Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.
Original text from hospital filings
Cesarean birth class
Low
$0
Average
$43
Median
$41
High
$146
Each payer's average rate across its hospitals, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
24 payers; the 90th percentile is 7.6× the 10th. Each bar is a price range and its height is how many payers fall in it. Hover a bar, or a row in the ladder, for details.
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| 1 | Molina facility · case rate · outpatient · +4 other terms | 27 | $45 | $47 | $14 | 31% | — | $25 – $98 |
| 2 | Aetna fee schedule · outpatient · +9 other terms | 24 | $83 | $166 | $160 | 96% | — | $75 – $750 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare facility · case rate · outpatient · +7 other terms | 18 | $38 | $41 | $9 | 21% | — | $25 – $61 |
| 4 | Anthem facility · case rate · outpatient · +6 other terms | 15 | $35 | $39 | $9 | 23% | — | $24 – $60 |
| 5 | Blue Cross Blue Shield facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +5 other terms | 15 | $44 | $46 | $25 | 54% | — | $10 – $119 |
| 6 | Caresource facility · case rate · outpatient · +1 other terms | 15 | $36 | $39 | $9 | 23% | — | $24 – $61 |
| 7 | Optum facility · case rate · outpatient | 13 | $34 | $37 | $8 | 21% | — | $30 – $54 |
| 8 | Bcbs Mn facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 9 | $8 | $8 | $2 | 29% | — | $4 – $15 |
| 9 | Humana fee schedule · outpatient · +3 other terms | 9 | $75 | $85 | $11 | 13% | — | $75 – $99 |
| 10 | Ucare facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 9 | $4 | $5 | $0 | 7% | — | $4 – $5 |
| 11 | Aetna Better Health fee schedule · inpatient · +3 other terms | 7 | $77 | $77 | — | — | — | $77 – $77 |
| 12 | Amerihealth Caritas facility · case rate · outpatient · +1 other terms | 7 | $48 | $49 | $2 | 3% | — | $48 – $53 |
| 13 | Cigna facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +3 other terms | 5 | $24 | $24 | — | — | — | $24 – $24 |
| 14 | Healthpartners facility · other · outpatient | 4 | $15 | $15 | — | — | — | $15 – $15 |
| 15 | MultiPlan percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges · +1 other terms | 4 | $56 | $56 | — | — | — | $56 – $56 |
| 16 | First Health professional · fee schedule · both · +3 other terms | 3 | $83 | $83 | — | — | — | $83 – $83 |
| 17 | Wellmark facility · case rate · outpatient | 3 | $167 | $146 | $46 | 32% | — | $68 – $184 |
| 18 | Highmark facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 2 | $12 | $12 | $1 | 11% | — | $10 – $13 |
| 19 | Medicaid facility · case rate · outpatient | 2 | $44 | $44 | — | — | — | $44 – $44 |
| 20 | Bcbs La facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $0 | $0 | — | — | — | $0 – $0 |
| 21 | Bcbs Nv fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $18 | $18 | — | — | — | $18 – $18 |
| 22 | Bcbs Vt professional · fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $75 | $75 | — | — | — | $75 – $75 |
| 23 | Medica facility · fee schedule · outpatient · +2 other terms | 1 | $10 | $10 | — | — | — | $10 – $10 |
| 24 | WellCare facility · case rate · outpatient | 1 | $44 | $44 | — | — | — | $44 – $44 |
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