@Joseph
The chances are that the patient would be redirected to a public hospital.
Childbirth in the early stages of contractions is not considered an emergency situation. 10-15 minutes apart, there’s time to send you to a public hospital within 10 miles. 3 minutes apart..admittance.
We have two hospitals in our adjacent city. One is considered a public hospital, not owned by the government, but in the way it is subsidized by the state government. Both accept emergency room patients without regard to insurance or ability to pay. The private hospital does not accept elective patients without prior insurance company authorization and collection of the patient’s deductible prior to admission. The ‘public’ hospital bills the deductible/co-pay after the fact.