CPT 20101 · 1,105 hospitals reporting

Expl pentrg wound chest

The same procedure costs $129 at one hospital and $18,448 at another — a 143× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,844.

Cheapest published

$129

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

Median across 1,105 hospitals

$1,844

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

323 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
OCHSNER CHOCTAW GENERAL	AL	$2,426	$1,844	—	—	5 insurers
CHRISTUS ST FRANCES CABRINI HOSPITAL	LA	$7,318	$1,903	$553	$7,561	5 insurers
COLQUITT REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$1,725	$1,725	—	—	5 insurers
JACKSON COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AUTHORITY	OK	$1,725	$1,725	—	—	5 insurers
PALMDALE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$4,278	$1,711	—	—	5 insurers
SOUTHWEST HEALTHCARE RANCHO SPRINGS HOSPITAL	CA	$4,278	$1,711	—	—	5 insurers
HENDERSON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	NE	$4,973	$1,989	—	—	5 insurers
VALLEY HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	NV	$4,973	$1,989	—	—	5 insurers
SUMMERLIN HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	NV	$4,973	$1,989	—	—	5 insurers
SPRING VALLEY HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	NV	$4,973	$1,989	—	—	5 insurers
CENTENNIAL HILLS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	NV	$4,973	$1,989	—	—	5 insurers
HENDERSON HOSPITAL	NV	$4,973	$1,989	—	—	5 insurers
WEST HENDERSON HOSPITAL	NV	$4,973	$1,989	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$2,258	$1,694	—	—	0 insurers
STARR COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	TX	$2,000	$2,000	—	—	5 insurers
MANATEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	FL	$4,190	$1,676	—	—	5 insurers
LAKEWOOD RANCH MEDICAL CENTER	FL	$4,190	$1,676	—	—	5 insurers
OCHSNER STENNIS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	MS	$2,426	$1,674	—	—	5 insurers
KALKASKA MEMORIAL HEALTH CENTER	MI	$1,966	$1,671	—	—	5 insurers
LOWER BUCKS HOSPITAL	PA	$7,139	$2,029	$1,241	$5,711	5 insurers
UH REGIONAL HOSPITALS	OH	$2,710	$2,033	—	—	1 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS PORTAGE MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$2,710	$2,033	—	—	1 insurers
LAKE HEALTH	OH	$2,710	$2,033	—	—	0 insurers
UH ST JOHN MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$2,710	$2,033	—	—	1 insurers
UH CLEVELAND MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$2,710	$2,033	—	—	1 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS - ELYRIA MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$2,710	$2,033	—	—	1 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS AHUJA MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$2,710	$2,033	—	—	1 insurers
RAINBOW BABIES AND CHILDRENS HOSPITAL	OH	$2,710	$2,033	—	—	1 insurers
CENTRAL MAINE MEDICAL CENTER	ME	$11,248	$2,035	$2,036	$9,808	5 insurers
GARDEN CITY HOSPITAL	MI	$9,000	$2,046	$1,097	$9,000	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
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS CONNEAUT MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$2,171	$1,628	—	—	1 insurers
OCHSNER WATKINS HOSPITAL	MS	$2,426	$1,625	—	—	5 insurers
ALAMEDA HOSPITAL	CA	$3,225	$1,613	$1,290	$2,419	4 insurers
HIGHLAND HOSPITAL	CA	$3,225	$1,613	$1,290	$2,419	4 insurers
WILLS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	GA	$2,798	$2,098	—	—	0 insurers
MOUNT GRANT GENERAL HOSPITAL	NV	$10,730	$2,109	$1,582	$10,408	5 insurers
ROXBOROUGH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	PA	$10,730	$2,109	$1,582	$10,408	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MD ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	MD	$1,576	$1,576	—	—	1 insurers