CPT 20694 · 1,139 hospitals reporting

Removal of external bone stabilizing device under anesthesia

The same procedure costs $101 at one hospital and $45,169 at another — a 447× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $2,007.

Cheapest published

$101

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

Median across 1,139 hospitals

$2,007

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

Most expensive

$45,169

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

Price distribution

293 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
MONTEFIORE ST LUKE'S CORNWALL	NY	—	$2,007	—	—	5 insurers
O U MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$19,946	$1,995	$1,310	$16,356	5 insurers
CRENSHAW COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	AL	$4,066	$2,033	—	—	2 insurers
CRENSHAW COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	AL	$4,066	$2,033	—	—	2 insurers
PARADISE VALLEY HOSPITAL	CA	$11,255	$2,058	$288	$11,255	5 insurers
SHASTA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$14,310	$2,058	$288	$14,310	5 insurers
BAXTER HEALTH	AR	$3,454	$2,073	—	—	3 insurers
GIBSON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	IL	$2,108	$2,108	—	—	5 insurers
GIBSON GENERAL HOSPITAL	IN	$2,108	$2,108	—	—	5 insurers
NORTH CENTRAL SURGICAL CENTER LLP	TX	$3,157	$1,894	$1,736	$8,427	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL	PA	—	$1,876	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN MONTGOMERY HOSPITAL	PA	—	$1,876	—	—	5 insurers
THOMAS HOSPITAL	AL	$3,735	$1,868	—	—	5 insurers
SAINT MICHAEL'S MEDICAL CENTER	NJ	$17,310	$1,864	$21.83	$13,848	5 insurers
ATRIUM HEALTH FLOYD MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$4,319	$2,159	—	—	2 insurers
WHEELING HOSPITAL, INC	WV	$3,697	$1,849	—	—	5 insurers
UNIONTOWN HOSPITAL	PA	$3,696	$1,848	—	—	5 insurers
SURGEONS CHOICE MEDICAL CENTER	MI	$6,850	$1,838	—	—	5 insurers
UNM HOSPITAL	NM	$3,994	$2,196	—	—	5 insurers
SAUK PRAIRIE HOSPITAL	WI	$3,312	$1,811	—	—	4 insurers
REYNOLDS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WV	$4,414	$2,207	—	—	5 insurers
LANDMARK MEDICAL CENTER	RI	$8,639	$1,799	$520	$8,207	5 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK-ALICE HY	NY	$1,795	$1,795	—	—	5 insurers
SALINE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	AR	$5,970	$1,791	—	—	1 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER- CONWAY	AR	$8,933	$2,233	—	—	4 insurers
MAUI MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	HI	$4,499	$1,755	—	—	3 insurers
ARKANSAS SURGICAL HOSPITAL	AR	$3,425	$1,751	$187	$2,000	5 insurers
NORTH VISTA HOSPITAL	NV	$7,657	$1,749	$637	$18,298	5 insurers
MOUNTAIN VIEW HOSPITAL	ID	$2,472	$1,730	$1,854	$5,149	5 insurers
IDAHO FALLS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, LLC	ID	$2,472	$1,730	$1,254	$3,612	4 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER INC	MD	$9,601	$1,714	$354	$9,601	5 insurers
ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$11,949	$1,714	$354	$11,949	5 insurers
SURGICAL INSTITUTE OF READING	PA	$5,933	$2,320	$409	$277,664	5 insurers
MOUNT GRANT GENERAL HOSPITAL	NV	$7,243	$1,643	$776	$7,026	5 insurers
ROXBOROUGH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	PA	$7,243	$1,643	$776	$7,026	5 insurers
TERREBONNE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER - PARISH	LA	$2,981	$2,373	$135	$2,866	5 insurers
PHYSICIANS MEDICAL CENTER	LA	$2,981	$2,373	$135	$2,866	5 insurers
HOLY FAMILY MEMORIAL	WI	—	$1,616	$320	$2,879	0 insurers
KNAPP MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$12,577	$1,607	$724	$12,325	5 insurers
DALLAS MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$6,342	$1,607	$411	$5,381	5 insurers