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Cesarean Delivery Only

Virginia 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?

$4,812

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

Insurers have agreed to pay about $4,812 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $1,096 to the doctor who performs it, and $3,715 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 8 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$1,096$955 to $1,349
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$3,715$1,738 to $7,762

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $3,715 · 10th to 90th $794 to $11,220Professionalmedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $871 to $1,660
$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $3,715professional $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
$1,288.25
Median
$1,479.11
Typical High
$2,511.89
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$933.25
Median
$1,288.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$2,818.38
Median
$6,760.83
Typical High
$12,882.50
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,318.26
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
62 · Two surgeons
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$660.69
Typical High
$831.76
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
80 · Assistant surgeon
Typical Low
$138.04
Median
$165.96
Typical High
$213.80
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
AS · PA/NP assist
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$186.21
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,479.11
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$2,137.96
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$5,495.41
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$870.96
Median
$1,047.13
Typical High
$1,584.89
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$776.25
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,148.15
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,412.54
Median
$1,778.28
Typical High
$1,778.28
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,258.93
Median
$1,258.93
Typical High
$1,659.59
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,148.15
Median
$1,148.15
Typical High
$1,148.15
Sentara
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$794.33
Median
$1,202.26
Typical High
$7,413.10
Sentara
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$1,174.90
Typical High
$2,238.72
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$2,344.23
Typical High
$6,309.57
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$758.58
Median
$1,122.02
Typical High
$1,778.28
2 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
$467.74
Median
$645.65
Typical High
$741.31
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$186.21
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$295.12

Where Virginia 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

Virginia· 9th of 51

$4,812

$1,096 physician + $3,715 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.