CPT 25031 · 1,028 hospitals reporting

Drainage of forearm bursa

The same procedure costs $191 at one hospital and $6,153 at another — a 32× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,870.

Cheapest published

$191

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

Median across 1,028 hospitals

$1,870

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

Most expensive

$6,153

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

Price distribution

166 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
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL	PA	—	$1,876	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN MONTGOMERY HOSPITAL	PA	—	$1,876	—	—	5 insurers
SAINT MICHAEL'S MEDICAL CENTER	NJ	$6,087	$1,864	$21.83	$5,458	5 insurers
PRINCETON BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$3,697	$1,849	—	—	5 insurers
UNITED MEDICAL CENTER	DC	$3,697	$1,849	—	—	5 insurers
UNITED HOSPITAL CENTER, INC	WV	$3,697	$1,849	—	—	5 insurers
WHEELING HOSPITAL, INC	WV	$3,697	$1,849	—	—	5 insurers
CAMDEN CLARK MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$3,697	$1,849	—	—	5 insurers
SISTERSVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL	WV	$3,697	$1,849	—	—	5 insurers
SUMMERSVILLE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$3,697	$1,849	—	—	5 insurers
UNIONTOWN HOSPITAL	PA	$3,696	$1,848	—	—	5 insurers
SURGEONS CHOICE MEDICAL CENTER	MI	$6,850	$1,838	—	—	5 insurers
WETZEL COUNTY HOSPITAL	WV	$3,618	$1,809	—	—	5 insurers
LANDMARK MEDICAL CENTER	RI	$7,276	$1,799	$1,045	$6,912	5 insurers
THOMAS HOSPITAL	AL	$3,927	$1,964	—	—	5 insurers
NORTH VISTA HOSPITAL	NV	$7,073	$1,749	$637	$7,073	5 insurers
MONTEFIORE ST LUKE'S CORNWALL	NY	—	$2,007	—	—	5 insurers
TRINITY ROCK ISLAND	IL	$2,158	$1,726	—	—	4 insurers
TRINITY - BETTENDORF	IA	$2,158	$1,726	—	—	4 insurers
ALLEN HOSPITAL	IA	$2,158	$1,726	—	—	4 insurers
FINLEY HOSPITAL	IA	$2,158	$1,726	—	—	5 insurers
GRINNELL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,158	$1,726	—	—	5 insurers
GRUNDY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IA	$2,158	$1,726	—	—	4 insurers
JONES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,158	$1,726	—	—	5 insurers
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS, INC	WV	$4,108	$2,054	—	—	5 insurers
GARDEN GROVE HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$7,073	$2,058	$588	$7,073	5 insurers
WEST ANAHEIM MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$7,073	$2,058	$588	$7,073	5 insurers
LA PALMA INTERCOMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$7,073	$2,058	$588	$7,073	5 insurers
MOUNT GRANT GENERAL HOSPITAL	NV	$6,087	$1,643	$776	$5,904	5 insurers
ROXBOROUGH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	PA	$6,087	$1,643	$776	$5,904	5 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - PANORAMA CITY	CA	$6,062	$2,122	$1,402	$3,790	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - LOS ANGELES	CA	$6,062	$2,122	$1,402	$3,790	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - DOWNEY	CA	$6,062	$2,122	$1,402	$3,790	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL FONTANA/ONTARIO	CA	$6,062	$2,122	$1,402	$3,790	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN DIEGO	CA	$6,062	$2,122	$1,402	$3,790	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WEST LA	CA	$6,062	$2,122	$1,402	$3,790	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WOODLAND HILLS	CA	$6,062	$2,122	$1,402	$3,790	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL, RIVERSIDE	CA	$6,062	$2,122	$1,402	$3,790	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - BALDWIN PARK	CA	$6,062	$2,122	$1,402	$3,790	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-MORENO VALLEY	CA	$6,062	$2,122	$1,402	$3,790	3 insurers