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Cesarean Delivery Only

Nebraska 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?

$3,212

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,212 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,698 to the doctor who performs it, and $1,514 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$1,698$1,202 to $2,042
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$631 to $4,898

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $501 to $8,128Professionalmedian $1,698 · 10th to 90th $1,000 to $2,512
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,514professional $1,698

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
$776.25
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$776.25
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$2,041.74
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
BCBS Nebraska
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$4,897.79
Median
$6,606.93
Typical High
$13,489.63
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,584.89
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$2,398.83
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$478.63
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$4,365.16
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,737.80
Typical High
$6,456.54
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,698.24
Typical High
$2,691.53
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,513.56
Median
$1,621.81
Typical High
$1,862.09
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$3,801.89
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,000.00
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$2,511.89
1 more rate 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
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$281.84

Where Nebraska 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

Nebraska· 19th of 51

$3,212

$1,698 physician + $1,514 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.