CPT 22902 · 1,225 hospitals reporting

Removal of growth of soft tissue of abdominal wall; less than 3.0 cm

The same procedure costs $109 at one hospital and $37,758 at another — a 346× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,899.

Cheapest published

$109

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

Median across 1,225 hospitals

$1,899

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

373 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
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
THOMAS HOSPITAL	AL	$3,807	$1,904	—	—	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
VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$3,663	$1,868	—	—	4 insurers
WAYNE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	GA	$2,764	$1,935	—	—	0 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK-ALICE HY	NY	$1,943	$1,943	—	—	5 insurers
LANDMARK MEDICAL CENTER	RI	$1,029	$1,847	$309	$1,029	5 insurers
SOVAH HEALTH DANVILLE	VA	$4,582	$1,833	—	—	0 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MERITER	WI	$2,468	$1,974	—	—	5 insurers
WETZEL COUNTY HOSPITAL	WV	$3,961	$1,981	—	—	5 insurers
CEDAR-SINAI MARINA DEL REY HOSPITAL	CA	$2,780	$1,807	—	—	5 insurers
CRITTENDEN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	KY	$3,089	$1,792	—	—	5 insurers
SUNY/STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL	NY	$2,009	$2,009	—	—	1 insurers
MAUI MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	HI	$4,569	$1,782	—	—	2 insurers
CONEMAUGH MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	PA	$5,060	$2,024	—	—	2 insurers
USC ARCADIA HOSPITAL	CA	$5,047	$1,766	—	—	5 insurers
ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$11,139	$1,761	$364	$11,139	5 insurers
VILLAGES REGIONAL HOSPITAL, THE	FL	$2,935	$1,761	$1,289	$4,126	5 insurers
MONTEFIORE ST LUKE'S CORNWALL	NY	—	$2,062	—	—	5 insurers
WAYNE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	PA	$2,163	$1,730	$865	$1,730	5 insurers
UNM HOSPITAL	NM	$3,079	$1,693	—	—	5 insurers
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS, INC	WV	$4,219	$2,110	—	—	5 insurers
LA PALMA INTERCOMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$2,953	$2,113	$357	$2,953	5 insurers
SAN DIMAS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$7,000	$2,113	$357	$7,000	5 insurers
DESERT VALLEY HOSPITAL	CA	$3,639	$2,113	$357	$3,639	5 insurers
SHASTA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$26,888	$2,113	$357	$26,888	5 insurers
BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER BEACHES	FL	$8,823	$1,676	—	—	5 insurers
USA HEALTH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL	AL	$5,823	$2,125	—	—	5 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL	NJ	$5,823	$2,125	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM, INC	TN	$5,823	$2,125	—	—	5 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - PANORAMA CITY	CA	$6,109	$2,138	$1,417	$3,829	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - LOS ANGELES	CA	$6,109	$2,138	$1,417	$3,829	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - DOWNEY	CA	$6,109	$2,138	$1,417	$3,829	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL FONTANA/ONTARIO	CA	$6,109	$2,138	$1,417	$3,829	3 insurers