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Cesarean delivery with prenatal and postpartum care in Harrisburg, PA costs $4,937 to $10,034. Here's every hospital's price.

5 hospitals in the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA metro area publish a cash price for cesarean delivery with prenatal and postpartum care (CPT 59510). We read their files every month so you don't have to.

Across the Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA metro area, 5 hospitals list a cash price for cesarean delivery with prenatal and postpartum care (CPT 59510). The lowest is $4,937 at Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center, the median is $6,847 and the highest is $10,034 at UPMC Pinnacle Hospitals. The most expensive hospital lists 2.0 times the cheapest for the same code.

The Harrisburg, PA median of $6,847 is 49% above the national median of $4,595 across 232 US hospitals with a cash price for this code.

5 of these hospitals also publish the rates they negotiated with insurers, from $471 to $24,252. With insurance you pay a share of the negotiated rate, which is sometimes higher than the cash price; you may ask for the cash price instead.

The files behind these prices are dated March 2026.

$4,937
lowest cash price in Harrisburg, PA
Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center · 9 mi
$1,910 below the median
$6,847
median cash price
5 hospitals
2.0×
highest ÷ lowest
same procedure, same metro
5/5
hospitals with a cash price

Sorted by cash price

Hospital facility fee only
1
Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center

Camp Hill · 9 mi · File Mar 2026

$4,937
list $20,667
2
Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center

Enola · 5 mi · File Mar 2026

$6,504
list $20,667
3
Milton S Hershey Medical Center

Hershey · 23 mi · File Mar 2026

$6,847
list $20,667
4
UPMC Carlisle

Carlisle · 14 mi · File Mar 2026

$10,034
list $16,724 · lowest of 2 lines
5
UPMC Pinnacle Hospitals

Harrisburg · 9 mi · File Mar 2026

$10,034
list $16,724 · lowest of 2 lines
1

What's in the price

The hospital facility fee for CPT 59510. The doctor, anesthesia and lab work usually bill separately.

2

Cash vs. insured

Cash is what you pay without insurance. With insurance you pay a share of the negotiated rate, which can be higher than cash. You may ask for the cash price.

3

What to say on the phone

"I'd like the self-pay price for CPT 59510, in writing, and whether it covers facility, physician and anesthesia."

About cesarean delivery with prenatal and postpartum care

CPT 59510 is the obstetric global package for a cesarean birth: routine prenatal care, the operation and postpartum care, billed by the obstetrician as one code. A hospital's listed price for it usually reflects a hospital-employed practice's professional package, not the hospital stay.

What the price covers, and what it does not

The package covers the clinician's prenatal visits, the cesarean itself and postpartum follow-up. Not included: the hospital stay for mother and baby (DRG 788 for an uncomplicated cesarean), the anesthesiologist, the assistant surgeon, ultrasounds, laboratory tests, the pediatrician's newborn care and any complications. A self-pay cesarean birth is the sum of several bills; ask for all of them in advance.

Why prices vary

Obstetric packages vary substantially between practices, and the hospital stay for a cesarean varies even more, often two to three times between hospitals in the same area. Many hospitals offer a bundled self-pay maternity price that covers the stay and the delivery.

Questions to ask

  • What is the self-pay price for 59510, and for the hospital stay (DRG 788)?
  • Is there an all-inclusive self-pay package?
  • Who bills anesthesia and the assistant surgeon, and at what price?

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