CMS Price Transparency Data

C-section delivery (full package)

Facility: Steele Memorial Medical Center

Billing Code: 59510 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$2,780

about 1.1× the $2,473 Medicare rate · typically $2,098–$3,858

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $2,473 Fair price $2,780 Cash price $4,650 Hospital's list price $6,200

How we calculate the fair BaseRate →

What each insurance company pays

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

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

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna CignaHumanaKaiser 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	$2,704	109%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$2,520	102%
Aetnamajor	$2,191	89%
SelectHealth	$2,213	89%
+ 4 smaller / regional plans	$2,191 - $6,200

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 4,650), 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 Steele Memorial Medical Center 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 Steele Memorial Medical Center

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

Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center · Boise $1,002
Kootenai Health · Coeur D'Alene $2,191
Treasure Valley Hospital · Boise $2,419
Clearwater Valley Hospital & Clinics · Orofino $2,606
St Mary's Hospital · Cottonwood $2,606
Benewah Community Hospital · Saint Maries $3,358
Caribou Medical Center · Soda Springs $3,569
West Valley Medical Center · Caldwell $3,917

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