Surgery and procedures CPT 11981 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Birth control implant insertion cost in New York, NY — inpatient

In New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, 19 hospitals list a cash price for insertion of a drug-delivery implant, such as the arm birth control implant as an inpatient: from $73.33 to $720.00, with a median of $172.00. The lowest listed price is at St. Barnabas Hospital — $98.67 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $258.89 at 59 hospitals.

Cash prices at 19 facilities across 13 cities for code 11981, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Oct 28, 2025 and Apr 1, 2026.

Lowest$73.33St. Barnabas Hospital
Median$172.00half pay less
Highest$720.00in this market
Difference9.8×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 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ.

median
Lowest $73.33Highest $775.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
St. Barnabas Hospital lowest Bronx, NY · (212) 960-9000 PR INSERTION DRUG DELIVERY IMPLANT $73.33 $272.27 $51.25–$164.72 73% Feb 27, 2026
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NYU Langone Brooklyn, NY HC INSERTION DRUG DLVR IMPLANT $114.11 $600.56 $62.66–$25,798.00 81% Jan 1, 2026
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NYU Langone New York, NY · (212) 263-7300 HC INSERTION DRUG DLVR IMPLANT $114.11 $600.56 $62.66–$25,798.00 81% Jan 1, 2026
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NYU Langone Hospital - Suffolk Patchogue, NY · (631) 654-7100 HC INSERTION DRUG DLVR IMPLANT $114.11 $600.56 $62.66–$25,798.00 81% Jan 1, 2026
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NYU Langone New York, NY · (212) 263-7300 HC INSERTION DRUG DLVR IMPLANT $114.11 $600.56 $62.66–$25,798.00 81% Jan 1, 2026
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Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Middletown, NJ Insertion Drug Delivery Implant|ASSISTANT AT SURGERY SERVICE $124.00 $124.00 $62.00–$420.99 — Dec 1, 2025
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Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Basking Ridge, NJ Insertion Drug Delivery Implant|ASSISTANT AT SURGERY SERVICE $124.00 $124.00 $62.00–$420.99 — Dec 1, 2025
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Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Basking Ridge, NJ Insertion Drug Delivery Implant|ASSISTANT AT SURGERY SERVICE|MULTIPLE PROCEDURES $124.00 $775.00 $70.89–$697.50 84% Dec 1, 2025
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Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases West Harrison, NY Insertion Drug Delivery Implant|ASSISTANT AT SURGERY SERVICE $124.00 $124.00 $70.89–$420.99 — Dec 1, 2025
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Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases West Harrison, NY Insertion Drug Delivery Implant|ASSISTANT AT SURGERY SERVICE|MULTIPLE PROCEDURES $124.00 $775.00 $70.89–$697.50 84% Dec 1, 2025
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Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases New York, NY Insertion Drug Delivery Implant|ASSISTANT AT SURGERY SERVICE $124.00 $124.00 $70.89–$420.99 — Dec 1, 2025
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Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases New York, NY Insertion Drug Delivery Implant|ASSISTANT AT SURGERY SERVICE|MULTIPLE PROCEDURES $124.00 $775.00 $70.89–$697.50 84% Dec 1, 2025
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Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Middletown, NJ Insertion Drug Delivery Implant|ASSISTANT AT SURGERY SERVICE|MULTIPLE PROCEDURES $124.00 $775.00 $70.89–$697.50 84% Dec 1, 2025
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Hmh Hospitals Neptune City, NJ INSERTION DRUG DELIVERY IMPLANT $142.67 $898.00 $149.07–$898.00 84% Dec 31, 2025
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Overlook Medical Center Summit, NJ · (908) 522-2000 Insrt Drug Delivery Impl $172.00 $500.00 — 66% —
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Morristown Medical Center Morristown, NJ · (973) 971-5450 Insrt Drug Delivery Impl $172.00 $500.00 — 66% —
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Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn, NY · (718) 283-6000 INSERT NONBIODEGRADABLE DEL IMPLANT $185.00 $185.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Nassau University Medical Center East Meadow, NY · (516) 572-0123 INSERTION DRUG DLVR IMPLANT $277.20 $396.00 $62.23–$164.33 30% Oct 28, 2025
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Nassau University Medical Center East Meadow, NY · (516) 572-0123 Insert Drug Implant $319.20 $456.00 — 30% Oct 28, 2025
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NYU Langone Mineola, NY HC INSERTION DRUG DLVR IMPLANT $381.00 $600.56 $62.66–$25,798.00 37% Jan 1, 2026
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Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn, NY · (718) 283-6000 INSERT IMPLANTBLE CONTRCPT.CAP $550.00 $550.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn, NY · (718) 283-6000 INSERTION DRUG DLVRY IMPLANT $550.00 $550.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Maimonides Medical Center Brooklyn, NY · (718) 283-6000 INSERTION DRUG DELIVERY IMPLAN $550.00 $550.00 — — Apr 1, 2026
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Mount Sinai Brooklyn Brooklyn, NY HC Insert Drug Implant Device $720.00 $800.00 — 10% Apr 1, 2026
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Mount Sinai Morningside New York, NY HC Insert Drug Implant Device $720.00 $800.00 — 10% Apr 1, 2026
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Mount Sinai Behavioral Health Center New York, NY HC Insert Drug Implant Device $720.00 $800.00 — 10% Apr 1, 2026
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The Mount Sinai Hospital New York, NY · (212) 241-7981 HC Insert Drug Implant Device $720.00 $800.00 — 10% Apr 1, 2026
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Mount Sinai Queens Long Island, NY HC Insert Drug Implant Device $720.00 $800.00 — 10% Apr 1, 2026
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Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Middletown, NJ Insertion Drug Delivery Implant $775.00 $775.00 $70.89–$697.50 — Dec 1, 2025
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Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases New York, NY Insertion Drug Delivery Implant $775.00 $775.00 $70.89–$697.50 — Dec 1, 2025
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Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases West Harrison, NY Insertion Drug Delivery Implant|MULTIPLE PROCEDURES $775.00 $775.00 $70.89–$697.50 — Dec 1, 2025
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Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases West Harrison, NY Insertion Drug Delivery Implant $775.00 $775.00 $70.89–$697.50 — Dec 1, 2025
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Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Basking Ridge, NJ Insertion Drug Delivery Implant|MULTIPLE PROCEDURES $775.00 $775.00 $70.89–$697.50 — Dec 1, 2025
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Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases New York, NY Insertion Drug Delivery Implant|MULTIPLE PROCEDURES $775.00 $775.00 $70.89–$697.50 — Dec 1, 2025
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Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Basking Ridge, NJ Insertion Drug Delivery Implant $775.00 $775.00 $70.89–$697.50 — Dec 1, 2025
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Memorial Hospital for Cancer and Allied Diseases Middletown, NJ Insertion Drug Delivery Implant|MULTIPLE PROCEDURES $775.00 $775.00 $70.89–$697.50 — Dec 1, 2025
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Inpatient: lowest $73.33, median $172.00, highest $720.00 — a 9.8× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 47 facilities here, median $152.54 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 10 of 11 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 1 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.