My mother once told me , I cost her and my father ten dollars to deliver me . The year was nineteen sixty and the hospital was then a state hospital . The cost was based on income and the hospital was staffed by medical students . It would be my guess , the doctor that delivered me was a resident doctor .
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Average: $7500 for a newborn
The cost of childbirth is something to consider when debating on having a child. The cost is dependent on if the parent has insurance, and if there are complications. The cost can run between $500 to $11,000.
$7000-10,000 in Texas, without insurance
The average cost of regular gasolene in 1960 was $0.31 .
From what i have researched childbirth classes should cost around $200 dollars.
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It costs about $3,000 at the most. The average is about $2,700.
I just received my hospital bill...it was $34,000!!! My insurance paid this, of course, but I found it so outrageous that labor and delivery (normal and uncomplicated) could cost so much!
Approx. $3,000 Ford, Chevrolet, Plymouth, Pontiac, Chrysler
The average price of a new car in 1960 was 2,600.00. A gallon of gas during 1960 was 25 cents and two dozen oranges cost 88 cents.
A pair of average sneakers would cost 97 cents in the 1960's
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