CPT 21400 · 1,026 hospitals reporting

Closed tx orbit w/o manipulj

The same procedure costs $65.53 at one hospital and $6,546 at another — a 100× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $860.

Cheapest published

$65.53

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

Median across 1,026 hospitals

$860

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

Most expensive

$6,546

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

Price distribution

227 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
TRINITY MUSCATINE	IA	$1,075	$860	—	—	4 insurers
TRINITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$1,075	$860	—	—	4 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	IA	$1,075	$860	—	—	4 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - DES MOINES IOWA METHODIST MEDI	IA	$1,075	$860	—	—	4 insurers
ST LUKES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$1,075	$860	—	—	4 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH EAST	KY	$2,181	$876	$1,985	$1,985	1 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH EAST	KY	$2,181	$876	$500	$2,855	5 insurers
SAINT CLARE'S HOSPITAL/ DENVILLE CAMPUS	NJ	$2,181	$876	$1,985	$1,985	1 insurers
SAINT CLARE'S HOSPITAL/ DENVILLE CAMPUS	NJ	$2,181	$876	$500	$2,855	5 insurers
GRANVILLE HEALTH SYSTEMS	NC	$1,110	$888	—	—	0 insurers
ANIMAS SURGICAL HOSPITAL, LLC	CO	—	$889	$450	$889	3 insurers
ST TAMMANY PARISH HOSPITAL	LA	$1,500	$900	—	—	0 insurers
AMBERWELL ATCHISON ASSOCIATION	KS	$1,296	$907	$454	—	4 insurers
CHI ST JOSEPH HEALTH REGIONAL HOSPITAL	TX	$2,600	$910	$369	$2,960	5 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK-ALICE HY	NY	$915	$915	—	—	5 insurers
BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE ORTHOPEDIC AND SPINE HOSPI	TX	$1,526	$916	$839	$8,427	5 insurers
HIGH POINT REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM	NC	$1,852	$926	—	—	0 insurers
NORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST HOSPITAL	NC	$1,852	$926	—	—	0 insurers
SUMMIT SURGICAL, LLC	KS	$1,160	$928	—	—	5 insurers
SURGICAL INSTITUTE OF READING	PA	$4,631	$778	$119	$216,731	5 insurers
TERREBONNE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER - PARISH	LA	$7,036	$773	$181	$6,684	5 insurers
PHYSICIANS MEDICAL CENTER	LA	$7,036	$773	$181	$6,684	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW RIDGES HOSPITAL	MN	$1,810	$769	—	—	5 insurers
JOHN H STROGER JR HOSPITAL	IL	$1,378	$965	—	—	4 insurers
PROVIDENT HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO	IL	$1,378	$965	—	—	4 insurers
NORTH CENTRAL SURGICAL CENTER LLP	TX	$1,609	$965	$885	$8,427	5 insurers
TRINITY ROCK ISLAND	IL	$1,232	$986	—	—	4 insurers
ALLEN HOSPITAL	IA	$1,232	$986	—	—	4 insurers
GRUNDY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IA	$1,232	$986	—	—	4 insurers
JONES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$1,232	$986	—	—	5 insurers
UNM HOSPITAL	NM	$1,335	$734	—	—	5 insurers
FAIRVIEW LAKES HEALTH SERVICES	MN	$1,810	$726	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW SOUTHDALE HOSPITAL	MN	$1,810	$726	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW UNIVERSITY OF MN MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$1,810	$726	—	—	5 insurers
FAIRVIEW NORTHLAND REGIONAL HOSPITAL	MN	$1,810	$726	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL	MN	$1,810	$726	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW WOODWINDS HOSPITAL	MN	$1,810	$726	—	—	5 insurers
GENEVA GENERAL HOSPITAL	NY	$1,808	$723	—	—	0 insurers
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF YATES	NY	$1,808	$723	—	—	5 insurers
SHARP MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	CA	$964	$723	—	—	5 insurers