CPT 24076 · 1,081 hospitals reporting

Removal of growth of muscle of upper arm or elbow; less than 5.0 cm

The same procedure costs $128 at one hospital and $16,037 at another — a 125× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $2,239.

Cheapest published

$128

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

Median across 1,081 hospitals

$2,239

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

Most expensive

$16,037

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

Price distribution

256 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	$2,245	$2,245	—	—	5 insurers
UNITY HOSPITAL	NY	$2,792	$2,234	—	—	1 insurers
UNITY MEDICAL CENTER	TN	$2,792	$2,234	—	—	1 insurers
SPRINGHILL MEDICAL CENTER	LA	$6,371	$2,166	—	—	5 insurers
PEACEHEALTH PEACE ISLAND MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$3,251	$2,113	—	—	0 insurers
MOSAIC LIFE CARE AT ST JOSEPH	MO	$2,800	$2,380	—	—	5 insurers
WHEELING HOSPITAL, INC	WV	$4,131	$2,066	—	—	5 insurers
BAYLOR MEDICAL CENTER AT TROPHY CLUB	TX	$3,363	$2,018	$1,659	$8,427	5 insurers
SPRING VIEW HOSPITAL	KY	$6,161	$2,464	—	—	0 insurers
SUMMIT SURGICAL, LLC	KS	$3,083	$2,467	—	—	5 insurers
MISSION COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$3,803	$2,472	—	—	5 insurers
COLQUITT REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$1,953	$1,953	—	—	5 insurers
JACKSON COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AUTHORITY	OK	$1,953	$1,953	—	—	5 insurers
JACKSON HEALTH SYSTEM	FL	$13,380	$2,527	$2,863	$2,863	1 insurers
CAPE FEAR VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$3,219	$1,931	—	—	5 insurers
O U MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$25,570	$2,557	$2,229	$20,967	5 insurers
ALTRU HOSPITAL	ND	$3,076	$1,876	—	—	0 insurers
BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE SURGICAL HOSPITAL FORTWORTH	TX	$3,118	$1,871	$1,659	$8,427	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HEALTH LAKEWOOD MEDICAL CENTER	MO	$4,743	$2,609	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MD ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	MD	$1,846	$1,846	—	—	1 insurers
SAN JUAN HOSPITAL	UT	$2,624	$1,837	—	—	5 insurers
RICHMOND UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	NY	$4,947	$2,653	$619	$4,947	5 insurers
VILLAGES REGIONAL HOSPITAL, THE	FL	$3,032	$1,819	$41.06	$7,969	5 insurers
RIVER'S EDGE HOSPITAL & CLINIC	MN	$2,274	$1,819	—	—	5 insurers
TRINITY ROCK ISLAND	IL	$3,336	$2,669	—	—	4 insurers
TRINITY MUSCATINE	IA	$3,336	$2,669	—	—	3 insurers
TRINITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$3,336	$2,669	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	IA	$3,336	$2,669	—	—	3 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - DES MOINES IOWA METHODIST MEDI	IA	$3,336	$2,669	—	—	3 insurers
TRINITY - BETTENDORF	IA	$3,336	$2,669	—	—	4 insurers
ALLEN HOSPITAL	IA	$3,336	$2,669	—	—	4 insurers
ST LUKES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$3,336	$2,669	—	—	3 insurers
GRINNELL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$3,336	$2,669	—	—	5 insurers
GRUNDY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IA	$3,336	$2,669	—	—	4 insurers
TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN	TX	$1,799	$1,799	—	—	5 insurers
University of Arkansas Medical Sciences	AR	$2,965	$1,779	—	—	5 insurers
WILLS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	GA	$2,339	$1,754	—	—	0 insurers
PROVIDENCE MEDICAL CENTER	KS	$5,665	$2,736	$467	$5,234	5 insurers
BETSY JOHNSON REGIONAL HOSPITAL	NC	$2,904	$1,742	—	—	5 insurers
FLUSHING HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	NY	$1,729	$1,729	—	—	5 insurers