Surgery and procedures CPT 11981 Outpatient

Birth control implant insertion cost in Houghton, MI

In Houghton, MI, 1 hospital lists a cash price for insertion of a drug-delivery implant, such as the arm birth control implant: from $324.35 to $324.35, with a median of $324.35. Across Michigan, the median is $148.00 at 47 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 11981, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 22, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$324.35Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital
Median$324.35half pay less
Highest$324.35in this market
Difference1.0×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 Houghton, MI.

median
Lowest $324.35Highest $523.25
one sideboth sides

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital lowest Laurium, MI · (906) 337-6500 Fac Insertion Drug Delivery Implant $324.35 $499.00 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital Laurium, MI · (906) 337-6500 INSERTION DRUG DELIVERY IMPLANT $523.25 $805.00 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital both sides Laurium, MI · (906) 337-6500 Fac Insertion Drug Delivery Implant|BILATERAL PROCEDURE $486.52 $748.50 — 35% Apr 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $324.35, median $324.35, highest $324.35.

Both sides : lowest $486.52, median $486.52, highest $486.52.

The two groups are not comparable and are not averaged together: a price for both sides of the body covers twice the work. Merging them is how a single published "median" ends up far above what one side actually costs.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $324.35. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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.