CPT 21930 · 1,229 hospitals reporting

Removal of growth under skin of back or lower sides; less than 3.0 cm

The same procedure costs $117 at one hospital and $32,840 at another — a 281× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,845.

Cheapest published

$117

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

Median across 1,229 hospitals

$1,845

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

Most expensive

$32,840

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

Price distribution

378 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
HIGH POINT REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM	NC	$3,689	$1,845	—	—	0 insurers
NORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST HOSPITAL	NC	$3,689	$1,845	—	—	0 insurers
LANDMARK MEDICAL CENTER	RI	$6,563	$1,847	$1,045	$6,234	5 insurers
ARKANSAS SURGICAL HOSPITAL	AR	$3,425	$1,830	$597	$2,500	5 insurers
COLQUITT REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$1,815	$1,815	—	—	5 insurers
JACKSON COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AUTHORITY	OK	$1,815	$1,815	—	—	5 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - PANORAMA CITY	CA	$5,184	$1,814	$1,417	$3,829	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - LOS ANGELES	CA	$5,184	$1,814	$1,417	$3,829	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - DOWNEY	CA	$5,184	$1,814	$1,417	$3,829	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL FONTANA/ONTARIO	CA	$5,184	$1,814	$1,417	$3,829	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN DIEGO	CA	$5,184	$1,814	$1,417	$3,829	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WEST LA	CA	$5,184	$1,814	$1,417	$3,829	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WOODLAND HILLS	CA	$5,184	$1,814	$1,417	$3,829	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL, RIVERSIDE	CA	$5,184	$1,814	$1,417	$3,829	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - BALDWIN PARK	CA	$5,184	$1,814	$1,417	$3,829	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-MORENO VALLEY	CA	$5,184	$1,814	$1,417	$3,829	3 insurers
CEDAR-SINAI MARINA DEL REY HOSPITAL	CA	$2,780	$1,807	—	—	5 insurers
UNM HOSPITAL	NM	$3,429	$1,886	—	—	5 insurers
CAMPBELL COUNTY HEALTH	WY	$1,799	$1,799	—	—	0 insurers
NORTH VISTA HOSPITAL	NV	$5,868	$1,796	$619	$5,868	5 insurers
UNITED MEDICAL CENTER	DC	$3,797	$1,899	—	—	5 insurers
UNIONTOWN HOSPITAL	PA	$3,797	$1,899	—	—	5 insurers
UNITED HOSPITAL CENTER, INC	WV	$3,797	$1,899	—	—	5 insurers
CAMDEN CLARK MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$3,797	$1,899	—	—	5 insurers
SISTERSVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL	WV	$3,797	$1,899	—	—	5 insurers
SUMMERSVILLE REGIONAL 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
MAUI MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	HI	$4,569	$1,782	—	—	3 insurers
RUSSELL REGIONAL HOSPITAL	KS	$2,245	$1,908	—	—	0 insurers
SAINT MICHAEL'S MEDICAL CENTER	NJ	$12,825	$1,915	$21.83	$10,260	5 insurers
CRITTENDEN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	KY	$3,049	$1,768	—	—	5 insurers
WILLAPA HARBOR HOSPITAL	WA	$2,520	$1,764	—	—	0 insurers
VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$3,776	$1,926	—	—	4 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER INC	MD	$8,722	$1,761	$384	$8,722	5 insurers
ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$10,024	$1,761	$384	$10,024	5 insurers
HOULTON REGIONAL HOSPITAL	ME	$2,033	$1,931	—	—	5 insurers
WILLS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	GA	$2,339	$1,754	—	—	0 insurers
ELMORE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	AL	$4,861	$1,944	—	—	5 insurers
OCHSNER CHOCTAW GENERAL	AL	$2,583	$1,963	—	—	5 insurers