CPT 25000 · 1,192 hospitals reporting

Incision or the tendon covering on the top side of the wrist

The same procedure costs $200 at one hospital and $25,560 at another — a 128× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $2,168.

Cheapest published

$200

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

Median across 1,192 hospitals

$2,168

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

Most expensive

$25,560

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

Price distribution

368 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
ST LUKE'S WARREN HOSPITAL	NJ	$2,613	$2,168	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - UPPER BUCKS CAMPUS	PA	$2,613	$2,168	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL BETHLEHEM	PA	$2,613	$2,168	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - GRAND VIEW CAMPUS	PA	$2,613	$2,168	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - EASTON CAMPUS	PA	$2,613	$2,168	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S MINERS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	PA	$2,613	$2,168	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - ANDERSON CAMPUS	PA	$2,613	$2,168	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - MONROE CAMPUS	PA	$2,613	$2,168	—	—	3 insurers
GEISINGER ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL	PA	$2,613	$2,168	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - CARBON CAMPUS	PA	$2,613	$2,168	—	—	3 insurers
SANFORD MEDICAL CENTER FARGO	ND	$2,721	$2,177	—	—	2 insurers
UNIVERSITY HEALTH LAKEWOOD MEDICAL CENTER	MO	$3,909	$2,150	—	—	5 insurers
MEADE DISTRICT HOSPITAL	KS	$2,225	$2,225	$779	$2,842	1 insurers
BARAGA COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	MI	$2,230	$2,230	—	—	0 insurers
CHARLESTON AREA MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$2,993	$2,245	—	—	5 insurers
VILLAGES REGIONAL HOSPITAL, THE	FL	$3,750	$2,250	$41.06	$7,970	5 insurers
UNM HOSPITAL	NM	$3,760	$2,068	—	—	5 insurers
CHINO VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$6,500	$2,058	$266	$6,500	5 insurers
DESERT VALLEY HOSPITAL	CA	$9,304	$2,058	$266	$9,304	5 insurers
SHASTA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$17,925	$2,058	$266	$17,925	5 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER NORTH LITTLE ROCK	AR	$8,195	$2,049	—	—	5 insurers
SURGICAL INSTITUTE OF READING	PA	$6,802	$2,320	$221	$318,334	5 insurers
MONTEFIORE ST LUKE'S CORNWALL	NY	—	$2,007	—	—	5 insurers
SANFORD BEMIDJI MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$2,932	$2,346	—	—	3 insurers
TERREBONNE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER - PARISH	LA	$4,910	$2,373	$206	$4,665	5 insurers
PHYSICIANS MEDICAL CENTER	LA	$4,910	$2,373	$206	$4,665	5 insurers
SACRED HEART MEDICAL CENTER - RIVERBEND	OR	$3,661	$2,380	—	—	5 insurers
MOUNTAIN VIEW HOSPITAL	ID	$2,781	$1,947	$2,086	$5,149	5 insurers
IDAHO FALLS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, LLC	ID	$2,781	$1,947	$1,254	$3,612	4 insurers
MISSOURI DELTA MEDICAL CENTER	MO	$7,756	$1,939	—	—	5 insurers
ANNIE JEFFREY MEMORIAL COUNTY HEALTH CENTER	NE	$2,500	$2,400	—	—	0 insurers
LEGENT SURGICAL HOSPITAL PLANO	TX	$6,403	$2,423	—	—	4 insurers
CAPE FEAR VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$4,057	$2,434	—	—	5 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER- CONWAY	AR	$9,796	$2,449	—	—	5 insurers
WETZEL COUNTY HOSPITAL	WV	$3,766	$1,883	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL	PA	—	$1,876	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN MONTGOMERY HOSPITAL	PA	—	$1,876	—	—	5 insurers
MIZELL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	AL	$2,738	$2,464	—	—	5 insurers
THOMAS HOSPITAL	AL	$3,735	$1,868	—	—	5 insurers
UNITED MEDICAL CENTER	DC	$3,735	$1,868	—	—	5 insurers