CPT 23520 · 1,083 hospitals reporting

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The same procedure costs $94.68 at one hospital and $22,985 at another — a 243× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,355.

Cheapest published

$94.68

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

Median across 1,083 hospitals

$1,355

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

Most expensive

$22,985

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

Price distribution

277 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
WHIDBEYHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$1,355	$1,355	—	—	0 insurers
HENDERSON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	NE	$3,408	$1,363	—	—	5 insurers
VALLEY HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	NV	$3,408	$1,363	—	—	5 insurers
SUMMERLIN HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	NV	$3,408	$1,363	—	—	5 insurers
SPRING VALLEY HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	NV	$3,408	$1,363	—	—	5 insurers
CENTENNIAL HILLS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	NV	$3,408	$1,363	—	—	5 insurers
HENDERSON HOSPITAL	NV	$3,408	$1,363	—	—	5 insurers
WEST HENDERSON HOSPITAL	NV	$3,408	$1,363	—	—	5 insurers
FORT DUNCAN MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$3,287	$1,315	—	—	5 insurers
HILTON HEAD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	SC	—	$1,308	$822	$3,350	5 insurers
EAST COOPER MEDICAL CENTER	SC	—	$1,308	$822	$2,857	5 insurers
COASTAL CAROLINA HOSPITAL	SC	—	$1,308	$822	$2,857	5 insurers
NORTHWEST TEXAS HOSPITAL	TX	$3,252	$1,301	—	—	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S WARREN HOSPITAL	NJ	$1,710	$1,419	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - UPPER BUCKS CAMPUS	PA	$1,710	$1,419	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL BETHLEHEM	PA	$1,710	$1,419	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - GRAND VIEW CAMPUS	PA	$1,710	$1,419	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - EASTON CAMPUS	PA	$1,710	$1,419	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S MINERS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	PA	$1,710	$1,419	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - ANDERSON CAMPUS	PA	$1,710	$1,419	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - MONROE CAMPUS	PA	$1,710	$1,419	—	—	3 insurers
GEISINGER ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL	PA	$1,710	$1,419	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - CARBON CAMPUS	PA	$1,710	$1,419	—	—	3 insurers
COQUILLE VALLEY HOSPITAL	OR	—	$1,420	$265	$1,423	5 insurers
DAVIS MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$2,046	$1,432	—	—	5 insurers
BROADDUS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, INC	WV	$2,046	$1,432	—	—	5 insurers
WEBSTER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WV	$2,046	$1,432	—	—	5 insurers
SANFORD MEDICAL CENTER FARGO	ND	$1,805	$1,444	—	—	2 insurers
SANFORD BEMIDJI MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$1,813	$1,450	—	—	3 insurers
PALMDALE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$3,075	$1,230	—	—	5 insurers
SOUTHWEST HEALTHCARE RANCHO SPRINGS HOSPITAL	CA	$3,075	$1,230	—	—	5 insurers
SANFORD CANTON-INWOOD MEDICAL CENTER - CAH	SD	$1,878	$1,502	—	—	5 insurers
SANFORD SHELDON MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$1,906	$1,525	—	—	5 insurers
SANFORD VERMILLION MEDICAL CENTER	SD	$1,906	$1,525	—	—	5 insurers
SANFORD HOSPITAL WEBSTER - CAH	SD	$1,923	$1,538	—	—	5 insurers
University of Arkansas Medical Sciences	AR	$2,583	$1,550	—	—	5 insurers
TRINITY MUSCATINE	IA	$1,448	$1,158	—	—	3 insurers
TRINITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$1,448	$1,158	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	IA	$1,448	$1,158	—	—	3 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - DES MOINES IOWA METHODIST MEDI	IA	$1,448	$1,158	—	—	3 insurers