CPT 17280 · 1,145 hospitals reporting

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The same procedure costs $51.5 at one hospital and $3,282 at another — a 64× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $265.

Cheapest published

$51.5

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

Median across 1,145 hospitals

$265

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

Most expensive

$3,282

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

Price distribution

252 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
MADISON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	ID	$310	$264	—	—	5 insurers
MADISON HOSPITAL	MN	$310	$264	—	—	5 insurers
FLUSHING HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	NY	$267	$267	—	—	5 insurers
VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$524	$267	—	—	4 insurers
FROEDTERT SOUTH INC.	WI	$487	$268	—	—	5 insurers
COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WI	$487	$268	—	—	4 insurers
FROEDTERT MEMORIAL LUTHERAN HOSPITAL	WI	$487	$268	—	—	4 insurers
USA HEALTH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL	AL	$689	$261	—	—	5 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL	NJ	$689	$261	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM, INC	TN	$689	$261	—	—	5 insurers
MID VALLEY HOSPITAL & CLINIC	WA	$372	$260	—	—	5 insurers
FAIRVIEW LAKES HEALTH SERVICES	MN	$649	$260	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW SOUTHDALE HOSPITAL	MN	$649	$260	—	—	4 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW UNIVERSITY OF MN MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$649	$260	—	—	4 insurers
FAIRVIEW NORTHLAND REGIONAL HOSPITAL	MN	$649	$260	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL	MN	$649	$260	—	—	4 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW WOODWINDS HOSPITAL	MN	$649	$260	—	—	4 insurers
DELTA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	AR	$338	$271	—	—	5 insurers
NORTHERN INYO HOSPITAL	CA	—	$258	$258	$421	5 insurers
ISLAND HOSPITAL	WA	$256	$256	—	—	5 insurers
REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$319	$255	—	—	1 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW RIDGES HOSPITAL	MN	$649	$276	—	—	5 insurers
MARK TWAIN MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$381	$254	$206	$373	5 insurers
MARK TWAIN MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$381	$254	$50.41	$373	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HOSPITAL AUTHORITY	CO	$793	$278	—	—	5 insurers
BURKE MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$355	$253	—	—	5 insurers
FAULKTON AREA MEDICAL CENTER	SD	$309	$278	—	—	0 insurers
FAULKTON AREA MEDICAL CENTER	SD	$309	$278	—	—	0 insurers
THOMAS HOSPITAL	AL	$558	$279	—	—	5 insurers
MONTEFIORE ST LUKE'S CORNWALL	NY	—	$250	—	—	5 insurers
LOGAN HEALTH - CHESTER	MT	—	$248	—	—	2 insurers
WALLOWA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	OR	$315	$284	$169	$306	0 insurers
CLARKE COUNTY HOSPITAL	IA	$246	$246	—	—	5 insurers
HAWARDEN REGIONAL HEALTHCARE	IA	$287	$244	—	—	2 insurers
JEFFERSON HEALTHCARE	WA	—	$244	—	—	0 insurers
BROADLAWNS MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$243	$243	—	—	5 insurers
SURGICAL INSTITUTE OF READING	PA	$747	$289	$65.76	$34,960	5 insurers
WETZEL COUNTY HOSPITAL	WV	$581	$291	—	—	5 insurers
PENOBSCOT VALLEY HOSPITAL	ME	$299	$239	—	—	5 insurers
SIDNEY HEALTH CENTER	MT	$384	$238	—	—	5 insurers