CPT 22901 · 1,112 hospitals reporting

Removal of growth of muscle of abdomen; 5.0 cm or more

The same procedure costs $155 at one hospital and $37,758 at another — a 244× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $2,710.

Cheapest published

$155

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

Median across 1,112 hospitals

$2,710

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

Most expensive

$37,758

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

Price distribution

236 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
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK-ALICE HY	NY	$2,683	$2,683	—	—	5 insurers
FRANKLIN HOSPITAL	IL	$3,649	$2,736	—	—	5 insurers
MISSION COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$4,109	$2,671	—	—	5 insurers
BAYLOR MEDICAL CENTER AT TROPHY CLUB	TX	$4,430	$2,658	$2,437	$10,329	5 insurers
RICHMOND UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	NY	$3,543	$2,653	$767	$3,543	5 insurers
LOWER BUCKS HOSPITAL	PA	$6,843	$2,857	$776	$6,843	5 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER NORTH LITTLE ROCK	AR	$11,480	$2,870	—	—	5 insurers
GARDEN CITY HOSPITAL	MI	$7,310	$2,881	$1,462	$7,310	5 insurers
BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE SURGICAL HOSPITAL FORTWORTH	TX	$4,219	$2,531	$2,320	$10,329	5 insurers
JACKSON HEALTH SYSTEM	FL	$9,125	$2,527	$3,708	$3,708	1 insurers
SOUTHERN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$11,231	$2,899	$1,338	$11,231	5 insurers
MISSION REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$14,000	$2,903	$706	$11,200	5 insurers
HARLINGEN MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$7,006	$2,903	$353	$5,807	5 insurers
CAPE FEAR VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$4,928	$2,957	—	—	5 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH - FORT SMITH	AR	$11,860	$2,965	—	—	5 insurers
COLQUITT REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$2,454	$2,454	—	—	5 insurers
JACKSON COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AUTHORITY	OK	$2,454	$2,454	—	—	5 insurers
BUCHANAN COUNTY HEALTH CENTER	IA	$3,551	$3,019	—	—	4 insurers
CRITTENDEN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	KY	$5,219	$3,027	—	—	5 insurers
CITIZENS MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$4,736	$2,368	—	—	5 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER INC	MD	$14,862	$3,097	$714	$14,862	5 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MERITER	WI	$3,892	$3,114	—	—	5 insurers
NORTH VISTA HOSPITAL	NV	$11,737	$3,159	$619	$11,737	5 insurers
MAURY REGIONAL HOSPITAL	TN	$5,513	$2,260	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MD ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	MD	$2,237	$2,237	—	—	1 insurers
TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN	TX	$2,232	$2,232	—	—	5 insurers
BELL HOSPITAL	MI	$5,316	$3,190	—	—	0 insurers
CHOCTAW HEALTH CENTER	MS	$6,447	$3,224	—	—	1 insurers
CHOCTAW MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	OK	$6,447	$3,224	—	—	1 insurers
SAUK PRAIRIE HOSPITAL	WI	$3,972	$2,173	—	—	5 insurers
LANDMARK MEDICAL CENTER	RI	$9,874	$3,249	$1,251	$9,380	5 insurers
SPRINGHILL MEDICAL CENTER	LA	$6,371	$2,166	—	—	5 insurers
FLUSHING HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	NY	$2,137	$2,137	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL	PA	—	$3,356	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN MONTGOMERY HOSPITAL	PA	—	$3,356	—	—	5 insurers
VILLAGES REGIONAL HOSPITAL, THE	FL	$3,437	$2,062	$41.06	$7,410	5 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	MN	$6,045	$3,385	—	—	5 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER-LITTLE ROCK	AR	$13,915	$3,479	—	—	5 insurers
UNM HOSPITAL	NM	$6,417	$3,529	—	—	5 insurers
CHEYENNE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WY	$2,673	$1,871	—	—	2 insurers