CPT 12021 · 1,291 hospitals reporting

Tx supfc wnd dehsn w/packing

The same procedure costs $64.5 at one hospital and $5,740 at another — a 89× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $448.

Cheapest published

$64.5

7 entries below $50 already filtered. Remaining low values usually reflect partial-cost line items (professional fee only), not full bills.

Median across 1,291 hospitals

$448

The realistic middle of the cash-price distribution. Use this as your benchmark.

Most expensive

$5,740

Highest published price. Often a gross-charge "list price" rarely actually paid.

Price distribution

500 hospitals · log-scale x-axis

Each bar = number of hospitals charging in that price range. Emerald bar contains the median. Amber dots = entries we flagged as likely partial-cost line items (excluded from the table below).

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Why some prices look unrealistically low or high

Hospitals publish their machine-readable files (MRFs) the way they choose. A single procedure code can appear with very different prices depending on what's being charged:

Global price — facility + implant + anesthesia + surgeon. This is what you'd actually be billed.
Professional fee only — surgeon's portion. Often $500–$2,500 for a major procedure that costs $20K+ globally.
Facility fee only — operating room and recovery, no implant or surgeon.
Per-unit / per-minute charges — e.g. anesthesia time billed at $0.68/min appearing under a CPT code.
Rate multipliers — values like 0.85 meaning "85% of Medicare" rather than dollars.

We filter the most obvious artifacts (under $50, or 25× above the median), but rows in the $500–$2K range for a major procedure are typically professional-only and we can't always tell. Use the median and high-end as the realistic range; treat very low rows as partial-cost line items, not full bills.

500 hospitals reporting

Hospital	State	Gross	Cash price	Min negotiated	Max negotiated	Your insurer
FLUSHING HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	NY	$448	$448	—	—	5 insurers
FIRST CARE HEALTH CENTER	ND	$447	$447	—	—	1 insurers
FIRST CARE HEALTH CENTER	ND	$447	$447	—	—	5 insurers
ALLEGHANY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	NC	$901	$451	—	—	1 insurers
CHRISTUS ST FRANCES CABRINI HOSPITAL	LA	$1,734	$451	$358	$5,010	5 insurers
MUNSON HEALTHCARE OTSEGO MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	MI	$533	$453	—	—	3 insurers
CAPE FEAR VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$738	$443	—	—	5 insurers
BETSY JOHNSON REGIONAL HOSPITAL	NC	$738	$443	—	—	5 insurers
WAYNE COUNTY HOSPITAL	IA	$698	$454	—	—	5 insurers
BROADLAWNS MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$454	$454	—	—	5 insurers
MAINEHEALTH MAINE MEDICAL CENTER	ME	$454	$454	—	—	5 insurers
MAINEHEALTH PEN BAY HOSPITAL	ME	$454	$454	—	—	5 insurers
LINCOLNHEALTH	ME	$454	$454	—	—	5 insurers
MAINEHEALTH WALDO HOSPITAL	ME	$454	$454	—	—	5 insurers
MAINEHEALTH STEPHENS HOSPITAL	ME	$454	$454	—	—	5 insurers
MAINEHEALTH FRANKLIN HOSPITAL	ME	$454	$454	—	—	5 insurers
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, THE	NH	$454	$454	—	—	5 insurers
FAIRVIEW LAKES HEALTH SERVICES	MN	$1,100	$441	—	—	4 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW SOUTHDALE HOSPITAL	MN	$1,100	$441	—	—	4 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW UNIVERSITY OF MN MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$1,100	$441	—	—	4 insurers
FAIRVIEW NORTHLAND REGIONAL HOSPITAL	MN	$1,100	$441	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL	MN	$1,100	$441	—	—	4 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW WOODWINDS HOSPITAL	MN	$1,100	$441	—	—	4 insurers
MARIAN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$1,030	$441	$649	$1,009	4 insurers
MARIAN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$1,030	$441	$144	$7,160	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL	PA	—	$455	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN MONTGOMERY HOSPITAL	PA	—	$455	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HEALTH LAKEWOOD MEDICAL CENTER	MO	$828	$455	—	—	5 insurers
LIFECARE MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$518	$456	—	—	5 insurers
SURGEONS CHOICE MEDICAL CENTER	MI	$2,850	$456	—	—	5 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH LONDON	KY	$1,224	$437	$1,114	$1,114	1 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH LONDON	KY	$1,224	$437	$175	$2,163	5 insurers
ST MARY'S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$1,151	$460	—	—	4 insurers
USC ARCADIA HOSPITAL	CA	$1,240	$434	—	—	5 insurers
DOYLESTOWN HOSPITAL	PA	$434	$434	—	—	5 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - PANORAMA CITY	CA	$1,321	$462	$348	$941	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - LOS ANGELES	CA	$1,321	$462	$348	$941	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - DOWNEY	CA	$1,321	$462	$348	$941	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL FONTANA/ONTARIO	CA	$1,321	$462	$348	$941	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN DIEGO	CA	$1,321	$462	$348	$941	3 insurers