CPT 24343 · 1,048 hospitals reporting

Repair lateral collateral ligament, elbow, with local tissue

The same procedure costs $168 at one hospital and $17,443 at another — a 104× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $2,943.

Cheapest published

$168

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

Median across 1,048 hospitals

$2,943

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

Most expensive

$17,443

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

Price distribution

193 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
MISSOURI DELTA MEDICAL CENTER	MO	$11,770	$2,943	—	—	5 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK-ALICE HY	NY	$2,958	$2,958	—	—	5 insurers
PARK PLACE SURGICAL HOSPITAL	LA	$2,899	$2,899	—	—	5 insurers
OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$30,135	$3,014	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH HIGHLANDS RANCH HOSPITAL	CO	$10,203	$3,061	—	—	5 insurers
SUMMIT SURGICAL, LLC	KS	$3,862	$3,089	—	—	5 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER NORTH LITTLE ROCK	AR	$10,830	$2,707	—	—	5 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER-LITTLE ROCK	AR	$12,739	$3,185	—	—	5 insurers
RICHMOND UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	NY	$7,101	$2,653	$797	$6,000	5 insurers
SOUTHERN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$47,062	$3,265	$1,441	$47,062	5 insurers
MISSION REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$17,100	$3,270	$862	$13,680	5 insurers
JAMAICA HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	NY	$2,608	$2,608	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HEALTH LAKEWOOD MEDICAL CENTER	MO	$6,033	$3,318	—	—	5 insurers
MOUNT GRANT GENERAL HOSPITAL	NV	$10,593	$3,345	$776	$10,275	5 insurers
ROXBOROUGH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	PA	$10,593	$3,345	$776	$10,275	5 insurers
MISSION COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$3,803	$2,472	—	—	5 insurers
SACRED HEART MEDICAL CENTER - RIVERBEND	OR	$5,281	$3,433	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MD ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	MD	$2,406	$2,406	—	—	1 insurers
TRINITY MUSCATINE	IA	$4,362	$3,490	—	—	3 insurers
TRINITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$4,362	$3,490	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	IA	$4,362	$3,490	—	—	3 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - DES MOINES IOWA METHODIST MEDI	IA	$4,362	$3,490	—	—	3 insurers
TRINITY - BETTENDORF	IA	$4,362	$3,490	—	—	4 insurers
ST LUKES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$4,362	$3,490	—	—	3 insurers
UCH-MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM	CO	$10,203	$3,571	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH BROOMFIELD HOSPITAL	CO	$10,203	$3,571	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH GRANDVIEW HOSPITAL	CO	$10,203	$3,571	—	—	5 insurers
ARKANSAS SURGICAL HOSPITAL	AR	$3,425	$3,633	$1,280	$3,780	5 insurers
RIVER'S EDGE HOSPITAL & CLINIC	MN	$2,809	$2,247	—	—	5 insurers
TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN	TX	$2,233	$2,233	—	—	5 insurers
MOUNTAIN VIEW HOSPITAL	ID	$3,188	$2,232	$2,391	$8,067	5 insurers
IDAHO FALLS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, LLC	ID	$3,188	$2,232	$2,391	$7,214	4 insurers
FLUSHING HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	NY	$2,217	$2,217	—	—	5 insurers
CHEYENNE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WY	$3,132	$2,192	—	—	2 insurers
SURGEONS CHOICE MEDICAL CENTER	MI	$8,850	$3,701	—	—	5 insurers
UNM HOSPITAL	NM	$3,888	$2,139	—	—	5 insurers
VILLAGES REGIONAL HOSPITAL, THE	FL	$6,271	$3,763	$2,593	$8,640	5 insurers
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL SWEETWATER COUNTY	WY	$3,769	$3,769	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL	PA	—	$3,804	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN MONTGOMERY HOSPITAL	PA	—	$3,804	—	—	5 insurers