CMS Price Transparency Data

C-section delivery (full package)

Facility: Cheshire Medical Center

Billing Code: 59510 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$2,965

about 1.2× the $2,473 Medicare rate · typically $2,244–$3,735

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$2,793

About the fair price

about $172 under the fair price · 1.1× Medicare

Medicare pays $2,473 Fair price $2,965 This hospital $2,793 Cash price $2,803 Hospital's list price $10,156

How we calculate the fair BaseRate →

How this hospital compares to other NH hospitals

One of the lower prices — 6 of 7 other NH hospitals charge more for the same procedure.

Cheapest $1,224 Priciest $6,244

Black dot = this hospital, among the 8 NH hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

A fair price for a C-section delivery (full package) is about $2,965 (about 1.2× the $2,473 Medicare rate). Cheshire Medical Center charges insurers about $2,793, or about $2,803 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Keene, NH.

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	$2,710 - $9,707	110%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$2,710 - $10,160	110%
Aetnamajor	$2,331 - $8,748	94%
Cignamajor	$2,710 - $7,158	110%
Ambetter (Centene)	$2,710	110%
AmeriHealth	$921 - $1,565	37%
Harvard Pilgrim	$1,602 - $5,815	65%
MVP Health Care	$2,710 - $7,158	110%
Tufts Health Plan	$4,802 - $8,163	194%
WellCare	$2,710	110%
WellSense	$1,037 - $2,710	42%
+ 5 smaller / regional plans	$1,256 - $12,789

Excludes 2 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 2,803), 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 Cheshire 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.

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Other Procedures at Cheshire Medical Center

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

Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital · Lebanon $1,224
New London Hospital · New London $2,997
Frisbie Memorial Hospital · Rochester $3,851
Catholic Medical Center · Manchester $4,936
Portsmouth Regional Hospital · Portsmouth $5,207
Parkland Medical Center · Derry $6,104
Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital · Lebanon $6,244

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