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Cesarean Delivery Only

North Carolina 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 July 2026.

How much does Cesarean Delivery Only cost?

$1,175

Typical facility fee. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $1,175 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $891 to $2,188.

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 4 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,175 · 10th to 90th $891 to $3,631
$1K$2K$5Kfacility $1,175

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$3,388.44
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,778.28
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$7,762.47
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$5,495.41
Typical High
$5,495.41

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 16.2 times more in Florida than in West Virginia. 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.

North Carolina· 42nd of 50

$1,175

FL $13,490WV $832

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.