthcare, Oxford, Affinity / Molina, MVP Health Care, WellCare, 1199SEIU, MagnaCare, MultiPlan, Centivo
Languages
English
Mabel Data · Individual assessment
What Mabel users like
Certified nurse-midwife with 5+ years of experience, practicing since 2021.
Births at Maimonides Medical Center, a Regional Perinatal Center, about 1.2 miles by car from Sunset Park, with epidurals and obstetricians on site.
Birth setting: Hospital
Delivers at: Maimonides Medical Center · about 1.2 mi by car from Sunset Park
CNM · NYU Langone Health – midwifery, NYU Langone Hospital–Brooklyn
$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 (Medicaid), Empire BCBS HealthPlus (Medicaid, Essential Plan, Child Health Plus), Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Elderplan, EmblemHealth (GHI/HIP), Fidelis Care, Healthfirst, Humana Medicare Advantage, Local 1199, MVP Health Care, MagnaCare, NYS Medicaid, Medicare, MetroPlusHealth, MultiPlan, NYSHIP Empire Plan, Oxford, Tricare, UnitedHealthcare, UnitedHealthcare Community Plan, Wellcare, NYC Employees PPO
Languages
English
Mabel Data · Individual assessment
What Mabel users like
Births at NYU Langone Hospital–Brooklyn, where midwives support moving freely, eating in labor and choosing birth positions
Takes Medicaid, the Essential Plan and most major insurers, including Healthfirst, MetroPlus and Fidelis
Obstetricians are on hand right away if a cesarean or assisted delivery becomes necessary
Certified nurse-midwife, practicing since 2025.
Other considerations
NYU Langone Hospital–Brooklyn has a small team of four midwives sharing call, so your birth midwife may be someone you've met only briefly
Birth setting: Hospital
Delivers at: NYU Langone Hospital–Brooklyn · about 0.5 mi by car from Sunset Park
Midwife · Family Health Centers at NYU Langone (Sunset Park and other Brooklyn sites)
$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, Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Elderplan, EmblemHealth, Fidelis, GHI, HIP, Healthfirst, Humana, Local 1199, MagnaCare, Medicaid, Medicare, MetroPlus, Multiplan, Oxford, Tricare, UnitedHealthcare, WTC Health Program
Languages
English
Mabel Data · Individual assessment
What Mabel users like
Sees patients at 11 NYU Langone community health centers across Brooklyn, including Sunset Park, Park Slope and Red Hook
Births at NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn, where midwives support unmedicated birth if you want it
Accepts Medicaid and most major plans
Midwife, practicing since 2022.
Other considerations
Newer midwife, certified in 2022
Birth setting: Hospital
Delivers at: NYU Langone Hospital–Brooklyn · about 0.5 mi by car from Sunset Park
From the cost of care to the hospitals serving local families, these comparisons bring together published maternity measures and Mabel’s Sunset Park market analysis.
Sunset Park: estimated maternity spending
Bronze
$10k–$10.2k
Silver
$4k
Gold
$1.8k
Platinum
$0.5k
No insurance
$30.4k–$37.5k
Source: published hospital price files and NY State of Health 2026 standard plan designs; values are estimates.
Estimated maternity costs in Sunset Park, by insurance tier and birth setting, for births with the midwives listed here.
Sunset Park vs. nearby areas: price scenarios
Sunset Park
$34,000
Borough Park
$30,400
Bay Ridge
$33,000
Windsor Terrace
$33,600
Source: published hospital price files and NY State of Health 2026 standard plan designs; values are estimates.
Sunset Park families can also compare midwives in Borough Park, Bay Ridge and Windsor Terrace. Mabel estimates a $34,000 typical self-pay budget for a birth with a Sunset Park midwife, with some variation across nearby neighborhoods.
Delivery hospital distance from Sunset Park
NYU Langone Hospital–Brooklyn · 10 listed here0.5 mi
Maimonides Medical Center · 5 listed here1.2 mi
The Brooklyn Hospital Center · 1 listed here5.1 mi
NYU Langone Tisch Hospital · 1 listed here11.6 mi
Estimated driving miles from the center of Sunset Park.
Estimated distance to delivery hospital
Sunset Park · model weighted by the number of NYC midwives delivering at each hospital
Scenario
Median
Within 3 mi
Within 5 mi
Weak distance preference
5.0 mi
31.0%
50.3%
Moderate distance preference
1.2 mi
54.1%
75.2%
Strong distance preference
1.2 mi
81.7%
94.5%
Moderate + river-crossing penalty
1.2 mi
55.5%
77.2%
Estimated driving distances and alternative assumptions about how strongly families prefer a nearby hospital.
Sunset Park: birth-planning scenarios
Vaginal birth
74%
Cesarean
26%
VBAC (after prior C-section)
27%
Midwife-attended
9%
Source: NYS Department of Health hospital maternity data (2023), weighted by where Sunset Park midwives deliver.
Delivery outcomes at NYU Brooklyn, NYU Langone (Tisch) and Woodhull. 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
20 of 27
Other / unspecified
7 of 27
15+ years practicing
10 of 27
The 27 Sunset Park profiles include certified nurse-midwives and other midwifery backgrounds; the most experienced has been practicing since 2005.
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.
NYU Brooklyn
21.9%
Brooklyn Hospital
32.6%
NYU Langone (Tisch)
28.4%
NYU Langone Hospital–Brooklyn: 21.9% low-risk cesarean; 2.3% episiotomy; 4,132 live births. Leapfrog hospital report.
The Brooklyn Hospital Center: 32.6% low-risk cesarean; 3.3% episiotomy; 1,106 live births. Leapfrog hospital report.
NYU Langone Tisch Hospital: 28.4% low-risk cesarean; 2.6% episiotomy; 5,249 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 Sunset Park
Midwives listed here deliver at NYU Langone Hospital–Brooklyn (10), Maimonides Medical Center (5), NYU Langone Tisch Hospital (1) and The Brooklyn Hospital Center (1).
In labor, NYU Brooklyn is the nearest maternity unit at roughly 0.5 miles by car, with Maimonides (1.2 mi) and Brooklyn Methodist (3.4 mi) next.
