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Procedure price report · Other non-OR therapeutic procedures, female organs

Removal of a cervical stitch under anesthesia

CPT 59871the billing code this page is about

Removal of a cerclage stitch placed to hold the cervix closed, done with anesthesia other than a local injection.

Hospitals typically charge $2,794 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 954 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,853. Most fall between $446 and $5,912 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
954
States
49
Filings dated
Jun 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 954 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
$279$705$2,794$5,248$7,239

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 26× what the cheapest tenth charges ($279 vs $7,239).

How the prices are spread

$206 – $302: 62 hospitals$206$302 – $441: 81 hospitals$441 – $645: 45 hospitals$441$645 – $943: 42 hospitals$943 – $1,379: 36 hospitals$943$1,379 – $2,016: 72 hospitals$2,016 – $2,947: 98 hospitals$2,016$2,947 – $4,309: 175 hospitals$4,309 – $6,300: 124 hospitals$4,309$6,300 – $9,211: 126 hospitals$6,300median $2,794price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (861 of 954 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$206$30262
$302$44181
$441$64545
$645$94342
$943$1,37936
$1,379$2,01672
$2,016$2,94798
$2,947$4,309175
$4,309$6,300124
$6,300$9,211126

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$3,307
Median cash price$2,794
Cash as a multiple of Medicare0.84×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $2,794.

Alaska: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 4 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 $3,418 across 27 hospitalsWA$3,418Idaho: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $524 across 31 hospitalsMN$524Illinois: median $2,645 across 39 hospitalsIL$2,645Wisconsin: median $810 across 30 hospitalsWI$810Michigan: median $305 across 32 hospitalsMI$305New York: median $3,763 across 49 hospitalsNY$3,763Massachusetts: median $5,618 across 21 hospitalsMA$5,618Oregon: median $6,650 across 31 hospitalsOR$6,650Nevada: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $321 across 24 hospitalsIA$321Indiana: median $614 across 16 hospitalsIN$614Ohio: median $3,578 across 51 hospitalsOH$3,578Pennsylvania: median $4,937 across 23 hospitalsPA$4,937New Jersey: median $3,986 across 39 hospitalsNJ$3,986Connecticut: median $3,952 across 13 hospitalsCT$3,952Rhode Island: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $4,446 across 98 hospitalsCA$4,446Utah: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceUTColorado: median $2,176 across 14 hospitalsCO$2,176Nebraska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNEMissouri: median $4,069 across 25 hospitalsMO$4,069Kentucky: median $1,058 across 10 hospitalsKY$1,058West Virginia: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $1,652 across 29 hospitalsVA$1,652Maryland: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMDDelaware: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAZNew Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: median $1,003 across 15 hospitalsTN$1,003North Carolina: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: median $4,542 across 19 hospitalsSC$4,542Oklahoma: median $1,692 across 26 hospitalsOK$1,692Louisiana: median $1,873 across 17 hospitalsLA$1,873Mississippi: median $801 across 15 hospitalsMS$801Alabama: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $2,376 across 30 hospitalsGA$2,376Hawaii: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $3,750 across 90 hospitalsTX$3,750Florida: median $6,200 across 35 hospitalsFL$6,200
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,794. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Oregon OR31$6,650+138%$310 – $9,389
Florida FL35$6,200+122%$2,057 – $7,010
Massachusetts MA21$5,618+101%$2,884 – $9,873
Pennsylvania PA23$4,937+77%$2,047 – $6,847
South Carolina SC19$4,542+63%$3,790 – $4,542
California CA98$4,446+59%$1,993 – $6,989
Missouri MO25$4,069+46%$214 – $4,187
New Jersey NJ39$3,986+43%$1,812 – $5,741
Connecticut CT13$3,952+41%$720 – $6,823
New York NY49$3,763+35%$405 – $6,879
Texas TX90$3,750+34%$885 – $5,703
Ohio OH51$3,578+28%$2,359 – $8,267
Washington WA27$3,418+22%$1,216 – $6,092
Illinois IL39$2,645−5%$263 – $5,912
Georgia GA30$2,376−15%$2,376 – $5,723
Colorado CO14$2,176−22%$241 – $2,402
Louisiana LA17$1,873−33%$720 – $3,039
Oklahoma OK26$1,692−39%$1,243 – $3,916
Virginia VA29$1,652−41%$1,512 – $3,944
Kentucky KY10$1,058−62%$160 – $12,767
Tennessee TN15$1,003−64%$680 – $2,173
Wisconsin WI30$810−71%$521 – $3,547
Mississippi MS15$801−71%$214 – $1,001
Indiana IN16$614−78%$160 – $3,465
Minnesota MN31$524−81%$312 – $1,874
Iowa IA24$321−89%$321 – $1,971
Michigan MI32$305−89%$134 – $2,388
Kansas KS9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nebraska NE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maryland MD4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arizona AZ3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD1not 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 $2,794.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care812$3,152$792 – $6,206
Children’s12fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access128$521$241 – $3,750
Ownership
For-profit61$3,032$656 – $5,703
Government133$2,057$309 – $4,171
Non-profit758$3,032$521 – $6,163
System affiliation
Part of a system815$3,152$554 – $6,200
Independent139$840$263 – $3,972

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$5,054
Median cash price$2,794
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. 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

711 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,928 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,942; most fall between $521 and $6,621.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 711 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
$305$897$2,928$5,703$7,619

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 25× what the cheapest tenth charges ($305 vs $7,619).

Of the 783 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 711 gave a usable cash price; 50 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 22 a list price only.

How complete is this

954 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (24%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,070 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted954
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here77
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded3
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded35
Hospitals that filed this code1,070

Sections not shown for this setting

  • 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 Other non-OR therapeutic procedures, female organs family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Removal Cerclage Suture Under Anesthesia.

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.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “Removal of a cervical stitch under anesthesia (CPT 59871) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-59871-removal-of-a-cervical-stitch-under-anesthesia