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Cesarean Delivery Only

Michigan 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?

$4,642

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,642 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,175 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,467 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$1,175$1,096 to $1,585
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,467$977 to $4,365

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,467 · 10th to 90th $501 to $5,370Professionalmedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $832 to $1,778
$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,467professional $1,175

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
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,348.96
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$199.53
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,258.93
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$3,467.37
Median
$3,467.37
Typical High
$6,025.60
BCBS Michigan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$309.03
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,698.24
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$2,818.38
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$4,073.80
Typical High
$4,466.84
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$2,041.74
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$549.54
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$218.78
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$218.78
Priority Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$1,000.00
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$3,311.31
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,445.44
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
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$147.91
Health Alliance Plan
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$371.54

Where Michigan 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

Michigan· 11th of 51

$4,642

$1,175 physician + $3,467 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.