Birth control implant insertion cost in Detroit, MI
In Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI, 18 hospitals list a cash price for insertion of a drug-delivery implant, such as the arm birth control implant: from $97.80 to $5,188.50, with a median of $375.88. The lowest listed price is at Karmanos Cancer Center — $278.08 less than the median here. Across Michigan, the median is $166.60 at 57 hospitals.
- The median here, $375.88, is 39% above the US median of $270.85.
- That is 2.8× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($135.93).
- 8 of 18 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 18 facilities across 13 cities for code 11981, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Oct 26, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Dec 31, 2025 and Sep 2, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karmanos Cancer Center lowest Detroit, MI · (800) 576-6266 11981-INSERT DRUG DELIVER File of Dec 31, 2025 · source file | $97.80 | $195.60 | $70.51–$153.29 | 50% |
| McLaren Macomb Mount Clemens, MI · (586) 493-8000 BP Insertion Drug Delivry Implant 11981+1 more line at this price File of Dec 31, 2025 · source file | $98.85 | $197.70 | $70.51–$253.87 | 50% |
| McLaren Oakland Pontiac, MI · (248) 338-5000 BP Insertion Drug Delivry Implant 11981+1 more line at this price File of Dec 31, 2025 · source file | $148.00 | $296.00 | $70.51–$225.52 | 50% |
| Harper University Hospital Detroit, MI · (313) 745-6211 INSERTION-NEXPLANON+1 more line at this price File of Aug 20, 2026 · source file | $157.50 | $210.00 | $0.22–$1,137.00 | 25% |
| Henry Ford Health West Bloomfield Hospital West Bloomfield, MI · (248) 325-1000 HB INSERTION DRUG IMPLANT DEVICE File of Jun 28, 2026 · source file | $182.95 | $252.00 | $40.26–$243.93 | 27% |
| Henry Ford Health Hospital Detroit, MI · (313) 916-2600 HB INSERTION DRUG IMPLANT DEVICE File of Jun 28, 2026 · source file | $182.95 | $252.00 | $131.04–$179.42 | 27% |
| McLaren Lapeer Region Lapeer, MI · (810) 667-5500 Insertion Drug Delivry Implant 11981 File of Dec 31, 2025 · source file | $211.35 | $422.70 | $70.51–$201.14 | 50% |
| St Joseph Mercy Oakland Pontiac, MI · (248) 858-3000 HC Insertion Drug Delivery Implant File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $237.25 | $365.00 | $72.86–$365.00 | 35% |
| VHS Sinai Grace Hospital Detroit, MI · (313) 966-3300 OBP INSERT DRUG DELIVERY IMPLN+2 more lines at this price File of Apr 8, 2026 · source file | $300.75 | $401.00 | — | 25% |
| Corewell Health Wayne Hospital Wayne, MI · (734) 467-4175 Hc Insert Drug Implant Device+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $451.00 | $451.00 | — | — |
| Beaumont Hospital - Taylor Taylor, MI · (313) 295-5000 HC INSERT DRUG IMPLANT DEVICE+1 more line at this price File of May 1, 2026 · source file | $451.00 | $451.00 | — | — |
| Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak Royal Oak, MI · (248) 898-5400 HC INSERT DRUG IMPLANT DEVICE File of May 1, 2026 · source file | $451.00 | $451.00 | — | — |
| Corewell Health Trenton Hospital Trenton, MI · (734) 671-3800 Hc Insert Drug Implant Device+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $451.00 | $451.00 | — | — |
| Beaumont Hospital - Dearborn Dearborn, MI · (313) 593-7125 HC INSERT DRUG IMPLANT DEVICE File of May 1, 2026 · source file | $451.00 | $451.00 | — | — |
| Beaumont Hospital - Grosse Pointe Grosse Pointe, MI · (313) 473-1000 Hc Insert Drug Implant Device+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $451.00 | $451.00 | — | — |
| Corewell Health Farmington Hills Hospital Farmington Hills, MI · (248) 471-8000 HC INSERT DRUG IMPLANT DEVICE File of May 1, 2026 · source file | $451.00 | $451.00 | — | — |
| Beaumont Hospital, Troy Troy, MI · (248) 964-8800 Hc Insert Drug Implant Device+1 more line at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $451.00 | $451.00 | — | — |
| Harper University Hospital Detroit, MI · (313) 745-6211 INSERTION IMPL CONT CAPSULES+1 more line at this price File of Aug 20, 2026 · source file | $533.25 | $711.00 | $0.22–$1,137.00 | 25% |
| VHS Childrens Hospital of Michigan Detroit, MI · (313) 745-5437 INSERT DRUG IMPLANT DEVICE File of Apr 6, 2026 · source file | $5,188.50 | $6,918.00 | — | 25% |
Outpatient: lowest $97.80, median $375.88, highest $5,188.50 — a 53.1× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 15 facilities here, median $451.00. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 6 of 8 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
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