CMS Price Transparency Data

C-section delivery (full package)

Facility: Cleveland Clinic

Billing Code: 59510 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$2,899

about 1.2× the $2,473 Medicare rate · typically $1,799–$3,108

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$2,716

About the fair price

about $183 under the fair price · 1.1× Medicare

Medicare pays $2,473 Fair price $2,899 This hospital $2,716 Cash price $9,606 Hospital's list price $14,779

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How this hospital compares to other OH hospitals

Highest price of the 9 OH hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.

Cheapest $2,078 Priciest $2,716

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 OH hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

⚠ The cash price looks unusually high next to the insurance price — it may be the full list price, not a real cash discount. Call to confirm the self-pay rate.

A fair price for a C-section delivery (full package) is about $2,899 (about 1.2× the $2,473 Medicare rate). Cleveland Clinic charges insurers about $2,716, or about $9,606 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Cleveland, OH.

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	$2,550 - $9,459	103%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$2,550 - $5,087	103%
Aetnamajor	$2,550 - $14,779	103%
Cignamajor	$2,627 - $11,823	106%
Humanamajor	$2,550 - $3,243	103%
Devoted Health	$2,550	103%
Oscar Health	$3,945	160%
UniCare	$2,678	108%
UPMC Health Plan	$2,550 - $8,867	103%
+ 16 smaller / regional plans	$1,658 - $11,084

Excludes 4 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 9,606), 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 Cleveland Clinic 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.

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Other Procedures at Cleveland Clinic

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