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Cesarean Delivery Only

Kentucky 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?

$2,502

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,502 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,023 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,479 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$1,023$851 to $1,122
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,479$741 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,479 · 10th to 90th $457 to $8,710Professionalmedian $1,023 · 10th to 90th $759 to $1,549
$100$1K$10Kfacility $1,479professional $1,023

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
$758.58
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,122.02
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$691.83
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$1,380.38
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,047.13
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$177.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,235.94
Median
$5,370.32
Typical High
$10,715.19
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,318.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$794.33
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$123.03
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$208.93
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$107.15
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$177.83
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$707.95
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,348.96
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$34.67
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$1,479.11
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$5,754.40
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$33.11
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$33.11
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$8,317.64
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$831.76
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,479.11
3 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
$380.19
Typical High
$446.68
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$154.88
Typical High
$181.97
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
GC · Resident with teaching physician
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where Kentucky 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

Kentucky· 31st of 51

$2,502

$1,023 physician + $1,479 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.