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The same procedure costs $114 at one hospital and $17,321 at another — a 152× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,865.

Cheapest published

$114

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

Median across 1,053 hospitals

$1,865

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

Most expensive

$17,321

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

Price distribution

242 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 ROCK ISLAND	IL	$2,331	$1,865	—	—	4 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MARSHALLTOWN	IA	$2,331	$1,865	—	—	5 insurers
TRINITY MUSCATINE	IA	$2,331	$1,865	—	—	3 insurers
TRINITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,331	$1,865	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	IA	$2,331	$1,865	—	—	3 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - DES MOINES IOWA METHODIST MEDI	IA	$2,331	$1,865	—	—	3 insurers
TRINITY - BETTENDORF	IA	$2,331	$1,865	—	—	4 insurers
ALLEN HOSPITAL	IA	$2,331	$1,865	—	—	4 insurers
FINLEY HOSPITAL	IA	$2,331	$1,865	—	—	5 insurers
ST LUKES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,331	$1,865	—	—	3 insurers
GRINNELL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,331	$1,865	—	—	5 insurers
GRUNDY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IA	$2,331	$1,865	—	—	4 insurers
JONES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,331	$1,865	—	—	5 insurers
SOUTH TEXAS HEALTH SYSTEM	TX	$4,760	$1,904	—	—	5 insurers
CAPE FEAR VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$3,188	$1,913	—	—	5 insurers
BETSY JOHNSON REGIONAL HOSPITAL	NC	$3,188	$1,913	—	—	5 insurers
FORT DUNCAN MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$4,524	$1,810	—	—	5 insurers
CHAMPLAIN VALLEY PHYSICIANS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CTR	NY	$1,807	$1,807	—	—	5 insurers
MONROE HOSPITAL	IN	$1,802	$1,802	—	—	5 insurers
HASKELL REGIONAL HOSPITAL, INC	OK	$1,802	$1,802	—	—	5 insurers
SAINT MICHAEL'S MEDICAL CENTER	NJ	$5,193	$1,799	$692	$4,842	5 insurers
MONTEFIORE ST LUKE'S CORNWALL	NY	—	$1,937	—	—	5 insurers
USA HEALTH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL	AL	$7,153	$1,943	—	—	5 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL	NJ	$7,153	$1,943	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM, INC	TN	$7,153	$1,943	—	—	5 insurers
NEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN/QUEENS	NY	—	$1,960	$471	$6,027	5 insurers
LIFECARE MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$2,232	$1,964	—	—	5 insurers
SIDNEY HEALTH CENTER	MT	$2,847	$1,763	—	—	5 insurers
SIDNEY HEALTH CENTER	MT	$2,847	$1,763	—	—	4 insurers
DARDANELLE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	AR	$4,491	$1,751	—	—	1 insurers
GARDEN GROVE HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$6,334	$1,985	$544	$6,334	5 insurers
WEST ANAHEIM MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$6,334	$1,985	$544	$6,334	5 insurers
LA PALMA INTERCOMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$6,334	$1,985	$544	$6,334	5 insurers
CENTINELA HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$3,415	$1,985	$200	$3,415	5 insurers
SHASTA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$8,085	$1,985	$544	$8,085	5 insurers
ADVOCATE CHRIST HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$3,470	$1,735	—	—	5 insurers
LANDMARK MEDICAL CENTER	RI	$8,085	$1,735	$708	$7,680	5 insurers
MAUI MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	HI	$5,160	$2,012	—	—	3 insurers
CONEMAUGH MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	PA	$4,263	$1,705	—	—	2 insurers
FLUSHING HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	NY	$2,033	$2,033	—	—	5 insurers