CPT 20615 · 1,046 hospitals reporting

Bone cyst aspiration

The same procedure costs $98.78 at one hospital and $6,067 at another — a 61× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $853.

Cheapest published

$98.78

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

Median across 1,046 hospitals

$853

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

Most expensive

$6,067

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

Price distribution

245 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
HILTON HEAD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	SC	—	$853	$659	$1,512	5 insurers
EAST COOPER MEDICAL CENTER	SC	$1,691	$853	$80	$1,534	5 insurers
COASTAL CAROLINA HOSPITAL	SC	—	$853	$659	$1,406	5 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN NORTHERN CALIF	CA	$860	$860	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN	IL	$860	$860	—	—	0 insurers
THE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN - BOSTON	MA	$860	$860	—	—	1 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN	MO	$860	$860	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN	OH	$860	$860	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN - PHILADELPHIA	PA	$860	$860	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN	SC	$860	$860	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN	TX	$860	$860	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN	WA	$860	$860	—	—	0 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - PANORAMA CITY	CA	$2,379	$833	$626	$1,693	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - LOS ANGELES	CA	$2,379	$833	$626	$1,693	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - DOWNEY	CA	$2,379	$833	$626	$1,693	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL FONTANA/ONTARIO	CA	$2,379	$833	$626	$1,693	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN DIEGO	CA	$2,379	$833	$626	$1,693	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WEST LA	CA	$2,379	$833	$626	$1,693	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WOODLAND HILLS	CA	$2,379	$833	$626	$1,693	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL, RIVERSIDE	CA	$2,379	$833	$626	$1,693	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - BALDWIN PARK	CA	$2,379	$833	$626	$1,693	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-MORENO VALLEY	CA	$2,379	$833	$626	$1,693	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL	HI	$2,256	$880	$554	$1,977	3 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL	PA	—	$825	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN MONTGOMERY HOSPITAL	PA	—	$825	—	—	5 insurers
MONTEFIORE ST LUKE'S CORNWALL	NY	—	$884	—	—	5 insurers
SAINT MICHAEL'S MEDICAL CENTER	NJ	$2,696	$821	$21.83	$2,696	5 insurers
CODY REGIONAL HEALTH	WY	$963	$819	—	—	5 insurers
UNITED MEDICAL CENTER	DC	$1,628	$814	—	—	5 insurers
REYNOLDS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WV	$1,628	$814	—	—	5 insurers
CAMDEN CLARK MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$1,628	$814	—	—	5 insurers
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS, INC	WV	$1,809	$905	—	—	5 insurers
WEST ANAHEIM MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$2,897	$906	$242	$2,897	5 insurers
LA PALMA INTERCOMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$2,897	$906	$242	$2,897	5 insurers
GIBSON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	IL	$908	$908	—	—	5 insurers
GIBSON GENERAL HOSPITAL	IN	$908	$908	—	—	5 insurers
ST NICHOLAS HOSPITAL	WI	$1,378	$909	—	—	5 insurers
University of Arkansas Medical Sciences	AR	$1,325	$795	—	—	5 insurers
ST JOSEPHS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL WEST BEND	WI	$1,445	$795	—	—	5 insurers
ST JOSEPH'S MEDICAL CENTER OF STOCKTON	CA	$2,700	$794	$1,944	$2,214	2 insurers