C-section cost in Utica, NY
In Utica-Rome, NY, 2 hospitals list a cash price for cesarean delivery, including prenatal and postpartum care: from $1,045.71 to $1,922.40, with a median of $1,484.06. The lowest listed price is at Little Falls Hospital — $438.35 less than the median here. Across New York, the median is $2,404.74 at 14 hospitals.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 59510, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.
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.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Falls Hospital lowest Little Falls, NY · (315) 823-5261 CAH PR Full Rout Obste Care,Cesarean Deliv | $1,045.71 | $3,873.00 | $1,084.44–$3,873.00 | 73% | — source file |
| Mvhs Utica, NY OB Antepartum Care Cesarean Dlvr & Postpartum | $1,922.40 | $3,204.00 | $560.70–$1,880.90 | 40% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $1,045.71, median $1,484.06, highest $1,922.40 — a 1.8× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $5,605.02. 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 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 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 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.