Surgery and procedures CPT 11981 Delaware Outpatient

Birth control implant insertion cost in Delaware

In Delaware, 5 hospitals publish a cash price for insertion of a drug-delivery implant, such as the arm birth control implant: from $304.28 to $621.00, with a median of $522.48. The lowest price is at TidalHealth Nanticoke (Seaford). The highest price is 2.0× the lowest.

  • The median here, $522.48, is 93% above the US median of $271.23.
  • That is 3.8× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($135.93).
  • Delaware ranks 40th of 44 states by median, cheapest first.
  • 2 of 5 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.

Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 11981. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Sep 23, 2026. See them on a map

Lowest$304.28TidalHealth Nanticoke
Median$522.48half of hospitals charge less
Highest$621.00in Delaware
Lowest saves$218.20vs the median

Hospitals in Delaware, cheapest first

HospitalCash priceList priceFile date
TidalHealth Nanticoke lowest Seaford · Seaford, DE HC Insertion Drug Delivery Implant $304.28 $304.28 Mar 27, 2026
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Beebe Medical Center Lewes · Seaford, DE INSERTION OF DRUG DELIVERY IMPLANT INTO TISSUE $328.10 $386.00 Mar 5, 2026
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Bayhealth Hospital, Sussex Campus Milford · Seaford, DE Hc Insj Non-Biodegradable Drug Delivery Implant $522.48 $622.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Bayhealth Medical Center, Kent Campus Dover · Dover, DE Hc Insj Non-Biodegradable Drug Delivery Implant $522.48 $622.00 Apr 1, 2026
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Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware Wilmington · Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD Insertion Non Biodegradable Drug Delivery Implant $621.00 $621.00 Mar 10, 2026
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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
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.
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.

By metro area

Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.

Metro areaHospitalsLowestMedian
Seaford, DE 3 $304.28 $328.10
Dover, DE 1 $522.48 $522.48
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 1 $621.00 $621.00
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More

What birth control implant insertion is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Birth control implant insertion explained.

Insertion of a drug-delivery implant, such as the arm birth control implant in other states

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.