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Best-value hospitals for cesarean delivery, global.

Ranked on a composite of cash-pay price (low is good) and CMS Care Compare rating (high is good). The top of this list is where price and quality both work in your favor. National rankings. CPT code 59510.

1
Sharp Memorial Hospital
San Diego, CA
4/5 CMS
$759
2
Jefferson Regional Medical Center
Jefferson Hills, PA
3/5 CMS
$82
3
Rush University Medical Center
Chicago, IL
5/5 CMS
$3,815
4
Sharp Grossmont Hospital
La Mesa, CA
3/5 CMS
$759
5
Swedish Medical Center First Hill
Seattle, WA
4/5 CMS
$4,639
6
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, TN
4/5 CMS
$4,669
7
Allegheny General Hospital
Pittsburgh, PA
2/5 CMS
$104
8
Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, OH
5/5 CMS
$9,606
9
UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital
Pittsburgh, PA
3/5 CMS
$4,748
10
Jefferson Abington Hospital
Philadelphia, PA
2/5 CMS
$3,001

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How "best value" is computed.

Each hospital gets two ranks: one by cash-pay price (cheapest = rank 1) and one by CMS overall rating (highest = rank 1). The two are summed; the lowest sum is the best value. Ties broken by price.

Hospitals without a published CMS rating (specialty, pediatric, cancer-only) are excluded from this ranking because the composite would be meaningless. They show up on the procedure overview page instead.

This is one heuristic. Some patients reasonably weight rating heavier than price, others the reverse. The comparison tool lets you sort by price-only, rating-only, or this same composite, and add your insurance for plan-specific numbers.