Active reimbursement
California
Active reimbursement1 initial visit + up to 8 prenatal/postpartum visits + labor and delivery support.
Reimbursement: $3,153 per birth
Since January 2023
Colorado
Active reimbursementDoula services covered for Health First Colorado (Medicaid) members.
Reimbursement: $1,470 per birth
Since July 2025
Connecticut
Active reimbursementDoula services bundled package covering prenatal, labor, and postpartum support.
Reimbursement: $1,200 per birth
Since July 2024
Delaware
Active reimbursementCoverage details still being finalized.
Since January 2024
District of Columbia
Active reimbursementUp to 8 prenatal + birth + 4 postpartum visits.
Reimbursement: $2,050 per birth
Since January 2023
Kansas
Active reimbursementReimbursement: $1,295 per birth
Maryland
Active reimbursementUp to 8 prenatal/postpartum visits + birth support.
Reimbursement: $1,428 per birth
Since January 2022
Massachusetts
Active reimbursementUp to 13 visits including labor support, with reimbursement capped around $1,750 per pregnancy.
Reimbursement: $1,700 per birth
Since December 2023
Michigan
Active reimbursementUp to 6 prenatal + birth + up to 2 postpartum visits.
Reimbursement: $2,700 per birth
Since January 2023
Minnesota
Active reimbursementUp to 6 visits + birth support, $995 per pregnancy maximum.
Reimbursement: $3,100 per birth
Since July 2014
Nevada
Active reimbursementUp to 8 visits + labor support.
Reimbursement: $1,300 per birth
Since January 2023
New Jersey
Active reimbursement8 prenatal + 1 birth + 4 postpartum visits. Roughly $1,300 per pregnancy.
Reimbursement: $1,165 per birth
Since January 2021
New Mexico
Active reimbursementCoverage launching with details being finalized.
Since January 2025
New York
Active reimbursementUp to 8 prenatal + birth + 4 postpartum visits. Up to $1,920 per pregnancy.
Reimbursement: $1,500 per birth
Since March 2024
Ohio
Active reimbursementReimbursement: $1,230 per birth
Oklahoma
Active reimbursementOregon
Active reimbursementUp to 8 prenatal + birth + 6 postpartum visits, plus add-on options.
Reimbursement: $1,505 per birth
Since July 2018
Pennsylvania
Active reimbursementCoverage rolling out via Medicaid managed care.
Since January 2025
Rhode Island
Active reimbursementUp to 12 visits across pregnancy and postpartum, plus labor support.
Reimbursement: $1,500 per birth
Since July 2022
South Dakota
Active reimbursementReimbursement: $1,800 per birth
Virginia
Active reimbursementUp to 8 prenatal + birth + 4 postpartum visits.
Reimbursement: $980 per birth
Since April 2022
Approved, launching
Arkansas
Approved, launchingIllinois
Approved, launchingUp to 8 visits + birth + 4 postpartum visits, with the per-pregnancy maximum reimbursement around $1,447.
Reimbursement: $870 per birth
Since January 2024
Nebraska
Approved, launchingNew Hampshire
Approved, launchingWashington
Approved, launchingUp to 8 visits + birth support and postpartum visits.
Reimbursement: $3,500 per birth
Since July 2024
Pilot program
Arizona
Pilot programPilot benefit limited to specified Medicaid populations.
Florida
Pilot programLimited doula pilot programs in select counties.
Kentucky
Pilot programPilot programs through Medicaid managed care organizations.
Tennessee
Pilot programUp to 8 visits + birth support.
Since January 2024
Pending legislation
Georgia
Pending legislationHawaii
Pending legislationIndiana
Pending legislationMaine
Pending legislationUp to 12 visits across pregnancy and postpartum, plus continuous labor support.
Since April 2023
Missouri
Pending legislationSouth Carolina
Pending legislationTexas
Pending legislationWisconsin
Pending legislationUnder study / task force
No coverage
Alabama
No coverageAlaska
No coverageIdaho
No coverageIowa
No coverageMississippi
No coverageMontana
No coverageNorth Carolina
No coverageDoula services through Healthy Opportunities Pilots in select regions.
North Dakota
No coverageUtah
No coverageReimbursement: $1,205 per birth
Vermont
No coverageWest Virginia
No coverageWyoming
No coverageAre you a doula?
If your state is launching Medicaid doula coverage and you want to bill for your services, we keep updated enrollment portals and policy details for each state. Browse by state to find the application steps and managed care organizations accepted.
Get listed as a Medicaid-billing doulaIf you have Medicaid, the coverage on this page is the route to use first: it costs you nothing and it is what these programs exist for. If you are not covered yet, there is still a free option. Our directory of free and charitable clinics lists verified centers by state. The option below is self-pay and is not billed to Medicaid. It is here for readers who are between coverage or who prefer to pay out of pocket:
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