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Cesarean Delivery Only

Illinois 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?

$2,608

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,608 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,259 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,349 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 7 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,259$1,023 to $1,738
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,349$708 to $3,467

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,349 · 10th to 90th $501 to $12,303Professionalmedian $1,259 · 10th to 90th $871 to $1,820
$50$200$1K$5K$20Kfacility $1,349professional $1,259

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
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$2,951.21
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,479.11
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,288.25
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$6,456.54
Median
$13,803.84
Typical High
$27,542.29
BCBS Illinois
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$1,819.70
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$2,511.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,023.29
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,819.70
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,630.27
Hally Health
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$100.00
Median
$100.00
Typical High
$100.00
Hally Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,348.96
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$7,079.46
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$1,995.26
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
$354.81
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$141.25
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$204.17

Where Illinois 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

Illinois· 28th of 51

$2,608

$1,259 physician + $1,349 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.