CMS Price Transparency Data

C-section delivery (full package)

Facility: UNM Hospital

Billing Code: 59510 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$4,499

about 1.8× the $2,473 Medicare rate · typically $2,071–$12,100

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $2,473 Fair price $4,499 Cash price $1,505 Hospital's list price $2,737

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.

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

✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield UnitedHealthcareAetnaCignaHumanaKaiser 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
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$8,509	344%

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 1,505), 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 UNM 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

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Your coinsurance (%)

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Other Procedures at UNM Hospital

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

Presbyterian Hospital · Albuquerque $6,368
Dr Dan C Trigg Memorial Hospital · Tucumcari $10,073
Lincoln County Medical Center · Ruidoso $10,073
Christus St Vincent Regional Medical Center · Santa Fe $11,386

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