CPT 21282 · 983 hospitals reporting

Lateral canthopexy

The same procedure costs $189 at one hospital and $18,453 at another — a 97× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $2,193.

Cheapest published

$189

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

Median across 983 hospitals

$2,193

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

Most expensive

$18,453

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

Price distribution

144 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
ELLIS HOSPITAL	NY	$4,685	$2,343	—	—	4 insurers
CHI HEALTH SCHUYLER	NE	$2,404	$2,043	$2,170	$2,356	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH SCHUYLER	NE	$2,404	$2,043	$515	$2,722	5 insurers
SUMMIT SURGICAL, LLC	KS	$2,524	$2,019	—	—	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH PLAINVIEW HOSPITAL	NE	$2,404	$2,019	$2,170	$2,356	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH PLAINVIEW HOSPITAL	NE	$2,404	$2,019	$1,466	$3,256	5 insurers
TRINITY - BETTENDORF	IA	$2,400	$1,920	—	—	4 insurers
FINLEY HOSPITAL	IA	$2,400	$1,920	—	—	5 insurers
MISSION COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$3,803	$2,472	—	—	5 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO	CA	$7,162	$2,507	$3,252	$9,033	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-SANTA CLARA	CA	$7,162	$2,507	$3,252	$9,033	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL AND REHAB CENTER	CA	$7,162	$2,507	$3,252	$9,033	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - OAKLAND/RICHMOND	CA	$7,162	$2,507	$3,252	$9,033	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN FRANCISCO	CA	$7,162	$2,507	$3,252	$9,033	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SACRAMENTO	CA	$7,162	$2,507	$3,252	$9,033	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL	CA	$7,162	$2,507	$3,252	$9,033	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - FREMONT	CA	$7,162	$2,507	$3,252	$9,033	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-SAN JOSE	CA	$7,162	$2,507	$3,252	$9,033	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSP SO SACRAMENTO	CA	$7,162	$2,507	$3,252	$9,033	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-SANTA ROSA	CA	$7,162	$2,507	$3,252	$9,033	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - FRESNO	CA	$7,162	$2,507	$3,252	$9,033	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - ANTIOCH	CA	$7,162	$2,507	$3,252	$9,033	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - VACAVILLE	CA	$7,162	$2,507	$3,252	$9,033	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - ROSEVILLE	CA	$7,162	$2,507	$3,252	$9,033	3 insurers
University of Arkansas Medical Sciences	AR	$4,301	$2,581	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL	PA	—	$1,737	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN MONTGOMERY HOSPITAL	PA	—	$1,737	—	—	5 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK-ALICE HY	NY	$1,666	$1,666	—	—	5 insurers
UNM HOSPITAL	NM	$2,947	$1,621	—	—	5 insurers
CEDAR-SINAI MARINA DEL REY HOSPITAL	CA	$2,386	$1,551	—	—	5 insurers
CHESHIRE MEDICAL CENTER	NH	$5,070	$1,399	—	—	5 insurers
DOYLESTOWN HOSPITAL	PA	$3,061	$3,061	—	—	5 insurers
BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE SURGICAL HOSPITAL FORTWORTH	TX	$2,198	$1,319	$1,209	$8,427	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MD ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	MD	$1,315	$1,315	—	—	1 insurers
MAURY REGIONAL HOSPITAL	TN	$3,128	$1,282	—	—	5 insurers
TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN	TX	$1,280	$1,280	—	—	5 insurers
CHEYENNE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WY	$1,787	$1,251	—	—	2 insurers
CHI HEALTH MERCY COUNCIL BLUFFS	IA	$2,940	$1,235	$1,764	$2,499	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH MERCY COUNCIL BLUFFS	IA	$2,940	$1,235	$441	$12,082	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH BERGAN MERCY	NE	$2,940	$1,235	$1,764	$2,499	3 insurers