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The Best Midwives in Midtown

Last updated: 2026-11-11

Four Midtown midwives, compared by experience, care approach, hospital connections and cost. Local midwives deliver at Mount Sinai West, and several see patients in neighborhood offices close to home. 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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Midtown · 10022Home birthHospital

#1 Nicole Meade

CNM · Oula
$9,445–$12,277
Published hospital facility charges · uncomplicated vaginal delivery (DRG 807) · Mount Sinai West
Estimated out-of-pocket cost by plan tier
Bronze$9,000–$10,150
Silver$3,950
Gold$1,800
Platinum$500
No insurance$19,800–$24,900
Hospital charges at Mount Sinai West
Delivery typeNegotiated rangeCash charge
Vaginal delivery · uncomplicated (DRG 807)$9,445–$12,277Not published
Vaginal delivery · complications (DRG 806)$10,467–$13,730Not published
Vaginal delivery · major complications (DRG 805)$14,635–$19,651Not published
C-section · uncomplicated (DRG 788)$13,092–$17,459Not published
C-section · complications (DRG 787)$15,117–$20,336Not published
C-section · major complications (DRG 786)$21,944–$30,036Not published
Combined file for Mount Sinai West and Mount Sinai Morningside. Hospital-wide charges, not an individual midwife’s fee; professional fees are separate. File updated 2026-04-01. Official source.
Insurance
1199, Aetna, Allied Benefit Systems, Anthem/Empire BCBS, Cigna, EmblemHealth (GHI, HIP), Fidelis Care, Healthfirst, MetroPlus, Oscar, UnitedHealthcare, Oxford, Multiplan PPO, Medicaid, Medicare, Tricare, WellCare Medicare, VNS Choice, Village Care
Languages
English
Mabel Data · Individual assessment
What Mabel users like
  • Dual-credentialed as a Licensed Midwife and Certified Nurse-Midwife
  • Over a decade of midwifery experience
  • Has attended births in hospitals and at home
  • Trained in nursing at NYU and in midwifery at Frontier Nursing University
Other considerations
  • Part of Oula's group of midwives, so the midwife at your birth may not be the one you see most often
Birth setting: Home birth and Hospital
Delivers at: Mount Sinai West · about 0.8 mi by car from Midtown
Practicing since: 2013
Practice address
625 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10022
Phone: 212-891-2160
Practice profile
Midtown · 10019

#2 Maureen Macsweeney

MSN, CNM, ARNP · Practice details pending
$3,950–$3,950
Estimated out-of-pocket with a Silver plan · NYC hospital · vaginal birth to C-section
Estimated out-of-pocket cost by plan tier
Bronze$10,150
Silver$3,950
Gold$1,800
Platinum$500
No insurance$30,500–$36,600
Insurance
Being verified by Mabel
Languages
English
Mabel Data · Individual assessment
What Mabel users like
  • Certified nurse-midwife with 20+ years of experience, practicing since 2006.
  • Also a women's health nurse practitioner, so gynecologic care continues after the baby arrives.
Birth setting: Being verified by Mabel
Delivers at: Being verified by Mabel
Practicing since: 2006
Practice address
200 W 57th St, New York, NY 10019
Phone: 917-410-6905
Midtown · 10019

#3 Jeanne Coulehan

CNM · Unconfirmed; registry practice suite at 51 W 51st St Ste 320 with mailing address 622 W 168th St (Columbia University Irving Medical Center campus)
$3,950–$3,950
Estimated out-of-pocket with a Silver plan · NYC hospital · vaginal birth to C-section
Estimated out-of-pocket cost by plan tier
Bronze$10,150
Silver$3,950
Gold$1,800
Platinum$500
No insurance$30,500–$36,600
Insurance
Being verified by Mabel
Languages
English
Mabel Data · Individual assessment
What Mabel users like
  • Certified nurse-midwife with 20+ years of experience, practicing since 2006.
Birth setting: Being verified by Mabel
Delivers at: Being verified by Mabel
Practicing since: 2006
Practice address
51 W 51st St, New York, NY 10019
Phone: 212-326-8951
Midtown · 10019

#4 Angela Ferin

RN · Practice details pending
$3,950–$3,950
Estimated out-of-pocket with a Silver plan · NYC hospital · vaginal birth to C-section
Estimated out-of-pocket cost by plan tier
Bronze$10,150
Silver$3,950
Gold$1,800
Platinum$500
No insurance$30,500–$36,600
Insurance
Being verified by Mabel
Languages
English
Mabel Data · Individual assessment
What Mabel users like
  • Midwife with 11+ years of experience, practicing since 2015.
Birth setting: Being verified by Mabel
Delivers at: Being verified by Mabel
Practicing since: 2015
Practice address
210 Central Park S, New York, NY 10019
Phone: 212-319-5535
Mabel Data · Midtown care costs

Understanding midwife costs and care choices

From the cost of care to the hospitals serving local families, these comparisons bring together published maternity measures and Mabel’s Midtown market analysis.

Midtown: estimated maternity spending

Bronze
$9.9k–$10.2k
Silver
$4k
Gold
$1.8k
Platinum
$0.5k
No insurance
$27.8k–$33.7k

Source: published hospital price files and NY State of Health 2026 standard plan designs; values are estimates.

Estimated maternity costs in Midtown, by insurance tier and birth setting, for births with the midwives listed here.

Midtown vs. nearby areas: price scenarios

Midtown
$30,800
Hell's Kitchen
$31,400
Murray Hill
$35,000
Upper East Side
$32,600

Source: published hospital price files and NY State of Health 2026 standard plan designs; values are estimates.

Midtown families can also compare midwives in Hell's Kitchen, Murray Hill and Upper East Side. Mabel estimates a $30,800 typical self-pay budget for a birth with a Midtown midwife, with some variation across nearby neighborhoods.

Delivery hospital distance from Midtown

Mount Sinai West · 1 listed here0.8 mi
Northwell Lenox Hill Hospital1.5 mi
NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center1.7 mi
NYU Langone Tisch Hospital2.1 mi

Estimated driving miles from the center of Midtown.

Estimated distance to delivery hospital

Midtown · model weighted by the number of NYC midwives delivering at each hospital

ScenarioMedianWithin 3 miWithin 5 mi
Weak distance preference2.9 mi53.4%59.1%
Moderate distance preference2.1 mi78.3%85.0%
Strong distance preference0.8 mi93.3%98.1%
Moderate + river-crossing penalty2.1 mi84.2%91.5%

Estimated driving distances and alternative assumptions about how strongly families prefer a nearby hospital.

Midtown: birth-planning scenarios

Vaginal birth
66%
Cesarean
34%
VBAC (after prior C-section)
20%
Midwife-attended
10%

Source: NYS Department of Health hospital maternity data (2023), weighted by where Midtown midwives deliver.

Delivery outcomes at Mount Sinai West. 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
3 of 4
Other / unspecified
1 of 4
15+ years practicing
2 of 4

The 4 Midtown 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.

Mount Sinai West
29.9%
NYU Langone (Tisch)
28.4%
Bellevue
23.6%

Mount Sinai West: 29.9% low-risk cesarean; 2.3% episiotomy; 5,011 live births. Leapfrog hospital report.

NYU Langone Tisch Hospital: 28.4% low-risk cesarean; 2.6% episiotomy; 5,249 live births. Leapfrog hospital report.

NYC Health + Hospitals/Bellevue: 23.6% low-risk cesarean; 0.5% episiotomy; 1,533 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.

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