CMS Price Transparency Data

C-section delivery (full package)

Facility: Catawba Valley Medical Center

Billing Code: 59510 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$3,819

about 1.5× the $2,473 Medicare rate · typically $2,800–$4,867

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $2,473 Fair price $3,819 Cash price $2,844 Hospital's list price $4,739

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.

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

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna✓ Humana Kaiser 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	$1,989 - $2,750	80%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$5,992	242%
Aetnamajor	$2,423 - $3,350	98%
Cignamajor	$2,188 - $3,025	88%
Humanamajor	$3,182 - $4,400	129%
+ 1 smaller / regional plan	$2,387 - $3,300

Excludes 3 rental-network / third-party entries (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 2,844), 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 Catawba Valley 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 Catawba Valley Medical Center

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

Caromont Regional Medical Center · Gastonia $2,385
Columbus Regional Healthcare System · Whiteville $2,441
Carolinas Medical Center-Northeast · Concord $2,466
Atrium Health Cleveland · Shelby $2,466
Atrium Health Anson · Wadesboro $2,466
Atrium Health Pineville · Charlotte $2,466
Stanly Regional Medical Center · Albemarle $2,466
Atrium Health Union · Monroe $2,466

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