Surgery and procedures CPT 11981 Outpatient

Birth control implant insertion cost in New York, NY

In New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, 73 hospitals list a cash price for insertion of a drug-delivery implant, such as the arm birth control implant: from $114.11 to $8,205.68, with a median of $178.32. The lowest listed price is at NYU Langone and 3 other hospitals — $64.21 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $281.71 at 80 hospitals.

  • The median here, $178.32, is 34% below the US median of $271.23.
  • That is 1.3× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($135.93).
  • 14 of 73 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.

Cash prices at 73 facilities across 52 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 Apr 22, 2025 and Sep 28, 2026.

Lowest$114.11NYU Langone + 3 more
Median$178.32half of hospitals charge less
Highest$8,205.68in this market
Difference71.9×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 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ.

median
Lowest $114.11Highest $8,205.68

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceInsurers payOff list
NYU Langone lowest Brooklyn, NY HC INSERTION DRUG DLVR IMPLANT File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file $114.11 $600.56 $62.66–$25,798.00 81%
NYU Langone Hospital - Suffolk lowest Patchogue, NY · (631) 654-7100 HC INSERTION DRUG DLVR IMPLANT File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file $114.11 $600.56 $62.66–$25,798.00 81%
NYU Langone – Tisch Hospital lowest New York, NY · (212) 263-7300 HC INSERTION DRUG DLVR IMPLANT File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file $114.11 $600.56 $62.66–$25,798.00 81%
NYU Langone – Orthopedic Hospital lowest New York, NY HC INSERTION DRUG DLVR IMPLANT File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file $114.11 $600.56 $62.66–$25,798.00 81%
Ocean Medical Center Brick, NJ · (732) 840-2200 INSERTION DRUG DELIVERY IMPLANT File of Dec 31, 2025 · source file $128.90 $898.00 $193.07–$812.60 86%
JFK University Medical Center Edison, NJ · (732) 321-7000 INSERTION DRUG DELIVERY IMPLANT File of Dec 31, 2025 · source file $128.90 $898.00 $193.07–$812.60 86%
St Joseph's Hospital, Yonkers Yonkers, NY · (914) 378-7000 INSERTION DRUG DLVR IMPLANT+2 more lines at this price File of Jul 13, 2026 · source file $135.93 — $135.93–$1,114.00 —
Ocean Medical Center Brick, NJ · (732) 840-2200 INSERTION DRUG DELIVERY IMPLANT File of Dec 31, 2025 · source file $140.87 $898.00 $127.52–$873.93 84%
Southern Ocean Medical Center Manahawkin, NJ · (609) 597-6011 INSERTION DRUG DELIVERY IMPLANT File of Dec 31, 2025 · source file $140.87 $898.00 $140.87–$9,933.00 84%
Jersey Shore University Medical Center Neptune City, NJ · (732) 775-5500 INSERTION DRUG DELIVERY IMPLANT File of Dec 31, 2025 · source file $142.67 $898.00 $149.07–$898.00 84%
Riverview Medical Center Red Bank, NJ · (732) 741-2700 INSERTION DRUG DELIVERY IMPLANT File of Dec 31, 2025 · source file $142.67 $898.00 $126.62–$879.59 84%
Bayshore Medical Center Holmdel, NJ · (732) 739-5900 INSERTION DRUG DELIVERY IMPLANT File of Dec 31, 2025 · source file $142.67 $898.00 $147.27–$873.93 84%
Old Bridge Medical Center Old Bridge, NJ INSERTION DRUG DELIVERY IMPLANT File of Dec 31, 2025 · source file $142.80 $898.00 $142.80–$9,933.00 84%
JFK University Medical Center Edison, NJ · (732) 321-7000 INSERTION DRUG DELIVERY IMPLANT File of Dec 31, 2025 · source file $142.80 $898.00 $144.58–$849.51 84%
