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Cesarean Delivery Only

New Jersey 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?

$2,894

Typical total for the visit. In New Jersey, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $2,894 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,380 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 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,380$933 to $1,585
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$1,514$759 to $3,548

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,514 · 10th to 90th $347 to $5,129Professionalmedian $1,380 · 10th to 90th $832 to $2,455
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,514professional $1,380

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
$933.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,479.11
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,905.46
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$467.74
Typical High
$724.44
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$186.21
Typical High
$295.12
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,380.38
Median
$1,380.38
Typical High
$1,380.38
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,071.52
Median
$2,137.96
Typical High
$2,818.38
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$977.24
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$2,511.89
Emblem Health
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,584.89
Typical High
$1,862.09
Horizon BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$3,090.30
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$331.13
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$5,495.41
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,513.56
Typical High
$2,454.71

Where New Jersey 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

New Jersey· 24th of 51

$2,894

$1,380 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.