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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 October 2026.

How much does Cesarean Delivery Only cost?

$2,476

Typical total for the visit. In North Carolina, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,476 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,585 to the doctor who performs it, and $891 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$1,585$1,096 to $1,905
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$891$575 to $2,630

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $891 · 10th to 90th $380 to $6,761Professionalmedian $1,585 · 10th to 90th $912 to $2,344
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $891professional $1,585

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
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,174.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,513.56
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,584.89
BCBS North Carolina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,454.71
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$29,512.09
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,905.46
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$1,071.52
Typical High
$3,801.89
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,659.59
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$338.84
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$5,011.87
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,819.70
7 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
$446.68
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$512.86
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$177.83
Median
$177.83
Typical High
$208.93
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
51 · Multiple procedures
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,288.25
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$229.09
Typical High
$512.86
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
81 · Minimal assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$363.08
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$363.08
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$154.88
Median
$158.49
Typical High
$363.08

Where North Carolina 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

North Carolina· 32nd of 51

$2,476

$1,585 physician + $891 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.