<p>The normal cost of a first-trimester abortion runs between $350 and $550, depending on subsidies, the method used, and other variables such as cost of living.</p><p>A 2001 study conducted by the Guttmacher Institute found that the average overall cost of an abortion in the United States was $468, a figure that has risen since then due to <a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/study-overview-of-inflation-1147538" data-component="link" data-source="inlineLink" data-type="internalLink" data-ordinal="1">inflation</a>, but that the average amount paid for an abortion (due to subsidies) is $372.<br/><br/>The Guttmacher Institute has also found that 87% of private health care plans cover abortion services --but because a disproportionately high number of people have substandard plans, only 46% of American workers are covered by policies that include abortion.<br/><br/>Second-trimester abortions tend to be more expensive. At the Jackson Women&#39;s Health Organization, Mississippi&#39;s only remaining abortion clinic, a surgical abortion costs $405 if the pregnancy is in the first trimester, $495 at weeks 13-14, and $640 at weeks 15-16.<br/><br/>Conventional wisdom would suggest that an abortion induced via RU-486/Mifepristone would cost less than a surgical abortion, but this is not necessarily the case. The Jackson Women&#39;s Health Organization, for example, charges $520 for a first-trimester RU-486 abortion -- $115 more than a surgical abortion would cost.</p><h3>More About Women&#39;s Reproductive Rights</h3><ul><li><a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/what-are-womens-rights-3529028" data-component="link" data-source="inlineLink" data-type="internalLink" data-ordinal="2">What Are Women&#39;s Rights?</a></li><li><a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/reproductive-rights-and-the-constitution-3529458" data-component="link" data-source="inlineLink" data-type="internalLink" data-ordinal="3">Women&#39;s Reproductive Rights and the Constitution</a></li><li><a href="https://www.thoughtco.com/roe-v-wade-overview-3528244" data-component="link" data-source="inlineLink" data-type="internalLink" data-ordinal="4">Summary of Roe v. Wade</a></li></ul>