Raritan Bay Medical Center Perth Amboy, NJ · (732) 324-5000 INSERTION DRUG DELIVERY IMPLANT File of Dec 31, 2025 · source file $142.80 $898.00 $142.80–$9,933.00 84%
Newton Medical Center Newton, NJ · (973) 383-2121 Insrt Drug Delivery Impl File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $150.26 $7,684.97 — 98%
Palisades Medical Center North Bergen, NJ · (201) 854-5000 INSERTION DRUG DELIVERY IMPLANT File of Dec 31, 2025 · source file $151.80 $898.00 $153.56–$839.18 83%
Hackensack University Medical Center Hackensack, NJ · (551) 996-2000 INSERTION DRUG DELIVERY IMPLANT File of Dec 31, 2025 · source file $151.80 $898.00 $161.64–$875.73 83%
Harlem Hospital Center New York, NY · (212) 939-1000 HC INSERTION, NON-BIODEGRADABLE DRUG DELIVERY IMPLANT File of Sep 5, 2026 · source file $152.54 $1,691.42 $137.85–$5,014.00 91%
South Brooklyn Health Brooklyn, NY · (718) 616-4834 HC INSERTION, NON-BIODEGRADABLE DRUG DELIVERY IMPLANT File of Sep 5, 2026 · source file $152.54 $1,691.42 $137.85–$5,014.00 91%
Lincoln Medical & Mental Health Center Bronx, NY · (718) 579-5000 HC INSERTION, NON-BIODEGRADABLE DRUG DELIVERY IMPLANT File of Sep 5, 2026 · source file $152.54 $1,691.42 $137.85–$5,014.00 91%
Bellevue Hospital Center New York, NY · (212) 561-4132 HC INSERTION, NON-BIODEGRADABLE DRUG DELIVERY IMPLANT File of Sep 5, 2026 · source file $152.54 $1,691.42 $137.85–$5,014.00 91%
North Central Bronx Hospital Bronx, NY HC INSERTION, NON-BIODEGRADABLE DRUG DELIVERY IMPLANT File of Sep 5, 2026 · source file $152.54 $1,691.42 $137.85–$5,014.00 91%
Queens Hospital Center Jamaica, NY · (718) 883-3000 HC INSERTION, NON-BIODEGRADABLE DRUG DELIVERY IMPLANT File of Sep 5, 2026 · source file $152.54 $1,691.42 $70.08–$216.61 91%
Elmhurst Hospital Center Broadway Elmhurst, NY · (718) 334-1141 HC INSERTION, NON-BIODEGRADABLE DRUG DELIVERY IMPLANT File of Sep 5, 2026 · source file $152.54 $1,691.42 $70.08–$216.61 91%
Metropolitan Hospital Center New York, NY · (212) 423-6262 HC INSERTION, NON-BIODEGRADABLE DRUG DELIVERY IMPLANT File of Sep 5, 2026 · source file $152.54 $1,691.42 $73.21–$216.61 91%
Jacobi Medical Center Bronx, NY · (718) 918-5000 HC INSERTION, NON-BIODEGRADABLE DRUG DELIVERY IMPLANT File of Sep 5, 2026 · source file $152.54 $1,691.42 $73.21–$216.61 91%
Woodhull Medical & Mental Health Center Brooklyn, NY · (718) 963-8100 HC INSERTION, NON-BIODEGRADABLE DRUG DELIVERY IMPLANT File of Sep 5, 2026 · source file $152.54 $1,691.42 $73.21–$216.61 91%
Kings County Hospital Center Brooklyn, NY · (718) 245-3901 HC INSERTION, NON-BIODEGRADABLE DRUG DELIVERY IMPLANT File of Sep 5, 2026 · source file $152.54 $1,691.42 $73.21–$216.61 91%
Saint Marys Hospital Passaic, NJ · (973) 365-4300 Insertion drug dlvr implant File of Sep 1, 2026 · source file $157.00 $24,260.60 $125.83–$19,408.48 99%
Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Basking Ridge, NJ HC Insert Drug Implant File of Dec 1, 2025 · source file $163.00 $163.00 $61.00–$9,784.00 —
Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases New York, NY HC Insert Drug Implant File of Dec 1, 2025 · source file $163.00 $163.00 $61.00–$9,784.00 —
Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Middletown, NJ HC Insert Drug Implant File of Dec 1, 2025 · source file $163.00 $163.00 $61.00–$9,784.00 —
Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases West Harrison, NY HC Insert Drug Implant File of Dec 1, 2025 · source file $163.00 $163.00 $61.00–$9,784.00 —
