CPT 20912 · 968 hospitals reporting

Cartilage graft; nasal septum

The same procedure costs $299 at one hospital and $40,894 at another — a 137× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $2,635.

Cheapest published

$299

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

Median across 968 hospitals

$2,635

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

Most expensive

$40,894

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

Price distribution

151 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
SUMMIT SURGICAL, LLC	KS	$3,293	$2,635	—	—	5 insurers
MCALESTER REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER	OK	$6,243	$2,497	$1,691	$6,527	5 insurers
COPPER QUEEN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	AZ	$3,556	$2,489	—	—	5 insurers
THE QUEENS MEDICAL CENTER	HI	$3,556	$2,489	—	—	5 insurers
CARLE EUREKA HOSPITAL	IL	$2,448	$2,448	—	—	3 insurers
BOZEMAN HEALTH DEACONESS HOSPITAL	MT	$2,675	$2,140	$462	$4,078	5 insurers
BOZEMAN HEALTH BIG SKY MEDICAL CENTER	MT	$2,675	$2,140	$462	$4,078	5 insurers
TERREBONNE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER - PARISH	LA	$3,261	$3,261	$206	$3,261	5 insurers
PHYSICIANS MEDICAL CENTER	LA	$3,261	$3,261	$206	$3,261	5 insurers
UNM HOSPITAL	NM	$3,637	$2,001	—	—	5 insurers
UNITED HOSPITAL CENTER, INC	WV	$3,991	$1,995	—	—	5 insurers
SISTERSVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL	WV	$3,991	$1,995	—	—	5 insurers
SUMMERSVILLE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$3,991	$1,995	—	—	5 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK-ALICE HY	NY	$1,995	$1,995	—	—	5 insurers
BAXTER HEALTH	AR	$5,797	$3,478	—	—	3 insurers
OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$35,053	$3,505	—	—	5 insurers
MOUNTAIN VIEW HOSPITAL	ID	$2,472	$1,730	$1,854	$7,135	5 insurers
IDAHO FALLS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, LLC	ID	$2,472	$1,730	$1,854	$7,607	4 insurers
TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN	TX	$1,643	$1,643	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MD ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	MD	$1,640	$1,640	—	—	1 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER - JACKSONVILLE	FL	$8,459	$1,607	—	—	5 insurers
RIVER'S EDGE HOSPITAL & CLINIC	MN	$2,007	$1,606	—	—	5 insurers
CODY REGIONAL HEALTH	WY	$1,845	$1,568	—	—	5 insurers
CEDAR-SINAI MARINA DEL REY HOSPITAL	CA	$2,386	$1,551	—	—	5 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER-LITTLE ROCK	AR	$15,031	$3,758	—	—	5 insurers
FLUSHING HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	NY	$1,496	$1,496	—	—	5 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER NORTH LITTLE ROCK	AR	$15,356	$3,839	—	—	5 insurers
ELLIS HOSPITAL	NY	$2,854	$1,427	—	—	4 insurers
University of Arkansas Medical Sciences	AR	$2,345	$1,407	—	—	5 insurers
CHEYENNE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WY	$1,957	$1,370	—	—	2 insurers
CAMPBELL COUNTY HEALTH	WY	$3,904	$3,904	—	—	0 insurers
ESKENAZI HEALTH	IN	$1,359	$1,359	—	—	5 insurers
ESKENAZI HEALTH	IN	$1,359	$1,359	—	—	5 insurers
ESKENAZI HEALTH	IN	$1,359	$1,359	—	—	5 insurers
BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER SOUTH	AL	$6,697	$1,272	—	—	5 insurers
HILTON HEAD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	SC	—	$4,019	$822	$7,383	5 insurers
EAST COOPER MEDICAL CENTER	SC	—	$4,019	$822	$11,043	5 insurers
COASTAL CAROLINA HOSPITAL	SC	—	$4,019	$822	$6,313	5 insurers
CHESHIRE MEDICAL CENTER	NH	$4,371	$1,206	—	—	5 insurers
UNIONTOWN HOSPITAL	PA	$2,373	$1,186	—	—	5 insurers