# Uterus or ovary surgery, non-cancer (hospital stay): what CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield pays, by state

The whole hospital stay for non-cancer surgery on the uterus or ovaries, such as a hysterectomy.

- Insurer: CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield
- Billing code: 743 (Hospital stays (inpatient))
- Price shown: negotiated in-network price, hospital stay, doctor's fee
- Prices as of: unknown
- All of the insurer's plans pooled; the map also shows single networks

| State | Providers | Lowest | 25th pct | Median | 75th pct | Highest | Medicare pays | Median vs Medicare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware | 1 | $20,606.79 | $20,877.26 | $21,147.74 | $21,418.21 | $21,688.68 |  |  |
| District of Columbia | 14 | $17,435.56 | $22,538.56 | $24,010.03 | $27,065.87 | $42,445.59 | $12,885.60 | 1.9x Medicare |
| Maryland | 14 | $22,880.99 | $22,880.99 | $22,880.99 | $22,880.99 | $24,010.03 | $11,404.82 | 2.0x Medicare |
| Virginia | 20 | $14,481.45 | $18,619.18 | $20,897.11 | $25,095.64 | $26,933.12 | $12,570.62 | 1.7x Medicare |

**“x Medicare”** compares each price with what original Medicare actually paid hospitals in the same state for the same kind of stay in 2024, the newest year it has published: the average per stay, the patient’s share included, at hospitals with more than ten such stays. Medicare’s payment varies by hospital (wages, teaching, low-income patients), so this is a state average, not any one hospital’s rate. Insurers write their contracts as a share of Medicare, so 1.3x means the insurer pays 30% more than Medicare would; Medicare Advantage plans generally pay close to 1.0x.

Prices are what the insurer has agreed to pay, not what you will be billed. This is a statewide summary: prices vary far more between towns and between practices than these medians suggest, and "providers" counts everyone with a contracted price, not only those who perform the procedure.

Map: https://medicalpricetransparency.netlify.app/insurers/carefirst/statemap_743_US.html  
About this insurer's data, and its other procedures: [index.md](index.md)