CPT 20985 · 846 hospitals reporting

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The same procedure costs $68.25 at one hospital and $29,492 at another — a 432× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,389.

Cheapest published

$68.25

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

Median across 846 hospitals

$1,389

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

Most expensive

$29,492

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

Price distribution

171 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
BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER - JACKSONVILLE	FL	$7,308	$1,389	—	—	5 insurers
ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER	CT	$2,420	$1,210	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA MEDICAL CTR WASHINGTON COUNTY	WI	$2,420	$1,210	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA ST LUKES MEDICAL CENTER	WI	$2,420	$1,210	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA BAYCARE MEDICAL CTR	WI	$2,420	$1,210	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA MEDICAL CTR OSHKOSH	WI	$2,420	$1,210	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA MEDICAL CENTER - SUMMIT	WI	$2,420	$1,210	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA MEDICAL CENTER	WI	$2,420	$1,210	—	—	5 insurers
CHEYENNE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WY	$1,714	$1,200	—	—	4 insurers
BAYLOR MEDICAL CENTER AT TROPHY CLUB	TX	$2,687	$1,612	$1,105	$8,427	5 insurers
ESKENAZI HEALTH	IN	$1,052	$1,052	—	—	5 insurers
ESKENAZI HEALTH	IN	$1,052	$1,052	—	—	5 insurers
ESKENAZI HEALTH	IN	$1,052	$1,052	—	—	5 insurers
University of Arkansas Medical Sciences	AR	$2,938	$1,763	—	—	5 insurers
NORTH CENTRAL SURGICAL CENTER LLP	TX	$1,671	$1,003	$919	$8,427	5 insurers
BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE SURGICAL HOSPITAL FORTWORTH	TX	$1,655	$993	$910	$8,427	5 insurers
HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY	NY	$1,785	$1,785	$107	$625	5 insurers
BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE ORTHOPEDIC AND SPINE HOSPI	TX	$1,636	$982	$900	$8,427	5 insurers
SIOUX FALLS SPECIALTY HOSPITAL	SD	$2,405	$1,804	$1	$2,405	5 insurers
FRYE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$4,673	$1,869	—	—	4 insurers
LEGENT ORTHOPEDIC + SPINE	TX	$3,750	$1,875	—	—	1 insurers
LEGENT ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL	TX	$3,750	$1,875	—	—	1 insurers
LEGENT SURGICAL HOSPITAL PLANO	TX	$1,800	$900	—	—	4 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER HEBER SPRINGS	AR	$7,593	$1,898	—	—	2 insurers
OAKLEAF SURGICAL HOSPITAL	WI	$2,110	$1,899	$0	$2,026	5 insurers
MAURY REGIONAL HOSPITAL	TN	$2,005	$822	—	—	5 insurers
MAURY REGIONAL HOSPITAL	TN	$2,005	$822	—	—	5 insurers
RIVER'S EDGE HOSPITAL & CLINIC	MN	$767	$613	—	—	5 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MERITER	WI	$755	$604	—	—	5 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK-ALICE HY	NY	$573	$573	—	—	5 insurers
COOK CHILDRENS MEDICAL CENTER PROSPER	TX	$738	$554	—	—	5 insurers
COQUILLE VALLEY HOSPITAL	OR	—	$515	$155	$515	5 insurers
SAUK PRAIRIE HOSPITAL	WI	$922	$504	—	—	4 insurers
TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN	TX	$493	$493	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MD ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	MD	$492	$492	—	—	1 insurers
MOUNTAIN VIEW HOSPITAL	ID	$687	$481	$0	$618	4 insurers
IDAHO FALLS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, LLC	ID	$687	$481	$0	$618	3 insurers
RINGGOLD COUNTY HOSPITAL	IA	$523	$471	—	—	0 insurers
FLUSHING HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	NY	$470	$470	—	—	5 insurers
STORY COUNTY HOSPITAL	IA	$586	$469	—	—	5 insurers