CMS Price Transparency Data

Vaginal delivery (full package)

Facility: Ellis Hospital

Billing Code: 59400 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$2,680

about 1.2× the $2,214 Medicare rate · typically $1,136–$6,686

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $2,214 Fair price $2,680 Cash price $3,399 Hospital's list price $6,797

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.

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

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Aetna Blue Cross Blue ShieldCignaHumanaKaiser 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	$5,438	246%
Aetnamajor	$5,642 - $5,777	255%
MVP Health Care	$10,500	474%
+ 4 smaller / regional plans	$3,398 - $6,117

Government programs also on file: Military & VA.

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 3,399), 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: 59400.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Ellis Hospital is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 59400.
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 Ellis Hospital

Compare: Vaginal delivery (full package) at other NY hospitals

Samaritan Hospital of Troy, New York · Troy $1,074
St Peter's Hospital · Albany $1,097
Montefiore St Luke's Cornwall · Newburgh $1,690
Olean General Hospital · Olean $2,057
St James Hospital · Hornell $2,066
Samaritan Medical Center · Watertown $2,120
Sisters of Charity Hospital · Buffalo $2,122
Ira Davenport Memorial Hospital · Bath $2,131

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