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Procedure price report · Cesarean section

Cesarean birth with after-birth care only

CPT 59515the billing code this page is about

Covers the cesarean surgery plus the mother's care after delivery, but not the prenatal visits.

Hospitals typically charge $2,728 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 510 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,736. Most fall between $1,592 and $4,112 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
510
States
48
Filings dated
Jan 2024 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 510 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$1,232$1,859$2,728$3,568$5,153

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 4.2× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,232 vs $5,153).

How the prices are spread

$805 – $992: 11 hospitals$805$992 – $1,223: 13 hospitals$1,223 – $1,507: 47 hospitals$1,223$1,507 – $1,858: 31 hospitals$1,858 – $2,290: 50 hospitals$1,858$2,290 – $2,823: 101 hospitals$2,823 – $3,480: 81 hospitals$2,823$3,480 – $4,290: 58 hospitals$4,290 – $5,288: 48 hospitals$4,290$5,288 – $6,518: 22 hospitals$5,288median $2,728price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (462 of 510 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$805$99211
$992$1,22313
$1,223$1,50747
$1,507$1,85831
$1,858$2,29050
$2,290$2,823101
$2,823$3,48081
$3,480$4,29058
$4,290$5,28848
$5,288$6,51822

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $2,728.

Alaska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $3,000 across 16 hospitalsWA$3,000Idaho: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: median $2,471 across 10 hospitalsMT$2,471North Dakota: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $3,058 across 28 hospitalsMN$3,058Illinois: median $2,487 across 17 hospitalsIL$2,487Wisconsin: median $4,884 across 34 hospitalsWI$4,884Michigan: median $2,911 across 27 hospitalsMI$2,911New York: median $2,042 across 26 hospitalsNY$2,042Massachusetts: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $3,012 across 20 hospitalsOR$3,012Nevada: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $2,557 across 33 hospitalsIA$2,557Indiana: median $1,378 across 14 hospitalsIN$1,378Ohio: median $3,193 across 14 hospitalsOH$3,193Pennsylvania: median $2,007 across 31 hospitalsPA$2,007New Jersey: median $5,110 across 14 hospitalsNJ$5,110Connecticut: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCAUtah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $2,151 across 10 hospitalsCO$2,151Nebraska: median $2,739 across 13 hospitalsNE$2,739Missouri: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $2,048 across 18 hospitalsKS$2,048Arkansas: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNCSouth Carolina: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $2,742 across 11 hospitalsOK$2,742Louisiana: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $2,986 across 12 hospitalsGA$2,986Hawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $3,135 across 32 hospitalsTX$3,135Florida: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,728. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ14$5,110+87%$4,252 – $6,311
Wisconsin WI34$4,884+79%$2,728 – $5,107
Ohio OH14$3,193+17%$2,022 – $6,518
Texas TX32$3,135+15%$3,041 – $3,524
Minnesota MN28$3,058+12%$2,071 – $5,153
Oregon OR20$3,012+10%$2,449 – $3,053
Washington WA16$3,000+10%$2,388 – $4,129
Georgia GA12$2,986+9%$2,986 – $13,051
Michigan MI27$2,911+7%$1,909 – $2,911
Oklahoma OK11$2,742+1%$2,742 – $2,742
Nebraska NE13$2,7390%$1,866 – $2,815
Iowa IA33$2,557−6%$2,123 – $2,733
Illinois IL17$2,487−9%$1,233 – $4,128
Montana MT10$2,471−9%$1,768 – $3,880
Colorado CO10$2,151−21%$1,502 – $2,763
Kansas KS18$2,048−25%$1,743 – $3,473
New York NY26$2,042−25%$1,029 – $3,285
Pennsylvania PA31$2,007−26%$828 – $4,937
Indiana IN14$1,378−49%$1,233 – $3,309
Vermont VT9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
California CA8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $2,728.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care305$2,742$1,408 – $3,986
Children’s7fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access198$2,728$1,831 – $4,116
Ownership
For-profit28$3,061$1,233 – $3,880
Government105$2,674$1,565 – $3,524
Non-profit377$2,742$1,637 – $4,559
System affiliation
Part of a system377$2,742$1,489 – $4,274
Independent133$2,674$1,743 – $3,880

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$3,759
Median cash price$2,728
Cash as a share of list, median hospital70%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 30%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

324 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,570 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,605; most fall between $1,373 and $3,917.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 324 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$1,078$1,598$2,570$3,524$4,884

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 4.5× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,078 vs $4,884).

Of the 368 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 324 gave a usable cash price; 19 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 25 a list price only.

How complete is this

510 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (13%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 578 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted510
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here45
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded23
Hospitals that filed this code578

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between September 4, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Cesarean section family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Cesarean Delivery Only W/Postpartum Care.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Cesarean birth with after-birth care only (CPT 59515) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-59515-cesarean-birth-with-after-birth-care-only