CPT 21555 · 1,253 hospitals reporting

Removal of growth under skin of neck or front of chest; less than 3.0 cm

The same procedure costs $100 at one hospital and $27,039 at another — a 270× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,899.

Cheapest published

$100

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

Median across 1,253 hospitals

$1,899

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

Most expensive

$27,039

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

Price distribution

398 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
UNITED MEDICAL CENTER	DC	$3,797	$1,899	—	—	5 insurers
UNIONTOWN HOSPITAL	PA	$3,797	$1,899	—	—	5 insurers
WHEELING HOSPITAL, INC	WV	$3,797	$1,899	—	—	5 insurers
CAMDEN CLARK MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$3,797	$1,899	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL	PA	—	$1,900	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN MONTGOMERY HOSPITAL	PA	—	$1,900	—	—	5 insurers
SAINT MICHAEL'S MEDICAL CENTER	NJ	$15,390	$1,915	$21.83	$12,312	5 insurers
CHOCTAW HEALTH CENTER	MS	$3,834	$1,917	—	—	1 insurers
CHOCTAW MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	OK	$3,834	$1,917	—	—	1 insurers
BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE SURGICAL HOSPITAL FORTWORTH	TX	$3,118	$1,871	$1,659	$8,427	5 insurers
CAPE FEAR VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$3,093	$1,856	—	—	5 insurers
SURGEONS CHOICE MEDICAL CENTER	MI	$8,850	$1,854	—	—	5 insurers
LANDMARK MEDICAL CENTER	RI	$6,563	$1,847	$1,045	$6,234	5 insurers
CAMPBELL COUNTY HEALTH	WY	$1,799	$1,799	—	—	0 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK-ALICE HY	NY	$1,796	$1,796	—	—	5 insurers
WETZEL COUNTY HOSPITAL	WV	$4,011	$2,006	—	—	5 insurers
MAUI MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	HI	$4,569	$1,782	—	—	3 insurers
BAYLOR MEDICAL CENTER AT TROPHY CLUB	TX	$3,363	$2,018	$1,659	$8,427	5 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER INC	MD	$18,490	$1,761	$323	$18,490	5 insurers
ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$10,331	$1,761	$323	$10,331	5 insurers
WILLS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	GA	$2,339	$1,754	—	—	0 insurers
NOVANT HEALTH PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$3,506	$1,753	$611	$3,401	5 insurers
PEACEHEALTH KETCHIKAN MEDICAL CENTER	AK	$3,146	$2,045	—	—	0 insurers
CRITTENDEN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	KY	$3,540	$2,053	—	—	5 insurers
MONTEFIORE ST LUKE'S CORNWALL	NY	—	$2,062	—	—	5 insurers
TRIGG COUNTY HOSPITAL	KY	$4,330	$1,732	—	—	5 insurers
SHARE MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$3,200	$2,080	—	—	0 insurers
WAYNE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	PA	$2,601	$2,081	$1,040	$2,081	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH SCHUYLER	NE	$1,993	$1,694	$1,799	$1,953	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH SCHUYLER	NE	$1,993	$1,694	$427	$2,256	5 insurers
WETZEL COUNTY HOSPITAL	WV	$4,212	$2,106	—	—	5 insurers
ENCINO HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$5,414	$2,113	$348	$5,414	5 insurers
SAN DIMAS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$9,677	$2,113	$475	$9,677	5 insurers
DESERT VALLEY HOSPITAL	CA	$3,639	$2,113	$475	$3,639	5 insurers
SHASTA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$15,684	$2,113	$475	$15,684	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH PLAINVIEW HOSPITAL	NE	$1,993	$1,674	$1,799	$1,953	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH PLAINVIEW HOSPITAL	NE	$1,993	$1,674	$1,216	$2,699	5 insurers
USA HEALTH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL	AL	$5,573	$2,125	—	—	5 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL	NJ	$5,573	$2,125	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM, INC	TN	$5,573	$2,125	—	—	5 insurers