CPT 12056 · 1,270 hospitals reporting

Interm rep f/e/e/n/l&/muc 20.1-30.0cm

The same procedure costs $68 at one hospital and $5,643 at another — a 83× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $687.

Cheapest published

$68

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

Median across 1,270 hospitals

$687

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

Most expensive

$5,643

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

Price distribution

492 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
JOHN H STROGER JR HOSPITAL	IL	$981	$687	—	—	5 insurers
PROVIDENT HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO	IL	$981	$687	—	—	5 insurers
CHI ST ALEXIUS HEALTH DICKINSON	ND	$1,092	$688	$764	$1,059	5 insurers
CHI ST ALEXIUS HEALTH DICKINSON	ND	$1,092	$688	$459	$1,059	5 insurers
METHODIST HOSPITAL UNION COUNTY	KY	$1,054	$685	—	—	5 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	MN	$1,216	$681	—	—	5 insurers
ANIMAS SURGICAL HOSPITAL, LLC	CO	—	$679	$206	$679	3 insurers
ACADIA ST LANDRY	LA	$905	$679	—	—	1 insurers
HENRY COUNTY HOSPITAL, INC	OH	$905	$679	—	—	5 insurers
SANFORD MEDICAL CENTER ABERDEEN	SD	$841	$673	—	—	5 insurers
SOUTH TEXAS HEALTH SYSTEM	TX	$1,681	$672	—	—	5 insurers
SANFORD SHELDON MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$839	$671	—	—	5 insurers
SANFORD HOSPITAL WEBSTER - CAH	SD	$839	$671	—	—	5 insurers
SANFORD VERMILLION MEDICAL CENTER	SD	$839	$671	—	—	5 insurers
COQUILLE VALLEY HOSPITAL	OR	—	$668	$353	$668	5 insurers
COLUMBUS REGIONAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM	NC	$1,013	$709	—	—	5 insurers
HUGGINS HOSPITAL	NH	$1,429	$715	—	—	0 insurers
FROEDTERT SOUTH INC.	WI	$1,300	$715	—	—	5 insurers
THE HOSPITALS OF PROVIDENCE - MEMORIAL CAMPUS	TX	$824	$659	—	—	5 insurers
THE HOSPITALS OF PROVIDENCE HORIZON CITY CAMPUS	TX	$824	$659	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH GREELEY HOSPITAL	CO	$1,098	$659	—	—	5 insurers
BEAR VALLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$939	$657	—	—	4 insurers
ST MARY'S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$1,796	$718	—	—	4 insurers
SANFORD WORTHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$817	$654	—	—	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH MISSOURI VALLEY	IA	$1,332	$653	$759	$1,305	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH MISSOURI VALLEY	IA	$1,332	$653	$466	$1,305	5 insurers
SEQUOYAH COUNTY-CITY OF SALLISAW HOSPITAL AUTHORIT	OK	$968	$726	—	—	5 insurers
JOHN H STROGER JR HOSPITAL	IL	$1,039	$727	—	—	5 insurers
PROVIDENT HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO	IL	$1,039	$727	—	—	5 insurers
DEACONESS ILLINOIS CROSSROADS	IL	$1,849	$647	—	—	5 insurers
HILTON HEAD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	SC	—	$732	$378	$1,163	5 insurers
EAST COOPER MEDICAL CENTER	SC	—	$732	$378	$8,104	5 insurers
COASTAL CAROLINA HOSPITAL	SC	—	$732	$378	$1,031	5 insurers
GREENE COUNTY HOSPITAL	AL	$1,145	$641	—	—	5 insurers
GREENE COUNTY HOSPITAL	AL	$1,145	$641	—	—	5 insurers
GREENE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$1,145	$641	—	—	5 insurers
GREENE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$1,145	$641	—	—	5 insurers
DALLAS COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER	AR	$1,129	$734	—	—	5 insurers
EMANUEL MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$1,599	$640	—	—	0 insurers
DLP SWAIN COUNTY HOSPITAL LLC	NC	$1,599	$640	—	—	0 insurers