CPT 21015 · 950 hospitals reporting

Resect face/scalp tum < 2 cm

The same procedure costs $270 at one hospital and $11,638 at another — a 43× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $2,389.

Cheapest published

$270

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

Median across 950 hospitals

$2,389

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

Most expensive

$11,638

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

Price distribution

99 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
COLQUITT REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$2,389	$2,389	—	—	5 insurers
JACKSON COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AUTHORITY	OK	$2,389	$2,389	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MD ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	MD	$2,399	$2,399	—	—	1 insurers
TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN	TX	$2,315	$2,315	—	—	5 insurers
FLUSHING HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	NY	$2,243	$2,243	—	—	5 insurers
UT OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL - WILLIAM P. CLEMENTS JR.	TX	$2,957	$2,218	—	—	3 insurers
MAGNOLIA REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER	MS	$7,620	$2,591	—	—	5 insurers
SUMMIT SURGICAL, LLC	KS	$2,524	$2,019	—	—	5 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK-ALICE HY	NY	$2,860	$2,860	—	—	5 insurers
CHEYENNE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WY	$2,637	$1,846	—	—	2 insurers
CEDAR-SINAI MARINA DEL REY HOSPITAL	CA	$2,780	$1,807	—	—	5 insurers
CENTRAL VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER	VT	$1,746	$1,746	—	—	5 insurers
TRINITY ROCK ISLAND	IL	$2,174	$1,739	—	—	4 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MARSHALLTOWN	IA	$2,174	$1,739	—	—	4 insurers
TRINITY MUSCATINE	IA	$2,174	$1,739	—	—	3 insurers
TRINITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,174	$1,739	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	IA	$2,174	$1,739	—	—	3 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - DES MOINES IOWA METHODIST MEDI	IA	$2,174	$1,739	—	—	3 insurers
TRINITY - BETTENDORF	IA	$2,174	$1,739	—	—	4 insurers
ALLEN HOSPITAL	IA	$2,174	$1,739	—	—	4 insurers
FINLEY HOSPITAL	IA	$2,174	$1,739	—	—	5 insurers
ST LUKES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,174	$1,739	—	—	3 insurers
GRINNELL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,174	$1,739	—	—	5 insurers
GRUNDY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IA	$2,174	$1,739	—	—	4 insurers
JONES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,174	$1,739	—	—	5 insurers
CAMPBELL COUNTY HEALTH	WY	$3,100	$3,100	—	—	0 insurers
OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$16,310	$1,631	—	—	5 insurers
MUNSON HEALTHCARE CADILLAC HOSPITAL	MI	$1,830	$1,556	—	—	3 insurers
MUNSON HEALTHCARE OTSEGO MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	MI	$1,830	$1,556	—	—	3 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL	PA	—	$3,356	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN MONTGOMERY HOSPITAL	PA	—	$3,356	—	—	5 insurers
NORTH CENTRAL SURGICAL CENTER LLP	TX	$2,259	$1,355	$1,242	$8,427	5 insurers
TOPS SURGICAL SPECIALTY HOSPITAL	TX	$3,838	$1,343	$1	$5,394	5 insurers
BEAR VALLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$1,872	$1,310	—	—	4 insurers
JOHN H STROGER JR HOSPITAL	IL	$1,791	$1,254	—	—	5 insurers
PROVIDENT HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO	IL	$1,791	$1,254	—	—	5 insurers
ALTRU HOSPITAL	ND	$2,055	$1,254	—	—	0 insurers
CARLE EUREKA HOSPITAL	IL	$3,542	$3,542	—	—	3 insurers
BAYLOR MEDICAL CENTER AT TROPHY CLUB	TX	$2,014	$1,208	$1,108	$8,427	5 insurers
STEVENS COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$1,605	$1,204	—	—	5 insurers