CMS Price Transparency Data

C-section delivery (full package)

Facility: South Peninsula Hospital

Billing Code: 59510 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$3,957

about 1.6× the $2,473 Medicare rate · typically $2,340–$7,589

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$8,024

Well above the fair price

about $4,067 over the fair price · 3.2× Medicare

Medicare pays $2,473 Fair price $3,957 This hospital $8,024 Cash price $10,367 Hospital's list price $13,823

How we calculate the fair BaseRate →

How this hospital compares to other AK hospitals

A typical price — 2 charge more and 2 charge less, among the 5 AK hospitals compared.

Cheapest $4,521 Priciest $9,868

Black dot = this hospital, among the 5 AK hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

A fair price for a C-section delivery (full package) is about $3,957 (about 1.6× the $2,473 Medicare rate). South Peninsula Hospital charges insurers about $8,024, or about $10,367 in cash — well above the fair price. Located in Homer, AK.

This price is above the fair BaseRate — you may be able to pay less

Ask the hospital for the cash / self-pay price, check whether you qualify for financial assistance, or negotiate the bill down toward the fair price of about $3,957. Many patients pay well below the first number they’re quoted — the checklists below walk you through it.

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

4 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna HumanaKaiser Permanente

Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.

Insurance company	Price range	vs. Medicare
UnitedHealthcaremajor	$7,518	304%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$8,530 - $9,969	345%
Aetnamajor	$11,749 - $12,441	475%
Cignamajor	$13,132	531%
GEHA	$12,441	503%
Moda Health	$13,132	531%
+ 6 smaller / regional plans	$4,511 - $13,546

Excludes 1 rental-network / third-party entry (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.

Self-Pay How to get the cash price

Tell the billing desk you want to be billed as self-pay — not through insurance — before your visit.
Ask for the cash / prompt-pay discount in writing, with the exact price (about 10,367), before you agree to anything.
Get it in writing that they won’t also bill your insurance, so the cash price is what you owe.
Check the CPT code on your bill matches exactly: 59510.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm South Peninsula Hospital is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 59510.
Confirm the doctor or provider is in-network too — not just the hospital building.
Check your Explanation of Benefits against the hospital’s final itemized bill.

Estimate your out-of-pocket cost

A rough estimate of what you’d pay with insurance (deductible + coinsurance) versus paying the cash price yourself.

How you’d pay

Deductible left to meet ($)

Your coinsurance (%)

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Other Procedures at South Peninsula Hospital

Compare: C-section delivery (full package) at other AK hospitals

Providence St Elias Specialty Hospital · Anchorage $4,521
Fairbanks Memorial Hospital · Fairbanks $7,969
Central Peninsula General Hospital · Soldotna $8,523
Alaska Regional Hospital · Anchorage $9,868

Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.