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Cesarean Delivery Only

Ohio 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?

$3,667

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,667 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,096 to the doctor who performs it, and $2,570 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 9 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,096$912 to $1,318
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$2,570$759 to $7,244

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,570 · 10th to 90th $479 to $10,471Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $813 to $1,738
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $2,570professional $1,096

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
$724.44
Median
$2,454.71
Typical High
$3,090.30
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$724.44
Median
$851.14
Typical High
$2,570.40
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$891.25
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$1,023.29
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$131.83
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$5,011.87
Typical High
$11,481.54
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$954.99
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,819.70
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$776.25
Typical High
$1,148.15
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$151.36
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$288.40
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$251.19
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,122.02
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,122.02
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,047.13
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,174.90
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$426.58
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$2,691.53
Medical Mutual of Ohio
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$954.99
Typical High
$1,819.70
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$812.83
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,380.38
SummaCare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,819.70
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$371.54
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$4,677.35
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,023.29
Typical High
$1,737.80
4 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
$363.08
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$1,202.26
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$147.91
Median
$147.91
Typical High
$478.63
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
82 · Assistant surgeon, no resident
Typical Low
$162.18
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$162.18
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
GC · Resident with teaching physician
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$977.24
Typical High
$1,148.15

Where Ohio 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

Ohio· 13th of 51

$3,667

$1,096 physician + $2,570 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.