CPT 20982 · 1,186 hospitals reporting

Bone ablation microwave

The same procedure costs $387 at one hospital and $83,222 at another — a 215× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $7,651.

Cheapest published

$387

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

Median across 1,186 hospitals

$7,651

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

Most expensive

$83,222

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

Price distribution

476 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
FAIRVIEW LAKES HEALTH SERVICES	MN	$19,080	$7,651	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW SOUTHDALE HOSPITAL	MN	$19,080	$7,651	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW UNIVERSITY OF MN MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$19,080	$7,651	—	—	5 insurers
FAIRVIEW NORTHLAND REGIONAL HOSPITAL	MN	$19,080	$7,651	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL	MN	$19,080	$7,651	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW WOODWINDS HOSPITAL	MN	$19,080	$7,651	—	—	5 insurers
Adventhealth Zephyrhills	FL	$12,748	$7,649	$1,030	$20,837	5 insurers
ADVENTHEALTH TAMPA	FL	$12,748	$7,649	$462	$26,162	5 insurers
YALE-NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL	CT	$12,941	$7,635	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HEALTH LAKEWOOD MEDICAL CENTER	MO	$13,956	$7,676	—	—	5 insurers
CENTURA HEALTH-PENROSE ST FRANCIS HEALTH SERVICES	CO	$13,055	$7,702	$7,180	$12,272	5 insurers
CENTURA HEALTH-PENROSE ST FRANCIS HEALTH SERVICES	CO	$13,055	$7,702	$677	$27,390	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH ST. FRANCIS	NE	$13,055	$7,702	$7,180	$12,272	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH ST. FRANCIS	NE	$13,055	$7,702	$677	$27,390	5 insurers
ADVENTHEALTH WATERMAN	FL	$14,223	$7,822	$1,030	$25,398	5 insurers
ADVENTHEALTH OCALA	FL	$13,038	$7,823	—	—	5 insurers
UNITED MEDICAL CENTER	DC	$15,695	$7,848	—	—	5 insurers
UNIONTOWN HOSPITAL	PA	$15,695	$7,848	—	—	5 insurers
UNITED HOSPITAL CENTER, INC	WV	$15,695	$7,848	—	—	5 insurers
WHEELING HOSPITAL, INC	WV	$15,695	$7,848	—	—	5 insurers
CAMDEN CLARK MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$15,695	$7,848	—	—	5 insurers
SISTERSVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL	WV	$15,695	$7,848	—	—	5 insurers
SUMMERSVILLE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$15,695	$7,848	—	—	5 insurers
USC ARCADIA HOSPITAL	CA	$22,465	$7,863	—	—	5 insurers
REYNOLDS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WV	$14,832	$7,416	—	—	5 insurers
WETZEL COUNTY HOSPITAL	WV	$14,832	$7,416	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE GOOD SHEPHERD HOSPITAL	IL	$15,780	$7,890	—	—	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH GOOD SAMARITAN	NE	$13,055	$7,964	$6,397	$12,141	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH GOOD SAMARITAN	NE	$13,055	$7,964	$677	$27,044	5 insurers
UCH-MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM	CO	$22,767	$7,968	—	—	5 insurers
LONGS PEAK HOSPITAL	CO	$22,767	$7,968	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH BROOMFIELD HOSPITAL	CO	$22,767	$7,968	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH GRANDVIEW HOSPITAL	CO	$22,767	$7,968	—	—	5 insurers
DEACONESS HOSPITAL INC	IN	$10,012	$8,010	$348	$13,430	5 insurers
CAPE FEAR VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$13,391	$8,035	—	—	5 insurers
BETSY JOHNSON REGIONAL HOSPITAL	NC	$13,391	$8,035	—	—	5 insurers
MARIA PARHAM MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$20,187	$8,075	—	—	0 insurers
ADVOCATE TRINITY HOSPITAL	IL	$14,440	$7,220	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW RIDGES HOSPITAL	MN	$19,080	$8,109	—	—	5 insurers
CAPITAL HEALTH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	NJ	$20,406	$8,162	—	—	1 insurers