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Cesarean Delivery Only

Montana 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?

$2,858

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,858 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,445 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,413 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,445$933 to $1,445
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,413$1,380 to $1,445

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,413 · 10th to 90th $955 to $1,585Professionalmedian $1,445 · 10th to 90th $85 to $1,549
$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $1,413professional $1,445

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
$741.31
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,230.27
BCBS Montana
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,348.96
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,584.89
MountainHealth Co-op
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$912.01
Median
$1,412.54
Typical High
$1,513.56
Providence
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,445.44
Median
$1,445.44
Typical High
$1,445.44
Providence
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$1,230.27
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,548.82
Typical High
$1,698.24

Where Montana 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

Montana· 25th of 51

$2,858

$1,445 physician + $1,413 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.