CPT 21440 · 1,019 hospitals reporting

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The same procedure costs $166 at one hospital and $18,448 at another — a 111× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $2,997.

Cheapest published

$166

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

Median across 1,019 hospitals

$2,997

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

Most expensive

$18,448

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

Price distribution

239 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
MAUI MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	HI	$7,684	$2,997	—	—	2 insurers
GRANVILLE HEALTH SYSTEMS	NC	$3,646	$2,917	—	—	0 insurers
CAPE FEAR VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$5,132	$3,079	—	—	5 insurers
BETSY JOHNSON REGIONAL HOSPITAL	NC	$5,132	$3,079	—	—	5 insurers
SUMMIT SURGICAL, LLC	KS	$3,585	$2,868	—	—	5 insurers
ALAMEDA HOSPITAL	CA	$5,717	$2,859	$2,287	$4,288	4 insurers
HIGHLAND HOSPITAL	CA	$5,717	$2,859	$2,287	$4,288	4 insurers
WESTERLY HOSPITAL	RI	$7,935	$2,857	—	—	5 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK-ALICE HY	NY	$3,191	$3,191	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS CONNEAUT MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$4,268	$3,201	—	—	1 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MERITER	WI	$4,068	$3,254	—	—	5 insurers
LOWER BUCKS HOSPITAL	PA	$10,869	$3,261	$1,890	$8,695	5 insurers
MOUNT GRANT GENERAL HOSPITAL	NV	$10,869	$3,389	$1,890	$10,542	5 insurers
ROXBOROUGH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	PA	$10,869	$3,389	$1,890	$10,542	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MED CENTER	MS	$6,500	$2,600	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER- GRENADA	MS	$6,500	$2,600	—	—	5 insurers
CAMPBELL COUNTY HEALTH	WY	$3,414	$3,414	—	—	0 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL	HI	$6,494	$2,533	$2,433	$8,691	3 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$4,616	$3,462	—	—	0 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS PORTAGE MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$4,616	$3,462	—	—	1 insurers
LAKE HEALTH	OH	$4,616	$3,462	—	—	0 insurers
University of Arkansas Medical Sciences	AR	$4,215	$2,529	—	—	5 insurers
MAURY REGIONAL HOSPITAL	TN	$8,476	$3,475	—	—	5 insurers
FAYETTE MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$3,485	$3,485	$3,485	$3,485	1 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER	OR	$4,583	$2,444	$3,437	$4,354	5 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER	OR	$4,583	$2,444	$2,760	$12,082	5 insurers
NORTH HAWAII COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, INC	HI	$5,104	$3,573	—	—	5 insurers
CHRISTUS ST FRANCES CABRINI HOSPITAL	LA	$9,305	$2,419	$553	$7,909	5 insurers
CARLE FOUNDATION HOSPITAL	IL	$3,591	$3,591	—	—	2 insurers
SOUTHWEST HEALTHCARE RANCHO SPRINGS HOSPITAL	CA	$5,999	$2,400	—	—	5 insurers
NORTH VISTA HOSPITAL	NV	$9,731	$3,606	$557	$9,731	5 insurers
JACKSON HEALTH SYSTEM	FL	$1,230	$2,371	$916	$916	1 insurers
ATRIUM HEALTH FLOYD MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$7,353	$3,676	—	—	2 insurers
NAVICENT HEALTH BALDWIN	GA	$7,360	$3,680	—	—	1 insurers
ATRIUM HEALTH NAVICENT PEACH	GA	$7,360	$3,680	—	—	1 insurers
IVINSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WY	$3,682	$3,682	—	—	5 insurers
LANDMARK MEDICAL CENTER	RI	$8,085	$3,709	$1,251	$7,680	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL	PA	—	$3,802	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN MONTGOMERY HOSPITAL	PA	—	$3,802	—	—	5 insurers
SAINT MICHAEL'S MEDICAL CENTER	NJ	$10,869	$3,844	$1,449	$8,695	5 insurers