C-section delivery (full package)
Facility: Range Regional Health Services
Billing Code: 59510 (CPT)
This hospital's typical commercial price is $2,427 compared to the $3,054 fair price benchmark.
4-Star CMS clinical quality rating paired with 0.79× fair market pricing.
A typical price — 3 charge more and 5 charge less, among the 9 MN hospitals compared.
Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 MN hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.
A fair price for a C-section delivery (full package) is about $3,054 (about 1.2× the $2,473 Medicare rate). Range Regional Health Services charges insurers about $2,427, or about $2,571 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Hibbing, MN.
What each insurance company pays
Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.
2 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital
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 | $2,323 - $6,570 | 94% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $1,512 - $51,496 | 61% |
| HealthPartners | $1,305 - $10,392 | 53% |
| Medica | $1,413 - $6,761 | 57% |
| Sanford Health Plan | $2,323 - $7,073 | 94% |
| Security Health Plan | $2,323 - $8,767 | 94% |
| UCare | $2,439 - $5,580 | 99% |
| WellCare | $2,323 | 94% |
| + 3 smaller / regional plans | $1,305 - $10,808 |
Self-Pay How to get the cash price
Insurance Before you use insurance
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A rough estimate of what you’d pay with insurance (deductible + coinsurance) versus paying the cash price yourself.
Other Procedures at Range Regional Health Services
Compare: C-section delivery (full package) at other MN hospitals
- Madison Hospital · Madison $2,192
- Chippewa County Hospital · Montevideo $2,242
- Windom Area Health · Windom $2,360
- Astera Health · Wadena $2,360
- Meeker Memorial Hospital · Litchfield $2,390
- Sanford Worthington Medical Center · Worthington $2,431
- Sanford Bemidji Medical Center · Bemidji $2,431
- Lakewood Health System · Staples $2,471
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.
Audit a Bill or Quote at Range Regional Health Services (Zero PHI Required)
Statutory 501(r) AGB Cap Limits Bill to $2,196
At 274% FPL (201%–400% FPL tier), 26 U.S.C. § 501(r)(5) caps FAP-eligible bills at Amounts Generally Billed (36.3% of gross = $2,196).
Self-Pay Cash Rate ($2,571) Beats Your Bill
Range Regional Health Services's published 45 CFR § 180 self-pay cash rate is $2,571 (vs. $2,427 commercial insurer median). Ask billing to reclassify the visit to prompt-pay self-pay if it beats your deductible.
Negotiate Toward $3,054 Fair BaseRate ($2,473 Medicare)
Your bill ($6,050) is $2,996 above the denoised Fair BaseRate ($3,054) and 2.4× the $2,473 Medicare rate.
Clinical Quality, Patient Experience & Infection Benchmarks
Source: CMS Hospital Care Compare. Clinical quality metrics summarize historical facility-wide cohorts and are not medical advice for individual care decisions.
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Verify the Raw Data: Official Hospital MRF, CMS Medicare.gov & Federal Filings
Safe-Harbor Data Corrections: Parsed directly from public 45 CFR § 180 hospital filings, CMS Care Compare, and CMS HCRIS cost reports. Hospital compliance officers may submit updated MRF URLs or rate tables for verification.