CPT 23030 · 1,101 hospitals reporting

Drain shoulder lesion

The same procedure costs $102 at one hospital and $23,258 at another — a 228× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,521.

Cheapest published

$102

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

Median across 1,101 hospitals

$1,521

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

Most expensive

$23,258

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

Price distribution

267 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
EAST VALLEY ER & HOSPITAL	AZ	$3,380	$1,521	—	—	0 insurers
ALEXANDRIA EMERGENCY HOSPITAL	LA	$3,380	$1,521	—	—	0 insurers
ST MARYS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CTR	WI	$3,380	$1,521	—	—	0 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER	OR	$2,844	$1,517	$2,133	$2,702	5 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER	OR	$2,844	$1,517	$1,849	$10,971	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MD ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	MD	$1,561	$1,561	—	—	1 insurers
ST LUKE'S WARREN HOSPITAL	NJ	$1,762	$1,463	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - UPPER BUCKS CAMPUS	PA	$1,762	$1,463	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL BETHLEHEM	PA	$1,762	$1,463	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - GRAND VIEW CAMPUS	PA	$1,762	$1,463	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - EASTON CAMPUS	PA	$1,762	$1,463	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S MINERS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	PA	$1,762	$1,463	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - ANDERSON CAMPUS	PA	$1,762	$1,463	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - MONROE CAMPUS	PA	$1,762	$1,463	—	—	3 insurers
GEISINGER ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL	PA	$1,762	$1,463	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - CARBON CAMPUS	PA	$1,762	$1,463	—	—	3 insurers
CHI-ST VINCENT INFIRMARY	AR	$5,479	$1,406	—	—	0 insurers
CHI-ST VINCENT INFIRMARY	AR	$5,479	$1,406	$568	$3,993	5 insurers
ST VINCENT MEDICAL CENTER/NORTH	AR	$5,479	$1,393	—	—	0 insurers
ST VINCENT MEDICAL CENTER/NORTH	AR	$5,479	$1,393	$568	$3,993	5 insurers
BELL HOSPITAL	MI	$2,291	$1,375	—	—	0 insurers
MOUNTAIN VIEW HOSPITAL	ID	$1,957	$1,370	$1,468	$5,071	5 insurers
IDAHO FALLS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, LLC	ID	$1,957	$1,370	$1,468	$6,540	4 insurers
GIBSON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	IL	$1,695	$1,695	—	—	5 insurers
GIBSON GENERAL HOSPITAL	IN	$1,695	$1,695	—	—	5 insurers
TOPS SURGICAL SPECIALTY HOSPITAL	TX	$3,838	$1,343	$1	$5,747	5 insurers
BRISTOL HOSPITAL	CT	$8,733	$1,310	—	—	5 insurers
JOHNSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IN	$8,733	$1,310	—	—	5 insurers
WELLMONT BRISTOL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	TN	$8,733	$1,310	—	—	5 insurers
WELLMONT HOLSTON VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	TN	$8,733	$1,310	—	—	5 insurers
HAWKINS COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	TN	$8,733	$1,310	—	—	5 insurers
GREENEVILLE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	TN	$8,733	$1,310	—	—	5 insurers
HANCOCK COUNTY HOSPITAL	TN	$8,733	$1,310	—	—	5 insurers
RUSSELL COUNTY HOSPITAL	VA	$8,733	$1,310	—	—	5 insurers
JOHNSTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	VA	$8,733	$1,310	—	—	5 insurers
LONESOME PINE HOSPITAL	VA	$8,733	$1,310	—	—	5 insurers
GLENCOE REGIONAL HEALTH	MN	$1,291	$1,291	—	—	1 insurers
COLQUITT REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$1,231	$1,231	—	—	5 insurers
JACKSON COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AUTHORITY	OK	$1,231	$1,231	—	—	5 insurers
HOLY FAMILY MEMORIAL	WI	—	$1,226	$238	$2,184	0 insurers