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Cesarean Delivery Only

Alabama rates for HCPCS 59514

Covers the cesarean birth itself — the operation in which the baby is delivered through an incision in the abdomen and the uterus. It does not take in the prenatal visits beforehand or the follow-up care afterward, which are counted separately.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Cesarean Delivery Only cost?

$4,757

Typical total for the visit. In Alabama, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,757 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $955 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,802 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$955$891 to $1,259
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,802$933 to $3,802

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,802 · 10th to 90th $513 to $3,802Professionalmedian $955 · 10th to 90th $741 to $1,445
$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $3,802professional $955

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,258.93
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$741.31
Typical High
$741.31
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,801.89
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$3,801.89
BCBS Alabama
Setting
Professional
Modifier
21 + 22 · Increased work + 24 · Unrelated visit after surgery
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,584.89
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$446.68
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,202.26
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,584.89
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,148.15
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$630.96
Typical High
$630.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$251.19
Median
$251.19
Typical High
$251.19

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 10.3 times more in Maine than in Arkansas. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility fee

Alabama· 10th of 51

$4,757

$955 physician + $3,802 facility

ME $15,629AR $1,524

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.