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Unlisted Maternity Or Delivery Procedure

Maryland rates for HCPCS 59899

Covers a procedure relating to pregnancy, delivery or the period after birth for which there is no standard named service. The clinician submits a written description of exactly what was done, and the health plan reviews it individually against a comparable named procedure to decide what to pay. It is used for newer techniques and for unusual situations that no standard description fits.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Unlisted Maternity Or Delivery Procedure cost?

$513

Typical physician fee. In Maryland, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $513 for this service. Most negotiated rates run $209 to $617.

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.

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $209 · 10th to 90th $76 to $741Professionalmedian $537 · 10th to 90th $468 to $1,000
$50$100$200$500$1K$2Kfacility $209professional $537

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
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$467.74
Median
$512.86
Typical High
$707.95
CareFirst
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$1,096.48
Median
$1,096.48
Typical High
$1,096.48
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$588.84
Typical High
$2,691.53
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$501.19
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$1,318.26
Kaiser Permanente
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$616.60
Typical High
$912.01
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$144.54
Typical High
$616.60
5 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
$234.42
Median
$245.47
Typical High
$257.04
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$97.72
Typical High
$102.33
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$354.81
Median
$363.08
Typical High
$380.19
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$70.79
Median
$74.13
Typical High
$77.62
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$48.98
Typical High
$51.29

Where Maryland sits

The same service costs 134.9 times more in Oklahoma than in Hawaii. 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.

Maryland· 40th of 51

$513

OK $3,981HI $29.51

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.