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Surgery and procedures CPT 11981 Outpatient

Birth control implant insertion cost in Memphis, TN

In Memphis, TN-MS-AR, 11 hospitals list a cash price for insertion of a drug-delivery implant, such as the arm birth control implant: from $33.60 to $36,886.72, with a median of $36,801.61. The lowest listed price is at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Crittenden — $36,768.01 less than the median here. Across Tennessee, the median is $171.39 at 22 hospitals.

  • The median here, $36,801.61, is 13468% above the US median of $271.23.
  • That is 270.7× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($135.93).
  • Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.

Cash prices at 11 facilities across 5 cities for code 11981, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Nov 11, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 27, 2026 and Mar 25, 2026.

Lowest$33.60Baptist Memorial Hospital-Crittenden
Median$36,801.61half of hospitals charge less
Highest$36,886.72in this market
Difference1097.8×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 Memphis, TN-MS-AR.

median
Lowest $33.60Highest $36,886.72

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Crittenden lowest West Memphis, AR · (870) 394-7800 HC INSERT NON-BIODEGRADABLE DRUG DELIVERY IMPLANT File of Feb 27, 2026 · source file $33.60 $224.00 $58.24–$4,722.27 85%
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis Memphis, TN · (901) 226-5000 HC INSERT NON-BIODEGRADABLE DRUG DELIVERY IMPLANT File of Feb 28, 2026 · source file $47.04 $224.00 $58.24–$4,722.27 79%
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Women's Memphis, TN HC INSERT NON-BIODEGRADABLE DRUG DELIVERY IMPLANT File of Feb 27, 2026 · source file $47.04 $224.00 $58.24–$4,722.27 79%
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Collierville Collierville, TN · (901) 226-5000 HC INSERT NON-BIODEGRADABLE DRUG DELIVERY IMPLANT File of Feb 27, 2026 · source file $47.04 $224.00 $58.24–$4,722.27 79%
Regional One Health Memphis, TN · (901) 545-7928 11981610000 - INSERT DRUG IMPLANT 11981+5 more lines at this price File of Mar 25, 2026 · source file $976.78 $1,519.10 $0.01–$1,215.28 36%
Regional One Health Memphis, TN · (901) 545-7928 11981 Insertion drug dlvr implant File of Mar 25, 2026 · source file $1,506.74 $2,343.30 $100.00–$1,588.54 36%
Methodist North Hospital Memphis, TN · (901) 516-8274 Insertion Drug Delivery Implant File of Mar 19, 2026 · source file $36,801.61 $167,280.06 $94.64–$2,079.86 78%
Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital Germantown, TN · (901) 516-8274 Insertion Drug Delivery Implant File of Mar 19, 2026 · source file $36,801.61 $167,280.06 $94.64–$2,079.86 78%
Methodist South Hospital Memphis, TN · (901) 516-8274 Insertion Drug Delivery Implant File of Mar 19, 2026 · source file $36,801.61 $167,280.06 $94.64–$2,079.86 78%
Methodist University Hospital Memphis, TN · (901) 516-8274 Insertion Drug Delivery Implant File of Mar 19, 2026 · source file $36,801.61 $167,280.06 $94.64–$2,079.86 78%
Methodist Olive Branch Hospital Olive Branch, MS · (662) 932-9000 Insertion Drug Delivery Implant File of Mar 19, 2026 · source file $36,801.61 $167,280.06 $94.64–$2,079.86 78%
Methodist Lebonheur Childrens Hosp Memphis, TN Insertion Drug Delivery Implant File of Mar 19, 2026 · source file $36,886.72 $167,666.89 — 78%
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
Insurers pay The lowest and highest rates this hospital has agreed with insurance plans for the same item, from its price file. If the cash price is below what your plan pays and you have not met your deductible, paying cash can cost you less. More
Off list How much lower the cash price is than the list price.
At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More
Check the item The description in the hospital file looks like a supply or device (a catheter, a brace, an implant), not this procedure. The hospital may have filed it under the wrong code: ask before relying on this price.

Outpatient: lowest $33.60, median $36,801.61, highest $36,886.72 — a 1097.8× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 4 facilities here, median $47.04. 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 5 of 10 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 4 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.

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