Morristown Medical Center Morristown, NJ · (973) 971-5450 Insrt Drug Delivery Impl File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $172.00 $500.00 — 66%
Overlook Medical Center Summit, NJ · (908) 522-2000 Insrt Drug Delivery Impl File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $172.00 $500.00 — 66%
CentraState Medical Center Freehold Township, NJ · (732) 294-7012 Insrt Drug Delivery Impl File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $172.80 $7,684.97 — 98%
Chilton Medical Center Pompton Plains, NJ · (973) 831-5000 Insrt Drug Delivery Impl File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $172.80 $7,684.97 — 98%
Overlook Medical Center Summit, NJ · (908) 522-2000 Insrt Drug Delivery Impl File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $172.80 $7,684.97 — 98%
Morristown Medical Center Morristown, NJ · (973) 971-5450 Insrt Drug Delivery Impl File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $172.80 $7,684.97 — 98%
University Hospital Newark, NJ · (973) 972-4300 INSERTION DRUG DELIVERY IMPLANT File of Aug 13, 2026 · source file $178.32 $441.13 $125.00–$1,892.00 60%
BronxCare Hospital Center - Fulton Campus Bronx, NY · (212) 588-7000 INSERTION, DRUG-DELIVERY IMPLANT(IE, BIO File of May 5, 2026 · source file $184.00 $184.00 $88.26–$151.10 —
Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center - Concourse Division Bronx, NY · (212) 588-7000 INSERTION, DRUG-DELIVERY IMPLANT(IE, BIO File of Apr 17, 2026 · source file $184.00 $184.00 $88.26–$151.10 —
Stony Brook University Hospital Stony Brook, NY · (631) 444-4000 INSERTION OF DRUG DELIVERY IMPLANT INTO TISSUE File of Jun 10, 2026 · source file $224.00 $224.00 $165.27–$6,608.00 —
Stony Brook University Hospital Stony Brook, NY · (631) 444-4000 INSERTION DRUG DLVR IMPLANT File of Jun 10, 2026 · source file $240.00 $240.00 $165.27–$6,608.00 —
St Johns Episcopal Hospital Far Rockaway, NY · (718) 869-7000 INSERTION DRUG DLVR IMPLANT File of Apr 7, 2026 · source file $291.06 $342.42 $91.00–$373.68 15%
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center Jamaica, NY · (718) 262-6000 INSERTION OF DRUG DELIVERY IMPLANT INTO TISSUE File of Mar 25, 2026 · source file $295.00 $295.00 $76.00–$1,912.00 —
Flushing Hospital Medical Center Flushing, NY · (718) 670-5000 INSERTION OF DRUG DELIVERY IMPLANT INTO TISSUE File of Mar 25, 2026 · source file $295.00 $295.00 $76.00–$1,912.00 —
Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center - Concourse Division Bronx, NY · (212) 588-7000 IMPLANON INSERTION+1 more line at this price File of Apr 17, 2026 · source file $297.53 $297.53 $122.61–$2,500.00 —
BronxCare Hospital Center - Fulton Campus Bronx, NY · (212) 588-7000 IMPLANON INSERTION+1 more line at this price File of May 5, 2026 · source file $297.53 $297.53 $122.61–$2,500.00 —
Nassau University Medical Center East Meadow, NY · (516) 572-0123 Insert Drug Implant File of Oct 28, 2025 · source file $319.20 $456.00 $144.91–$456.00 30%
University Hospital of Brooklyn Brooklyn, NY · (718) 270-1000 11981 - INSERTION DRUG DLVR IMPLANT File of Apr 22, 2025 · source file $332.00 $332.00 $72.00–$1,880.00 —
St Johns Riverside Hospital Park Care Pavillion Yonkers, NY · (914) 964-4444 INSERTION DRUG DLVR IMPLANT File of Mar 27, 2026 · source file $357.00 $420.00 $157.01–$3,783.00 15%
Montefiore Mount Vernon Hospital Mount Vernon, NY · (914) 664-8000 HC INSERT DRUG IMPLANT DEVICE+1 more line at this price File of Sep 28, 2026 · source file $362.70 $558.00 $65.25–$18,107.00 35%
