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Cesarean Delivery Only

Idaho 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?

$2,169

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,169 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,318 to the doctor who performs it, and $851 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,318$1,047 to $1,413
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$851$676 to $2,399

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $851 · 10th to 90th $550 to $3,715Professionalmedian $1,318 · 10th to 90th $912 to $1,660
$50$200$1K$5Kfacility $851professional $1,318

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
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,265.80
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$1,778.28
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$12,589.25
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,513.56
Moda Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$14,125.38
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,548.82
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,230.27
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,318.26
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,412.54
Regence BlueShield
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,737.80
Select Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$794.33
Select Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$1,096.48
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$870.96
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$1,737.80
14 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
$467.74
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$1,202.26
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$1,584.89
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$177.83
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,122.02
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
63 · Small infant
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$2,137.96
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,230.27
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$213.80
Median
$239.88
Typical High
$281.84
BCBS Idaho
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$239.88
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$616.60
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$245.47
Moda Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$229.09
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$794.33

Where Idaho 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

Idaho· 38th of 51

$2,169

$1,318 physician + $851 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.