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Procedure price report · Abortion (termination of pregnancy)

Pregnancy termination by medication, with uterine scraping

CPT 59856the billing code this page is about

Covers a pregnancy ended with vaginal medication or injection when the uterus must also be scraped or suctioned afterward to complete the procedure.

Hospitals typically charge $1,194 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 259 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,434. Most fall between $769 and $2,892 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
259
States
40
Filings dated
Dec 2023 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 23, 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 259 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
$613$795$1,194$2,444$5,339

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($613 vs $5,339).

How the prices are spread

$491 – $634: 23 hospitals$491$634 – $818: 32 hospitals$818 – $1,056: 43 hospitals$818$1,056 – $1,364: 32 hospitals$1,364 – $1,761: 11 hospitals$1,364$1,761 – $2,273: 40 hospitals$2,273 – $2,934: 16 hospitals$2,273$2,934 – $3,787: 13 hospitals$3,787 – $4,889: 8 hospitals$3,787$4,889 – $6,311: 18 hospitals$4,889median $1,194price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (236 of 259 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$491$63423
$634$81832
$818$1,05643
$1,056$1,36432
$1,364$1,76111
$1,761$2,27340
$2,273$2,93416
$2,934$3,78713
$3,787$4,8898
$4,889$6,31118

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,194.

Alaska: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWAIdaho: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $2,179 across 20 hospitalsMN$2,179Illinois: median $875 across 13 hospitalsIL$875Wisconsin: median $1,889 across 20 hospitalsWI$1,889Michigan: median $691 across 25 hospitalsMI$691New York: median $1,515 across 13 hospitalsNY$1,515Massachusetts: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMAOregon: median $1,175 across 14 hospitalsOR$1,175Nevada: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $1,194 across 17 hospitalsIA$1,194Indiana: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureINOhio: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureOHPennsylvania: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figurePANew Jersey: median $4,350 across 18 hospitalsNJ$4,350Connecticut: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceRICalifornia: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCAUtah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCONebraska: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKYWest Virginia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceWVVirginia: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVAMaryland: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceDEArizona: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceKSArkansas: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNCSouth Carolina: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSCOklahoma: median $823 across 10 hospitalsOK$823Louisiana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceMSAlabama: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceALGeorgia: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceGAHawaii: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $3,668 across 10 hospitalsTX$3,668Florida: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureFL
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,194. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
New Jersey NJ18$4,350+264%$770 – $5,741
Texas TX10$3,668+207%$1,012 – $3,668
Minnesota MN20$2,179+82%$1,799 – $2,457
Wisconsin WI20$1,889+58%$1,279 – $1,889
New York NY13$1,515+27%$614 – $6,569
Iowa IA17$1,1940%$946 – $1,194
Oregon OR14$1,175−2%$916 – $1,647
Illinois IL13$875−27%$789 – $2,136
Oklahoma OK10$823−31%$823 – $823
Michigan MI25$691−42%$613 – $757
Ohio OH8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
California CA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Pennsylvania PA6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Indiana IN5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Florida FL4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Washington WA4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Colorado CO3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kentucky KY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Virginia VA3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Missouri MO2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Massachusetts MA1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM1not 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 $1,194.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care201$1,194$757 – $3,668
Children’s3fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access55$1,272$795 – $1,889
Ownership
For-profit16fewer than 20 hospitals
Government35$946$746 – $2,272
Non-profit208$1,279$770 – $3,237
System affiliation
Part of a system209$1,194$770 – $2,959
Independent50$1,176$722 – $2,637

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,653
Median cash price$1,194
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. 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

161 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,194 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,291; most fall between $757 and $2,236.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 161 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
$556$823$1,194$1,889$3,689

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($556 vs $3,689).

Of the 191 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 161 gave a usable cash price; 25 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 5 a list price only.

How complete is this

259 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (7%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 328 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted259
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here44
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded23
Hospitals that filed this code328

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 5, 2026 and September 23, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 23, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Abortion (termination of pregnancy) family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Induced Abort 1/> Vag Supp Dlvr Fetus D&C &/Evac.

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, “Pregnancy termination by medication, with uterine scraping (CPT 59856) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-59856-pregnancy-termination-by-medication-with-uterine-scraping