Surgery and procedures CPT 11981 Maryland Outpatient

Birth control implant insertion cost in Maryland

In Maryland, 3 hospitals publish a cash price for insertion of a drug-delivery implant, such as the arm birth control implant: from $210.64 to $355.00, with a median of $229.00. The lowest price is at TidalHealth Peninsula (Salisbury). The highest price is 1.7× the lowest.

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.

Lowest$210.64TidalHealth Peninsula
Median$229.00half pay less
Highest$355.00in Maryland
Lowest saves$18.36vs the median

Hospitals in Maryland, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceFile date
TidalHealth Peninsula lowest Salisbury · Salisbury, MD HC INSERTION DRUG DELIVERY IMPLANT $210.64 $214.94 —
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Greater Baltimore Medical Center Towson · Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Insertion Drug Delivery Implant $229.00 $229.00 —
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Atlantic General Hospital Berlin · Ocean Pines, MD Insertion, drug-delivery implant (ie, bioresorbable, biodegradable, non-biodegradable) $355.00 $355.00 —
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By metro area

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

Metro areaHospitals LowestMedian
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD 1 $229.00 $229.00
Ocean Pines, MD 1 $355.00 $355.00
Salisbury, MD 1 $210.64 $210.64

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.

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

Median cash price across the state's hospitals.