CPT 22512 · 1,057 hospitals reporting

Vertebroplasty addl inject

The same procedure costs $126 at one hospital and $34,500 at another — a 273× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $2,017.

Cheapest published

$126

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

Median across 1,057 hospitals

$2,017

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

Most expensive

$34,500

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

Price distribution

452 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
DEACONESS HOSPITAL INC	IN	$2,521	$2,017	$196	$196	1 insurers
BAYLOR MEDICAL CENTER AT TROPHY CLUB	TX	$3,363	$2,018	$1,105	$18,989	5 insurers
COLQUITT REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$2,027	$2,027	—	—	5 insurers
JACKSON COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AUTHORITY	OK	$2,027	$2,027	—	—	5 insurers
BRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL	CT	$3,999	$2,040	—	—	5 insurers
CHI ST LUKE'S HEALTH BRAZOSPORT	TX	$5,858	$2,050	$2,929	$2,929	1 insurers
CHI ST LUKE'S HEALTH BRAZOSPORT	TX	$5,858	$2,050	$210	$8,670	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS PORTAGE MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$2,643	$1,982	—	—	0 insurers
LAKE HEALTH	OH	$2,643	$1,982	—	—	0 insurers
RAINBOW BABIES AND CHILDRENS HOSPITAL	OH	$2,643	$1,982	—	—	0 insurers
UNITED MEDICAL CENTER	DC	$4,110	$2,055	—	—	5 insurers
CAMDEN CLARK MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$4,110	$2,055	—	—	5 insurers
THOMAS HOSPITAL	AL	$3,956	$1,978	—	—	5 insurers
PRINCETON BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$3,956	$1,978	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE CHRIST HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$4,130	$2,065	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE GOOD SHEPHERD HOSPITAL	IL	$4,130	$2,065	—	—	5 insurers
UNITED HOSPITAL CENTER, INC	WV	$4,131	$2,066	—	—	5 insurers
SISTERSVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL	WV	$4,131	$2,066	—	—	5 insurers
SUMMERSVILLE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$4,131	$2,066	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$2,762	$2,072	—	—	0 insurers
GREENWICH HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION -	CT	$3,999	$2,080	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MED CENTER	MS	$4,864	$1,946	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER- GRENADA	MS	$4,864	$1,946	—	—	5 insurers
TRINITY ROCK ISLAND	IL	$2,619	$2,095	—	—	4 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MARSHALLTOWN	IA	$2,619	$2,095	—	—	5 insurers
TRINITY MUSCATINE	IA	$2,619	$2,095	—	—	3 insurers
TRINITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,619	$2,095	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	IA	$2,619	$2,095	—	—	3 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - DES MOINES IOWA METHODIST MEDI	IA	$2,619	$2,095	—	—	3 insurers
TRINITY - BETTENDORF	IA	$2,619	$2,095	—	—	4 insurers
ALLEN HOSPITAL	IA	$2,619	$2,095	—	—	4 insurers
FINLEY HOSPITAL	IA	$2,619	$2,095	—	—	5 insurers
ST LUKES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,619	$2,095	—	—	3 insurers
GRINNELL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,619	$2,095	—	—	5 insurers
GRUNDY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IA	$2,619	$2,095	—	—	4 insurers
JONES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,619	$2,095	—	—	5 insurers
TOPS SURGICAL SPECIALTY HOSPITAL	TX	$5,495	$1,923	$1	$10,105	5 insurers
BOZEMAN HEALTH DEACONESS HOSPITAL	MT	$2,647	$2,118	$684	$2,647	5 insurers
BOZEMAN HEALTH BIG SKY MEDICAL CENTER	MT	$2,647	$2,118	$684	$2,647	5 insurers
COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WI	$3,484	$1,916	—	—	4 insurers