Surgery and procedures CPT 11981 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Birth control implant insertion cost in Utica, NY — inpatient

In Utica-Rome, NY, 2 hospitals list a cash price for insertion of a drug-delivery implant, such as the arm birth control implant as an inpatient: from $116.40 to $9,431.24, with a median of $4,773.82. The lowest listed price is at Mvhs — $4,657.42 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $264.17 at 69 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 11981, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Aug 11, 2026 and Aug 11, 2026.

Lowest$116.40Mvhs
Median$4,773.82half pay less
Highest$9,431.24in this market
Difference81.0×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 Utica-Rome, NY.

median
Lowest $116.40Highest $9,431.24

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Mvhs lowest Utica, NY HC Insertion Drug Implant Device $116.40 $194.00 $51.27–$477.17 40% —
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Mvhs lowest Utica, NY HC Insertion Drug Implant Device $116.40 $194.00 $51.27–$477.17 40% —
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Mvhs Utica, NY Insertion Drug Delivery Implant $123.00 $205.00 $22.95–$83.26 40% —
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Mvhs Utica, NY Insertion Drug Delivery Implant $123.00 $205.00 $22.95–$83.26 40% —
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Rome Memorial Hospital Rome, NY · (315) 338-7000 Insert drug implant device $9,431.24 $23,362.00 $134.00–$163.88 60% Aug 11, 2026
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Rome Memorial Hospital Rome, NY · (315) 338-7000 Insert drug implant device $9,431.24 $23,362.00 $134.00–$163.88 60% Aug 11, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $116.40, median $4,773.82, highest $9,431.24 — a 81.0× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $116.40 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

Cash or insurance?

At 1 of 2 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it 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.