Surgery and procedures CPT 11981 Outpatient

Birth control implant insertion cost in Philadelphia, PA

In Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD, 11 hospitals list a cash price for insertion of a drug-delivery implant, such as the arm birth control implant: from $35.30 to $621.00, with a median of $218.40. The lowest listed price is at Virtua Memorial Hospital and 4 other hospitals — $183.10 less than the median here. Across Pennsylvania, the median is $254.40 at 37 hospitals.

The median here, $218.40, is 19% below the US median of $271.23.
That is 1.6× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($135.93).
2 of 11 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.

Cash prices at 11 facilities across 10 cities for code 11981, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Oct 26, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 10, 2026 and Jun 1, 2026.

Lowest$35.30Virtua Memorial Hospital + 4 more

Median$218.40half of hospitals charge less

Highest$621.00in this market

Difference17.6×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 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD.

median

Lowest $35.30Highest $621.00

Hospitals, cheapest first

Hospital	Cash price	List price	Insurers pay	Off list
Virtua Memorial Hospital lowest Mount Holly, NJ · (609) 267-0700 HC Nexplanon Insertion File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$35.30	$353.00	$135.24–$3,961.00	90%
Virtua West Jersey Hospital - Voorhees lowest Voorhees, NJ · (856) 247-3000 HC Nexplanon Insertion+1 more line at this price File of Jun 1, 2026 · source file	$35.30	$353.00	$135.24–$3,961.00	90%
Virtua West Jersey Hospital - Marlton lowest Voorhees, NJ · (856) 247-3000 HC Nexplanon Insertion File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$35.30	$353.00	$135.24–$3,961.00	90%
Virtua Willingboro Hospital lowest Willinboro, NJ · (609) 835-2900 HC Nexplanon Insertion File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$35.30	$353.00	$135.24–$3,961.00	90%
Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes lowest Camden, NJ · (856) 886-5373 HC Nexplanon Insertion File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$35.30	$353.00	$135.24–$3,961.00	90%
Lankenau Medical Center Wynnewood, PA · (610) 645-2000 Hc Insj Non-Biodegradable Drug Delivery Implant File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$218.40	$546.00	—	60%
The Bryn Mawr Hospital Bryn Mawr, PA · (610) 526-3000 Hc Insj Non-Biodegradable Drug Delivery Implant File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$218.40	$546.00	—	60%
Paoli Hospital Paoli, PA · (610) 648-1000 Hc Insj Non-Biodegradable Drug Delivery Implant File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$218.40	$546.00	—	60%
Riddle Memorial Hospital Media, PA · (610) 566-9400 Hc Insj Non-Biodegradable Drug Delivery Implant File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$218.40	$546.00	—	60%
Union Hospital of Cecil County Elkton, MD · (410) 392-7009 INSJ NON-BIODEGRADABLE DRUG DELIVERY IMPLANT GLB File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$235.94	$235.94	—	—
Union Hospital of Cecil County Elkton, MD · (410) 392-7009 INSERT,DRUG DELIVERY IMPLANT File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file	$289.32	$289.32	—	—
Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware Wilmington, DE · (302) 651-4000 Insertion Non Biodegradable Drug Delivery Implant+1 more line at this price File of Mar 10, 2026 · source file	$621.00	$621.00	—	—

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 $35.30, median $218.40, highest $621.00 — a 17.6× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 6 facilities here, median $218.40. 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 5 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at 5 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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