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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 July 2026.

How much does Cesarean Delivery Only cost?

$3,890

Typical facility fee. In Alabama, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,890 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $2,630 to $4,677.

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 3 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,890 · 10th to 90th $851 to $5,623
$10$100$1K$10Kfacility $3,890

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2.09
Median
$2.09
Typical High
$2.09
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,548.13
Median
$4,265.80
Typical High
$5,754.40
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$1,949.84
Typical High
$5,370.32

Where Alabama sits

The same service costs 16.2 times more in Florida than in West Virginia. 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.

Alabama· 14th of 50

$3,890

FL $13,490WV $832

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.