CPT 20500 · 1,084 hospitals reporting

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The same procedure costs $84.7 at one hospital and $8,117 at another — a 96× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,200.

Cheapest published

$84.7

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

Median across 1,084 hospitals

$1,200

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

Most expensive

$8,117

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

Price distribution

346 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
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MED CENTER	MS	$3,000	$1,200	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER- GRENADA	MS	$3,000	$1,200	—	—	5 insurers
CHI ST ALEXIUS HEALTH	ND	$2,354	$1,201	$1,742	$2,119	3 insurers
CHI ST ALEXIUS HEALTH	ND	$2,354	$1,201	$1,481	$2,563	5 insurers
ADVENTHEALTH CENTRAL TEXAS	TX	$2,399	$1,200	$1,072	$2,159	5 insurers
ADVENTHEALTH ROLLINS BROOK	TX	$2,399	$1,200	$1,072	$2,159	5 insurers
MAURY REGIONAL HOSPITAL	TN	$2,864	$1,174	—	—	5 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - PANORAMA CITY	CA	$3,571	$1,250	$1,362	$3,681	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - LOS ANGELES	CA	$3,571	$1,250	$1,362	$3,681	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - DOWNEY	CA	$3,571	$1,250	$1,362	$3,681	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL FONTANA/ONTARIO	CA	$3,571	$1,250	$1,362	$3,681	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN DIEGO	CA	$3,571	$1,250	$1,362	$3,681	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WEST LA	CA	$3,571	$1,250	$1,362	$3,681	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WOODLAND HILLS	CA	$3,571	$1,250	$1,362	$3,681	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL, RIVERSIDE	CA	$3,571	$1,250	$1,362	$3,681	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - BALDWIN PARK	CA	$3,571	$1,250	$1,362	$3,681	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-MORENO VALLEY	CA	$3,571	$1,250	$1,362	$3,681	3 insurers
DOYLESTOWN HOSPITAL	PA	$1,140	$1,140	—	—	5 insurers
MARSHALL MEDICAL CENTERS	AL	$1,266	$1,266	—	—	5 insurers
MARSHALL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$1,266	$1,266	—	—	5 insurers
MARSHALL MEDICAL CENTER	TN	$1,266	$1,266	—	—	5 insurers
UNM HOSPITAL	NM	$2,305	$1,268	—	—	5 insurers
ADVENTHEALTH SHAWNEE MISSION	KS	$2,251	$1,125	$54.53	$2,300	5 insurers
ST JOSEPH'S MEDICAL CENTER OF STOCKTON	CA	$4,402	$1,294	$3,169	$3,610	2 insurers
OCHSNER LAIRD HOSPITAL	MS	$2,174	$1,326	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH GREELEY HOSPITAL	CO	$2,219	$1,331	—	—	5 insurers
BAKERSFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	CA	$3,639	$1,336	$2,547	$2,875	3 insurers
BAKERSFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	CA	$3,639	$1,336	$122	$6,300	5 insurers
OCHSNER SCOTT REGIONAL	MS	$2,174	$1,370	—	—	5 insurers
UCH-MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM	CO	$2,928	$1,025	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH BROOMFIELD HOSPITAL	CO	$2,928	$1,025	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH GRANDVIEW HOSPITAL	CO	$2,928	$1,025	—	—	5 insurers
TRINITY MUSCATINE	IA	$1,268	$1,014	—	—	4 insurers
TRINITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$1,268	$1,014	—	—	4 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	IA	$1,268	$1,014	—	—	4 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - DES MOINES IOWA METHODIST MEDI	IA	$1,268	$1,014	—	—	4 insurers
ST LUKES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$1,268	$1,014	—	—	4 insurers
COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WI	$1,813	$997	—	—	4 insurers
FROEDTERT MEMORIAL LUTHERAN HOSPITAL	WI	$1,813	$997	—	—	4 insurers
ACADIA ST LANDRY	LA	$1,305	$979	—	—	1 insurers