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Induced Abortion Using Vaginal Medication

Louisiana rates for HCPCS 59855

A medically induced pregnancy termination performed using vaginal suppository medication, such as a prostaglandin, sometimes combined with a cervical-softening device to help the cervix open. The service covers the full course of care including hospital admission, monitoring visits, and delivery of the fetus and placental tissue. It is a medication-based method rather than a surgical procedure such as dilation and curettage.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Induced Abortion Using Vaginal Medication cost?

$617

Typical negotiated rate. In Louisiana, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $617 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $490 from a physician practice, and about $2,692 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

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 5 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$490$417 to $562
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$2,692$1,023 to $3,631

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $2,692 · 10th to 90th $550 to $5,370Professionalmedian $490 · 10th to 90th $380 to $708
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $2,692professional $490

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$2,691.53
Typical High
$4,365.16
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$630.96
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,995.26
Median
$3,235.94
Typical High
$5,754.40
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$457.09
Typical High
$524.81
Christus
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$39.81
Median
$39.81
Typical High
$39.81
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$275.42
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$741.31
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$389.05
Median
$1,348.96
Typical High
$6,606.93
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$380.19
Median
$501.19
Typical High
$812.83

Where Louisiana sits

The same service costs 10.0 times more in California than in Delaware. 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.

Louisiana· 22nd of 51

$617

CA $3,981DE $398

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.