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Cesarean Delivery Only

Arizona 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?

$2,357

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,357 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $912 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,445 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$912$794 to $1,318
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,445$813 to $4,169

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $120 to $6,026Professionalmedian $912 · 10th to 90th $692 to $6,457
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,445professional $912

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
$691.83
Median
$691.83
Typical High
$1,479.11
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$794.33
Typical High
$794.33
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$2,951.21
Typical High
$7,762.47
BCBS Arizona
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,949.84
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$831.76
Typical High
$1,584.89
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$5,128.61
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$6,456.54
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$104.71
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$5,128.61
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,584.89
4 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
$346.74
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$389.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$158.49
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$186.21
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$102.33
Typical High
$125.89

Where Arizona 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

Arizona· 33rd of 51

$2,357

$912 physician + $1,445 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.