Cesarean delivery, including prenatal and postpartum care in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — inpatient
In Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI, 6 hospitals list a cash price for Cesarean delivery, including prenatal and postpartum care as an inpatient: from $4,272.35 to $6,310.13, with a median of $6,294.29. The lowest listed price is at Fairview Health Services.
Cash prices at 6 facilities across 6 cities for code 59510, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Jan 29, 2026 and Feb 6, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview Health Services lowest Burnsville, MN PR FULL ROUT OBSTE CARE,CESAREAN DELIV | $4,272.35 | $10,052.57 | 57% | Feb 6, 2026 source file |
| Westfields Hospital New Richmond, WI Cesarean delivery | $4,771.35 | $9,071.00 | 47% | — source file |
| Fairview Health Services Minneapolis, MN PR FULL ROUT OBSTE CARE,CESAREAN DELIV | $6,293.41 | $10,037.33 | 37% | Feb 6, 2026 source file |
| Fairview Health Services Edina, MN PR FULL ROUT OBSTE CARE,CESAREAN DELIV | $6,294.29 | $10,038.74 | 37% | Feb 6, 2026 source file |
| Fairview Health Services Princeton, MN PR FULL ROUT OBSTE CARE,CESAREAN DELIV | $6,307.37 | $10,059.60 | 37% | Jan 29, 2026 source file |
| Fairview Health Services Edina, MN PR CESAREAN W/ASSIST SPLIT | $6,310.13 | $10,064.00 | 37% | Feb 6, 2026 source file |
| Fairview Health Services Wyoming, MN PR FULL ROUT OBSTE CARE,CESAREAN DELIV | $6,310.13 | $10,064.00 | 37% | Feb 5, 2026 source file |
Inpatient: lowest $4,272.35, median $6,294.29, highest $6,310.13 — a 1.5× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 6 facilities here, median $6,294.29 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
What it is
This is a 'global' maternity code for routine prenatal care, a cesarean delivery and postpartum care. It covers the doctor's services from early pregnancy through recovery after the C-section.
What the price covers
It covers the surgeon's obstetric care. The hospital's operating room and stay, anesthesia, lab tests, ultrasounds and the newborn's care are billed separately.
4 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 59510 ($4,714.40). 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.
| Fairview Health Services Edina, MNAS FULL ROUT OBSTE CARE,CESAREAN DELIV | $20.05 | file |
| Fairview Health Services Burnsville, MNAS FULL ROUT OBSTE CARE,CESAREAN DELIV | $62.90 | file |
| HealthEast St John's Hospital Maplewood, MNAS FULL ROUT OBSTE CARE,CESAREAN DELIV | $79.25 | file |
| Fairview Health Services Minneapolis, MNAS FULL ROUT OBSTE CARE,CESAREAN DELIV | $134.19 | file |