CPT 20999 · 1,018 hospitals reporting

Ct-muscoskeletal general surg

The same procedure costs $82 at one hospital and $25,917 at another — a 316× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,058.

Cheapest published

$82

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

Median across 1,018 hospitals

$1,058

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

Most expensive

$25,917

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

Price distribution

311 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
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - PANORAMA CITY	CA	$3,023	$1,058	$208	$561	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - LOS ANGELES	CA	$3,023	$1,058	$208	$561	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - DOWNEY	CA	$3,023	$1,058	$208	$561	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL FONTANA/ONTARIO	CA	$3,023	$1,058	$208	$561	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN DIEGO	CA	$3,023	$1,058	$208	$561	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WEST LA	CA	$3,023	$1,058	$208	$561	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WOODLAND HILLS	CA	$3,023	$1,058	$208	$561	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL, RIVERSIDE	CA	$3,023	$1,058	$208	$561	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - BALDWIN PARK	CA	$3,023	$1,058	$208	$561	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-MORENO VALLEY	CA	$3,023	$1,058	$208	$561	3 insurers
MAINEHEALTH MAINE MEDICAL CENTER	ME	$1,053	$1,053	—	—	5 insurers
MAINEHEALTH PEN BAY HOSPITAL	ME	$1,053	$1,053	—	—	5 insurers
LINCOLNHEALTH	ME	$1,053	$1,053	—	—	5 insurers
MAINEHEALTH WALDO HOSPITAL	ME	$1,053	$1,053	—	—	5 insurers
MAINEHEALTH STEPHENS HOSPITAL	ME	$1,053	$1,053	—	—	5 insurers
MAINEHEALTH FRANKLIN HOSPITAL	ME	$1,053	$1,053	—	—	5 insurers
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, THE	NH	$1,053	$1,053	—	—	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
BARNESVILLE HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, INC	OH	$2,082	$1,041	—	—	1 insurers
BERKELEY MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$2,082	$1,041	—	—	1 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS PORTAGE MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$1,354	$1,016	—	—	1 insurers
NORTON SCOTT HOSPITAL	IN	$5,553	$1,111	—	—	1 insurers
NORTON HOSPITALS, INC	KY	$5,553	$1,111	—	—	1 insurers
NORTH CENTRAL SURGICAL CENTER LLP	TX	$1,671	$1,003	$919	$8,427	5 insurers
SIDNEY HEALTH CENTER	MT	$1,578	$977	—	—	0 insurers
COPPER QUEEN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	AZ	$1,368	$958	—	—	5 insurers
THE QUEENS MEDICAL CENTER	HI	$1,368	$958	—	—	5 insurers
BROADLAWNS MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$929	$929	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE LUTHERAN GENERAL HOSPITAL	IL	$1,810	$905	—	—	5 insurers
MAURY REGIONAL HOSPITAL	TN	$3,012	$1,235	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$1,128	$846	—	—	0 insurers
CHI-ST VINCENT INFIRMARY	AR	$3,282	$842	—	—	0 insurers
CHI-ST VINCENT INFIRMARY	AR	$3,282	$842	$116	$6,955	5 insurers
CHI ST VINCENT MORRILTON	AR	$3,282	$836	—	—	0 insurers
CHI ST VINCENT MORRILTON	AR	$3,282	$836	$116	$2,823	5 insurers
ST VINCENT MEDICAL CENTER/NORTH	AR	$3,282	$834	—	—	0 insurers
ST VINCENT MEDICAL CENTER/NORTH	AR	$3,282	$834	$116	$2,699	5 insurers
BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE ORTHOPEDIC AND SPINE HOSPI	TX	$2,159	$1,295	$1,187	$8,427	5 insurers