CPT 15851 · 1,163 hospitals reporting

Prof fee- rem sutures under anesth

The same procedure costs $54.6 at one hospital and $17,857 at another — a 327× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,579.

Cheapest published

$54.6

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

Median across 1,163 hospitals

$1,579

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

Most expensive

$17,857

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

Price distribution

297 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
ESKENAZI HEALTH	IN	$1,579	$1,579	—	—	5 insurers
ESKENAZI HEALTH	IN	$1,579	$1,579	—	—	5 insurers
ESKENAZI HEALTH	IN	$1,579	$1,579	—	—	5 insurers
CEDAR-SINAI MARINA DEL REY HOSPITAL	CA	$2,386	$1,551	—	—	5 insurers
University of Arkansas Medical Sciences	AR	$2,535	$1,521	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MED CENTER	MS	$4,100	$1,640	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER- GRENADA	MS	$4,100	$1,640	—	—	5 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER-LITTLE ROCK	AR	$6,931	$1,733	—	—	4 insurers
O U MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$17,807	$1,781	$1,614	$14,602	5 insurers
FAIRVIEW LAKES HEALTH SERVICES	MN	$4,514	$1,810	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW SOUTHDALE HOSPITAL	MN	$4,514	$1,810	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW UNIVERSITY OF MN MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$4,514	$1,810	—	—	5 insurers
FAIRVIEW NORTHLAND REGIONAL HOSPITAL	MN	$4,514	$1,810	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL	MN	$4,514	$1,810	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW WOODWINDS HOSPITAL	MN	$4,514	$1,810	—	—	5 insurers
SPRING VIEW HOSPITAL	KY	$4,548	$1,819	—	—	0 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW RIDGES HOSPITAL	MN	$4,514	$1,918	—	—	5 insurers
MARY BRIDGE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL	WA	$4,799	$1,920	—	—	1 insurers
CAPITAL HEALTH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	NJ	$4,826	$1,930	—	—	1 insurers
MULTICARE AUBURN MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$4,826	$1,930	—	—	1 insurers
TACOMA GENERAL ALLENMORE HOSPITAL	WA	$4,826	$1,930	—	—	2 insurers
MULTICARE COVINGTON MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$4,826	$1,930	—	—	1 insurers
EAST LIVERPOOL CITY HOSPITAL	OH	$3,109	$1,942	$933	$3,109	5 insurers
PROVIDENCE MEDICAL CENTER	KS	$4,371	$1,943	$195	$4,039	5 insurers
CAMDEN CLARK MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$2,334	$1,167	—	—	5 insurers
UNITED REGIONAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM	TX	$1,221	$1,160	—	—	0 insurers
COPPER QUEEN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	AZ	$2,858	$2,001	—	—	5 insurers
THE QUEENS MEDICAL CENTER	HI	$2,858	$2,001	—	—	5 insurers
ROME MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC	NY	$5,025	$2,029	—	—	5 insurers
UH REGIONAL HOSPITALS	OH	$2,709	$2,032	—	—	1 insurers
UH ST JOHN MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$2,709	$2,032	—	—	1 insurers
UH CLEVELAND MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$2,709	$2,032	—	—	1 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS - ELYRIA MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$2,709	$2,032	—	—	1 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS AHUJA MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$2,709	$2,032	—	—	1 insurers
METRO NASHVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL	TN	$3,406	$2,043	—	—	5 insurers
PEACEHEALTH KETCHIKAN MEDICAL CENTER	AK	$1,710	$1,112	—	—	0 insurers
KNAPP MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$8,629	$2,062	$79.32	$8,457	5 insurers
SANFORD MEDICAL CENTER FARGO	ND	$2,602	$2,082	—	—	2 insurers
SURGEONS CHOICE MEDICAL CENTER	MI	$2,850	$2,085	—	—	5 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO	CA	$6,015	$2,105	$2,036	$5,655	3 insurers