CPT 59514 · 943 hospitals reporting

Cesarean delivery only;

The same procedure costs $104 at one hospital and $38,429 at another — a 368× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,844.

Cheapest published

$104

6 entries below $50 already filtered. Remaining low values usually reflect partial-cost line items (professional fee only), not full bills.

Median across 943 hospitals

$1,844

The realistic middle of the cash-price distribution. Use this as your benchmark.

Most expensive

$38,429

Highest published price. Often a gross-charge "list price" rarely actually paid.

Price distribution

292 hospitals · log-scale x-axis

Each bar = number of hospitals charging in that price range. Emerald bar contains the median. Amber dots = entries we flagged as likely partial-cost line items (excluded from the table below).

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Why some prices look unrealistically low or high

Hospitals publish their machine-readable files (MRFs) the way they choose. A single procedure code can appear with very different prices depending on what's being charged:

Global price — facility + implant + anesthesia + surgeon. This is what you'd actually be billed.
Professional fee only — surgeon's portion. Often $500–$2,500 for a major procedure that costs $20K+ globally.
Facility fee only — operating room and recovery, no implant or surgeon.
Per-unit / per-minute charges — e.g. anesthesia time billed at $0.68/min appearing under a CPT code.
Rate multipliers — values like 0.85 meaning "85% of Medicare" rather than dollars.

We filter the most obvious artifacts (under $50, or 25× above the median), but rows in the $500–$2K range for a major procedure are typically professional-only and we can't always tell. Use the median and high-end as the realistic range; treat very low rows as partial-cost line items, not full bills.

500 hospitals reporting

Hospital	State	Gross	Cash price	Min negotiated	Max negotiated	Your insurer
TRINITY ROCK ISLAND	IL	$2,305	$1,844	—	—	4 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MARSHALLTOWN	IA	$2,305	$1,844	—	—	2 insurers
TRINITY MUSCATINE	IA	$2,305	$1,844	—	—	3 insurers
TRINITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,305	$1,844	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	IA	$2,305	$1,844	—	—	3 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - DES MOINES IOWA METHODIST MEDI	IA	$2,305	$1,844	—	—	3 insurers
TRINITY - BETTENDORF	IA	$2,305	$1,844	—	—	4 insurers
ALLEN HOSPITAL	IA	$2,305	$1,844	—	—	4 insurers
FINLEY HOSPITAL	IA	$2,305	$1,844	—	—	5 insurers
ST LUKES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,305	$1,844	—	—	3 insurers
GRINNELL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,305	$1,844	—	—	5 insurers
GRUNDY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IA	$2,305	$1,844	—	—	4 insurers
JONES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,305	$1,844	—	—	5 insurers
VALLEY VIEW HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION	CO	$2,065	$1,859	—	—	0 insurers
CHEROKEE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,065	$1,859	—	—	0 insurers
JOHN H STROGER JR HOSPITAL	IL	$2,612	$1,828	—	—	5 insurers
JOHN H STROGER JR HOSPITAL	IL	$2,612	$1,828	—	—	5 insurers
PROVIDENT HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO	IL	$2,612	$1,828	—	—	5 insurers
PROVIDENT HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO	IL	$2,612	$1,828	—	—	5 insurers
THREE RIVERS HOSPITAL	WA	$1,825	$1,825	—	—	4 insurers
MADISON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	ID	$2,142	$1,821	—	—	5 insurers
MADISON HOSPITAL	MN	$2,142	$1,821	—	—	5 insurers
BALDWIN HEALTH	AL	$3,470	$1,804	—	—	3 insurers
PIH HEALTH DOWNEY HOSPITAL	CA	$3,470	$1,804	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SOUTH BAY	CA	$3,470	$1,804	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - ORANGE COUNTY - ANAHEIM	CA	$3,470	$1,804	—	—	3 insurers
LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$3,470	$1,804	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN MARCOS	CA	$3,470	$1,804	—	—	3 insurers
MARK TWAIN MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$2,675	$1,782	$1,448	$2,622	5 insurers
MARK TWAIN MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$2,675	$1,782	$692	$2,622	5 insurers
GREATER BALTIMORE MEDICAL CENTER	MD	$1,909	$1,909	—	—	5 insurers
WEISER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	ID	$2,356	$1,767	—	—	2 insurers
DESOTO REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM	LA	$2,515	$1,761	—	—	5 insurers
DELTA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	AR	$2,422	$1,938	—	—	5 insurers
MOSAIC LIFE CARE AT ST JOSEPH	MO	$2,000	$1,700	—	—	5 insurers
GREENE COUNTY HOSPITAL	AL	$3,022	$1,692	—	—	3 insurers
GREENE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$3,022	$1,692	—	—	3 insurers
RED BAY HOSPITAL	AL	$3,010	$1,686	—	—	3 insurers
SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$3,010	$1,686	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WALNUT CREEK	CA	$3,010	$1,686	—	—	3 insurers