NYU Langone Mineola, NY HC INSERTION DRUG DLVR IMPLANT File of Jan 1, 2026 · source file $381.00 $600.56 $62.66–$25,798.00 37%
Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn, NY · (718) 283-6000 INSERTION DRUG DLVRY IMPLANT+2 more lines at this price File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $550.00 $550.00 — —
Montefiore Medical Center Bronx, NY · (718) 920-4321 PR INSERTION DRUG DELIVERY IMPLANT+1 more line at this price File of Sep 28, 2026 · source file $562.44 $860.00 $59.30–$779.73 35%
Mount Sinai Queens Long Island, NY HC Insert Drug Implant Device File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $720.00 $800.00 — 10%
The Mount Sinai Hospital New York, NY · (212) 241-7981 HC Insert Drug Implant Device File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $720.00 $800.00 — 10%
Mount Sinai Morningside New York, NY HC Insert Drug Implant Device File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $720.00 $800.00 — 10%
Mount Sinai Brooklyn Brooklyn, NY · (212) 420-2000 HC Insert Drug Implant Device File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file $720.00 $800.00 — 10%
Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Middletown, NJ Insertion Drug Delivery Implant+1 more line at this price File of Dec 1, 2025 · source file $775.00 $775.00 $70.89–$697.50 —
Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases West Harrison, NY Insertion Drug Delivery Implant|MULTIPLE PROCEDURES+1 more line at this price File of Dec 1, 2025 · source file $775.00 $775.00 $70.89–$697.50 —
Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Basking Ridge, NJ Insertion Drug Delivery Implant|MULTIPLE PROCEDURES+1 more line at this price File of Dec 1, 2025 · source file $775.00 $775.00 $70.89–$697.50 —
Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases New York, NY Insertion Drug Delivery Implant|MULTIPLE PROCEDURES+1 more line at this price File of Dec 1, 2025 · source file $775.00 $775.00 $70.89–$697.50 —
Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center - Concourse Division Bronx, NY · (212) 588-7000 INSRT IMPLNT CONTRACEPTIVE CAP File of Apr 17, 2026 · source file $778.53 $778.53 $122.61–$2,500.00 —
BronxCare Hospital Center - Fulton Campus Bronx, NY · (212) 588-7000 INSRT IMPLNT CONTRACEPTIVE CAP File of May 5, 2026 · source file $778.53 $778.53 $122.61–$2,500.00 —
Hudson Regional Hospital Secaucus, NJ · (201) 392-3200 Insertion of drug delivery implant into tissue File of Sep 23, 2026 · source file $1,167.00 $1,167.00 $1,167.00–$6,400.00 —
Stony Brook Southampton Hospital Southampton, NY INSERTION DRUG DLVR IMPLANT File of Jun 17, 2026 · source file $1,425.96 $1,425.96 $165.27–$6,564.00 —
Flushing Hospital Medical Center one side Flushing, NY · (718) 670-5000 INSERTION OF DRUG DELIVERY IMPLANT INTO TISSUE File of Mar 25, 2026 · source file $1,641.00 $1,641.00 $140.48–$5,159.00 —
St. Catherine of Siena Medical Center Smithtown, NY · (631) 862-3000 INSERTION DRUG DLVR IMPLANT File of Feb 19, 2026 · source file $3,488.00 — $140.37–$5,148.00 —
Stony Brook Southampton Hospital Southampton, NY INSERTION OF DRUG DELIVERY IMPLANT INTO TISSUE File of Jun 17, 2026 · source file $3,718.25 $3,718.25 $165.27–$6,564.00 —
Community Medical Center Toms River, NJ · (732) 557-8000 INSERTION DRUG DLVR IMPLANT File of Mar 4, 2026 · source file $3,786.00 — $140.87–$4,174.00 —
Chsli St Joseph Hospital Bethpage, NY · (516) 759-6000 INSERTION DRUG DLVR IMPLANT File of Feb 19, 2026 · source file $3,934.00 — $140.37–$5,148.00 —
Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center West Islip, NY · (631) 376-3000 INSERTION DRUG DLVR IMPLANT File of Feb 19, 2026 · source file $3,965.00 — $140.37–$5,269.00 —
Clara Maass Medical Center Belleville, NJ · (973) 450-2000 INSERTION DRUG DLVR IMPLANT File of Mar 4, 2026 · source file $3,986.00 — $253.09–$3,266.00 —
Mercy Medical Center Rockville Centre, NY · (516) 705-2525 INSERTION DRUG DLVR IMPLANT File of Feb 19, 2026 · source file $4,122.00 — $140.37–$5,148.00 —
Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus Lakewood, NJ · (732) 363-1900 INSERTION DRUG DLVR IMPLANT File of Mar 3, 2026 · source file $4,350.00 — $140.87–$4,540.00 —
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Rahway Rahway, NJ · (732) 381-4200 INSERTION DRUG DLVR IMPLANT File of Mar 4, 2026 · source file $4,627.00 — $140.87–$431.00 —
St. Francis Hospital Roslyn, NY INSERTION DRUG DLVR IMPLANT File of Feb 19, 2026 · source file $4,881.00 — $140.37–$5,879.00 —
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center Newark, NJ · (973) 926-7000 INSERTION DRUG DLVR IMPLANT File of Mar 4, 2026 · source file $4,881.00 — $144.62–$4,049.00 —
Jersey City Medical Center Jersey City, NJ · (201) 915-2000 INSERTION DRUG DLVR IMPLANT File of Mar 4, 2026 · source file $5,339.00 — $151.80–$4,174.00 —
Monmouth Medical Center Long Branch, NJ · (732) 222-5200 INSERTION DRUG DLVR IMPLANT File of Mar 4, 2026 · source file $5,419.00 — $249.67–$3,266.00 —
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ · (732) 828-3000 INSERTION DRUG DLVR IMPLANT File of Mar 4, 2026 · source file $5,741.00 — $314.10–$3,639.00 —
Trinitas Regional Medical Center Elizabeth, NJ · (908) 994-5000 INSERTION DRUG DLVR IMPLANT File of Mar 4, 2026 · source file $5,855.00 — $140.87–$2,612.00 —
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset Somerville, NJ · (908) 685-2200 INSERTION DRUG DLVR IMPLANT File of Mar 4, 2026 · source file $6,311.00 — $140.87–$4,294.00 —
Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center Livingston, NJ · (973) 322-5000 INSERTION DRUG DLVR IMPLANT File of Mar 4, 2026 · source file $6,839.00 — $289.24–$3,280.00 —
Brooklyn Hospital Center at Downtown Campus Brooklyn, NY · (718) 250-8000 INSERTION OF DRUG DELIVERY IMPLANT INTO TISSUE File of Jul 27, 2026 · source file $8,205.68 $8,205.68 $132.22–$7,319.00 —
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
No cash discount This line's cash price equals the hospital's full list price. Many hospitals still reduce bills for uninsured patients: ask the billing office for its self-pay discount in writing. 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 $114.11, median $178.32, highest $8,205.68 — a 71.9× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 23 facilities here, median $550.00. 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 51 of 63 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 6 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 birth control implant insertion is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Birth control implant insertion explained.

3 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 11981 ($238.70). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.

HospitalCash priceFile
Brookdale Hospital Medical Center Brooklyn, NYHC INSERT DRUG IMPLANT $0.01 file
Interfaith Medical Center Brooklyn, NYHC INSERT DRUG IMPLANT $0.01 file
Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center Brooklyn, NYHC INSERT DRUG IMPLANT $0.01 file
File Link to the hospital's own price file.