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Cesarean Delivery Only

Indiana 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?

$6,348

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $6,348 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $977 to the doctor who performs it, and $5,370 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$977$832 to $1,148
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$5,370$1,413 to $8,913

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $5,370 · 10th to 90th $646 to $11,482Professionalmedian $977 · 10th to 90th $759 to $1,445
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $5,370professional $977

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
$776.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,023.29
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,174.90
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$660.69
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$660.69
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$173.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$141.25
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$7,079.46
Typical High
$11,481.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,318.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$851.14
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$234.42
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$102.33
Median
$138.04
Typical High
$190.55
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$933.25
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$512.86
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,778.28
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$2,089.30
Typical High
$2,344.23
Physicians Health Plan of Northern Indiana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,548.82
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$2,290.87
Typical High
$10,232.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$1,513.56
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
$363.08
Median
$389.05
Typical High
$478.63
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$190.55

Where Indiana 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

Indiana· 5th of 51

$6,348

$977 physician + $5,370 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.