CPT 24201 · 1,115 hospitals reporting

Removal of foreign body; upper arm or elbow area

The same procedure costs $98.52 at one hospital and $12,842 at another — a 130× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,825.

Cheapest published

$98.52

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

Median across 1,115 hospitals

$1,825

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

Most expensive

$12,842

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

Price distribution

302 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
MOUNTAIN VIEW HOSPITAL	ID	$2,575	$1,803	$1,610	$4,158	5 insurers
IDAHO FALLS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, LLC	ID	$2,575	$1,803	$1,532	$6,540	4 insurers
ST MARYS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CTR	WI	$4,106	$1,848	—	—	0 insurers
EAST VALLEY ER & HOSPITAL	AZ	$4,106	$1,848	—	—	0 insurers
ALEXANDRIA EMERGENCY HOSPITAL	LA	$4,106	$1,848	—	—	0 insurers
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL COLORADO	CO	$2,768	$1,799	—	—	5 insurers
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL COLORADO - COLORADO SPRINGS	CO	$2,768	$1,799	—	—	5 insurers
SUMMIT SURGICAL, LLC	KS	$2,321	$1,857	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MD ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	MD	$1,917	$1,917	—	—	1 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER	OR	$3,200	$1,706	$2,400	$3,040	5 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER	OR	$3,200	$1,706	$2,080	$10,971	5 insurers
BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE SURGICAL HOSPITAL FORTWORTH	TX	$2,775	$1,665	$1,526	$8,427	5 insurers
GLENCOE REGIONAL HEALTH	MN	$1,598	$1,598	—	—	1 insurers
FRANKLIN HOSPITAL	IL	$2,128	$1,596	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HEALTH LAKEWOOD MEDICAL CENTER	MO	$2,898	$1,594	—	—	5 insurers
HUGGINS HOSPITAL	NH	$4,136	$2,068	—	—	0 insurers
ST JOSEPHS AREA HEALTH SERVICES	MN	$2,522	$1,561	$398	$2,396	5 insurers
ROME MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC	NY	$3,863	$1,559	—	—	5 insurers
University of Arkansas Medical Sciences	AR	$2,543	$1,526	—	—	5 insurers
CHEYENNE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WY	$2,176	$1,523	—	—	4 insurers
OPTIM MEDICAL CENTER - TATTNALL	GA	$2,137	$2,137	$278	$1,082	5 insurers
DESERT VIEW HOSPITAL	NV	$3,755	$1,502	—	—	5 insurers
CENTRAL VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER	VT	$1,425	$1,425	—	—	5 insurers
COQUILLE VALLEY HOSPITAL	OR	—	$1,410	$394	$2,422	5 insurers
MISSOURI DELTA MEDICAL CENTER	MO	$8,961	$2,240	—	—	5 insurers
KING'S DAUGHTERS MEDICAL CENTER-BROOKHAVEN	MS	$7,558	$2,267	—	—	5 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MERITER	WI	$2,889	$2,311	—	—	5 insurers
TRINITY ROCK ISLAND	IL	$1,673	$1,338	—	—	4 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MARSHALLTOWN	IA	$1,673	$1,338	—	—	5 insurers
TRINITY - BETTENDORF	IA	$1,673	$1,338	—	—	4 insurers
GRINNELL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$1,673	$1,338	—	—	5 insurers
ALTRU HOSPITAL	ND	$3,821	$2,331	—	—	0 insurers
CHAMPLAIN VALLEY PHYSICIANS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CTR	NY	$1,317	$1,317	—	—	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