Surgery and procedures CPT 11981 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Birth control implant insertion cost in Green Bay, WI — inpatient

In Green Bay, WI, 3 hospitals list a cash price for insertion of a drug-delivery implant, such as the arm birth control implant as an inpatient: from $146.77 to $305.00, with a median of $184.80. The lowest listed price is at Bellin Memorial Health — $38.03 less than the median here. Across Wisconsin, the median is $247.95 at 65 hospitals.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 2 cities for code 11981, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Nov 21, 2025 and Jun 27, 2026.

Lowest$146.77Bellin Memorial Health
Median$184.80half pay less
Highest$305.00in this market
Difference2.1×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Green Bay, WI.

median
Lowest $146.77Highest $305.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Bellin Memorial Health lowest Green Bay, WI · (920) 433-3500 HCHG 11981 INSERTION, DRUG-DELIVERY IMPLANT (IE, RESORB, BIODEGR $146.77 $317.00 $203.83–$285.30 54% Jun 27, 2026
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St Clare Memorial Hospital Oconto Falls, WI · (920) 846-3444 HC INSERT DRUG IMPLANT DEVICE $184.80 $280.00 $56.89–$284.11 34% —
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Aurora BayCare Medical Center Green Bay, WI · (920) 288-8000 DRUG IMPLANT INSERT $305.00 $610.00 $366.00–$518.50 50% Nov 21, 2025
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Inpatient: lowest $146.77, median $184.80, highest $305.00 — a 2.1× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $184.80 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 3 of 3 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 2 it is 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.

What it is

This is insertion of a small rod-shaped implant under the skin that slowly releases medicine; the most common use is the contraceptive implant placed in the upper arm. It is done in an office with local numbing.

What the price covers

The price covers inserting the implant. The implant itself and the office visit are usually billed separately.