CPT 22552 · 915 hospitals reporting

22552

The same procedure costs $155 at one hospital and $30,599 at another — a 197× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $2,075.

Cheapest published

$155

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

Median across 915 hospitals

$2,075

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

Most expensive

$30,599

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

Price distribution

199 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
University of Arkansas Medical Sciences	AR	$3,458	$2,075	—	—	0 insurers
EAST VALLEY ER & HOSPITAL	AZ	$4,597	$2,069	—	—	0 insurers
ALEXANDRIA EMERGENCY HOSPITAL	LA	$4,597	$2,069	—	—	0 insurers
ST MARYS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CTR	WI	$4,597	$2,068	—	—	0 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH - FORT SMITH	AR	$8,101	$2,025	—	—	0 insurers
NORTH CANYON MEDICAL CENTER	ID	$2,500	$2,000	—	—	0 insurers
MORRIS HOSPITAL & HEALTHCARE CENTERS	IL	$7,978	$1,920	—	—	0 insurers
NORTH CENTRAL SURGICAL CENTER LLP	TX	$3,157	$1,894	$1,736	$14,483	0 insurers
BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER SOUTH	AL	$12,100	$2,299	—	—	0 insurers
OAKLEAF SURGICAL HOSPITAL	WI	$2,555	$2,299	$0	$2,555	0 insurers
CHEYENNE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WY	$2,605	$1,824	—	—	0 insurers
ESKENAZI HEALTH	IN	$1,682	$1,682	—	—	0 insurers
ESKENAZI HEALTH	IN	$1,682	$1,682	—	—	0 insurers
ESKENAZI HEALTH	IN	$1,682	$1,682	—	—	0 insurers
MISSION COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$3,803	$2,472	—	—	0 insurers
TOPS SURGICAL SPECIALTY HOSPITAL	TX	$7,135	$2,497	$1	$10,194	0 insurers
BAXTER HEALTH	AR	$4,199	$2,520	—	—	0 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	MN	$2,904	$1,626	—	—	0 insurers
BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE SURGICAL HOSPITAL FORTWORTH	TX	$4,219	$2,531	$2,320	$14,483	0 insurers
UNITED HOSPITAL CENTER, INC	WV	$5,089	$2,544	—	—	0 insurers
SISTERSVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL	WV	$5,089	$2,544	—	—	0 insurers
SUMMERSVILLE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$5,089	$2,544	—	—	0 insurers
RIVER'S EDGE HOSPITAL & CLINIC	MN	$1,992	$1,593	—	—	0 insurers
HOLY FAMILY MEMORIAL	WI	—	$1,588	$276	$2,829	0 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK-ALICE HY	NY	$1,531	$1,531	—	—	0 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER-LITTLE ROCK	AR	$6,111	$1,528	—	—	0 insurers
RICHMOND UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	NY	$3,139	$2,653	$288	$3,139	0 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER- CONWAY	AR	$5,906	$1,476	—	—	0 insurers
SUMMIT SURGICAL, LLC	KS	$3,357	$2,686	—	—	0 insurers
ST LUKE'S WARREN HOSPITAL	NJ	$1,663	$1,380	—	—	0 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - UPPER BUCKS CAMPUS	PA	$1,663	$1,380	—	—	0 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL BETHLEHEM	PA	$1,663	$1,380	—	—	0 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - GRAND VIEW CAMPUS	PA	$1,663	$1,380	—	—	0 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - EASTON CAMPUS	PA	$1,663	$1,380	—	—	0 insurers
ST LUKE'S MINERS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	PA	$1,663	$1,380	—	—	0 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - ANDERSON CAMPUS	PA	$1,663	$1,380	—	—	0 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - MONROE CAMPUS	PA	$1,663	$1,380	—	—	0 insurers
GEISINGER ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL	PA	$1,663	$1,380	—	—	0 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - CARBON CAMPUS	PA	$1,663	$1,380	—	—	0 insurers
TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN	TX	$1,317	$1,317	—	—	0 insurers