CPT 15220 · 1,118 hospitals reporting

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The same procedure costs $207 at one hospital and $18,448 at another — a 89× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $2,200.

Cheapest published

$207

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

Median across 1,118 hospitals

$2,200

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

Most expensive

$18,448

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

Price distribution

281 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
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER INC	MD	$12,095	$2,200	$488	$12,095	5 insurers
GLENCOE REGIONAL HEALTH	MN	$2,245	$2,245	—	—	1 insurers
TRINITY ROCK ISLAND	IL	$2,818	$2,254	—	—	5 insurers
TRINITY - BETTENDORF	IA	$2,818	$2,254	—	—	5 insurers
CHEYENNE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WY	$3,065	$2,145	—	—	4 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL	PA	—	$2,145	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN MONTGOMERY HOSPITAL	PA	—	$2,145	—	—	5 insurers
COOKEVILLE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	TN	$3,498	$2,144	—	—	2 insurers
CHOCTAW HEALTH CENTER	MS	$4,284	$2,142	—	—	1 insurers
CHOCTAW MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	OK	$4,284	$2,142	—	—	1 insurers
HOLY FAMILY MEMORIAL	WI	—	$2,127	$452	$3,791	0 insurers
UNIVERSITY HEALTH LAKEWOOD MEDICAL CENTER	MO	$4,133	$2,273	—	—	5 insurers
CHI ST JOSEPH HEALTH REGIONAL HOSPITAL	TX	$6,499	$2,275	$595	$5,544	5 insurers
MAUI MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	HI	$5,838	$2,277	—	—	3 insurers
STARR REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER ATHENS	TN	$10,720	$2,101	—	—	1 insurers
WILLS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	GA	$2,798	$2,098	—	—	0 insurers
SURGEONS CHOICE MEDICAL CENTER	MI	$4,850	$2,085	—	—	5 insurers
COLQUITT REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$2,317	$2,317	—	—	5 insurers
JACKSON COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AUTHORITY	OK	$2,317	$2,317	—	—	5 insurers
NAVICENT HEALTH BALDWIN	GA	$4,153	$2,077	—	—	1 insurers
ATRIUM HEALTH NAVICENT PEACH	GA	$4,153	$2,077	—	—	1 insurers
ATRIUM HEALTH FLOYD MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$4,148	$2,074	—	—	2 insurers
MISSION REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$8,330	$2,062	$420	$6,664	5 insurers
DALLAS MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$3,902	$2,062	$253	$3,902	5 insurers
ATRIUM HEALTH NAVICENT THE MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$4,116	$2,058	—	—	2 insurers
ESKENAZI HEALTH	IN	$2,036	$2,036	—	—	5 insurers
ESKENAZI HEALTH	IN	$2,036	$2,036	—	—	5 insurers
ESKENAZI HEALTH	IN	$2,036	$2,036	—	—	5 insurers
UNITED MEDICAL CENTER	DC	$4,743	$2,372	—	—	5 insurers
UNIONTOWN HOSPITAL	PA	$4,743	$2,372	—	—	5 insurers
CAMDEN CLARK MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$4,743	$2,372	—	—	5 insurers
THOMAS HOSPITAL	AL	$4,809	$2,405	—	—	5 insurers
TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN	TX	$1,990	$1,990	—	—	5 insurers
SAUK PRAIRIE HOSPITAL	WI	$4,406	$2,410	—	—	4 insurers
WETZEL COUNTY HOSPITAL	WV	$4,822	$2,411	—	—	5 insurers
RIVER'S EDGE HOSPITAL & CLINIC	MN	$2,482	$1,986	—	—	5 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MERITER	WI	$3,019	$2,415	—	—	5 insurers
PRINCETON BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$4,872	$2,436	—	—	5 insurers
FROEDTERT SOUTH INC.	WI	$4,434	$2,439	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HOSPITAL AUTHORITY	CO	$5,583	$1,954	—	—	5 insurers