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Induced Abortion Using Vaginal Medication

North Dakota 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?

$832

Typical negotiated rate. In North Dakota, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $832 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $851 from a physician practice, and about $407 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$851$457 to $1,000
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$407$363 to $479

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $407 · 10th to 90th $363 to $8,511Professionalmedian $851 · 10th to 90th $407 to $1,175
$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $407professional $851

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
$363.08
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$407.38
Typical High
$1,174.90
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$741.31
Median
$933.25
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$588.84
Median
$758.58
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$407.38
Median
$478.63
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$436.52
Median
$724.44
Typical High
$891.25
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$1,819.70
Median
$2,041.74
Typical High
$2,041.74
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$416.87
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,000.00

Where North Dakota 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.

North Dakota· 8th of 51

$832

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.