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Unlisted Maternity Or Delivery Procedure

North Carolina 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 July 2026.

How much does Unlisted Maternity Or Delivery Procedure cost?

$501

Typical negotiated rate. In North Carolina, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $501 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $501 from a physician practice, and about $1,096 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 6 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$501$427 to $692
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$1,096$501 to $5,623

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $1,096 · 10th to 90th $479 to $7,244Professionalmedian $501 · 10th to 90th $229 to $1,230
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5K$10Kfacility $1,096professional $501

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
$501.19
Median
$1,659.59
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$223.87
Median
$489.78
Typical High
$588.84
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,412.54
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$602.56
Median
$812.83
Typical High
$1,230.27
Medcost
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$457.09
Median
$537.03
Typical High
$851.14
Medcost
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$75.86
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$75.86
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$363.08
Median
$891.25
Typical High
$2,089.30
Wellcare
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$56.23
Median
$3,162.28
Typical High
$3,162.28
Wellcare
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$4,677.35
Typical High
$4,677.35

Where North Carolina sits

The same service costs 40.7 times more in New Hampshire than in Vermont. 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 Carolina· 42nd of 51

$501

NH $6,026VT $148

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.