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
$12
Average
$38
Median
$24
High
$149
Each hospital's average Cigna rate, under the methodology and billing class chosen below.
12 hospitals; the 90th percentile is 2.5× the 10th. Each bar is a price range and its height is how many hospitals fall in it. Hover a bar, or a row in the ladder, for details.
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12 hospital rates
iThe hospitals that file a Cigna rate for this code, one row per hospital and set of terms (billing class, payment method, setting). Rates under different terms are never blended, so the terms are shown under each hospital’s name. Figures are the hospital’s averages across its plans.| # | Plans | |||||||
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| 1 | Allina Health Systems Shakopee, MN facility · other · outpatient | 1 | $12 | $12 | — | — | — | $12 – $12 |
| 2 | Allina Health Systems Minneapolis, MN facility · other · outpatient | 1 | $17 | $17 | — | — | — | $17 – $17 |
| 3 | Holy Redeemer Health System Meadowbrook, PA facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | 1 | $149 | $149 | — | — | — | $149 – $149 |
| 4 | Munson Healthcare Cadillac Cadillac, MI facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $24 | $24 | — | — | — | $24 – $24 |
| 5 | Munson Healthcare Grayling Grayling, MI facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $24 | $24 | — | — | — | $24 – $24 |
| 6 | Munson Healthcare Manistee Hospital Manistee, MI facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $24 | $24 | — | — | — | $24 – $24 |
| 7 | Munson Healthcare Otsego Memorial Hospital Gaylord, MI facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $24 | $24 | — | — | — | $24 – $24 |
| 8 | Munson Medical Center Traverse City, MI facility · fee schedule · outpatient | 1 | $24 | $24 | — | — | — | $24 – $24 |
| 9 | Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center Enola, PA percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $43 | $43 | — | — | — | $43 – $43 |
| 10 | Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center Camp Hill, PA percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $33 | $33 | — | — | — | $33 – $33 |
| 11 | Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center Lancaster, PA percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $43 | $43 | — | — | — | $43 – $43 |
| 12 | Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center Hershey, PA percent of total billed charges · bothfrom % of charges | 1 | $45 | $45 | — | — | — | $45 – $45 |
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