CPT 26080 · 1,116 hospitals reporting

Incision of finger joint for exploration; fluid drainage; or removal of foreign body

The same procedure costs $94.5 at one hospital and $14,305 at another — a 151× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,451.

Cheapest published

$94.5

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

Median across 1,116 hospitals

$1,451

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

Most expensive

$14,305

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

Price distribution

299 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
BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE SURGICAL HOSPITAL FORTWORTH	TX	$2,418	$1,451	$1,330	$8,427	5 insurers
RED BAY HOSPITAL	AL	$2,560	$1,434	—	—	3 insurers
SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$2,560	$1,434	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WALNUT CREEK	CA	$2,560	$1,434	—	—	3 insurers
SUTTER MEDICAL CENTER, SACRAMENTO	CA	$2,560	$1,434	—	—	3 insurers
SUTTER ROSEVILLE MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$2,560	$1,434	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - REDWOOD CITY	CA	$2,560	$1,434	—	—	3 insurers
FRESNO SURGICAL HOSPITAL	CA	$2,560	$1,434	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL MANTECA	CA	$2,560	$1,434	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN LEANDRO	CA	$2,560	$1,434	—	—	3 insurers
MT SAN RAFAEL HOSPITAL	CO	$2,560	$1,434	—	—	3 insurers
SANTA ROSA MEDICAL CENTER	FL	$2,560	$1,434	—	—	3 insurers
COMMUNITY HOSPITAL SOUTH, INC.	IN	$2,560	$1,434	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL WESTSIDE	OR	$2,560	$1,434	—	—	3 insurers
NORTHWEST TEXAS HOSPITAL	TX	$3,582	$1,433	—	—	5 insurers
TEXAS HEALTH HOSPITAL FRISCO	TX	$2,371	$1,423	—	—	2 insurers
JACKSON HEALTH SYSTEM	FL	$21,799	$1,396	$1,626	$1,626	1 insurers
CHI ST ALEXIUS HEALTH	ND	$2,955	$1,507	$2,187	$2,660	3 insurers
CHI ST ALEXIUS HEALTH	ND	$2,955	$1,507	$1,600	$2,769	5 insurers
THREE RIVERS HOSPITAL	WA	$1,529	$1,529	—	—	4 insurers
NORTH CENTRAL SURGICAL CENTER LLP	TX	$2,259	$1,355	$1,242	$8,427	5 insurers
CHESAPEAKE GENERAL HOSPITAL	VA	$2,235	$1,341	—	—	0 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MD ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	MD	$1,340	$1,340	—	—	1 insurers
LOWER BUCKS HOSPITAL	PA	$7,533	$1,581	$571	$6,026	5 insurers
UNITED REGIONAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM	TX	$1,666	$1,583	—	—	0 insurers
NATIONAL PARK MEDICAL CENTER	AR	$5,299	$1,590	—	—	1 insurers
TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN	TX	$1,300	$1,300	—	—	5 insurers
DALLAS MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$1,470	$1,607	$95.25	$1,470	5 insurers
PHILLIPS COUNTY HOSPITAL	KS	$1,436	$1,292	—	—	1 insurers
PHILLIPS COUNTY HOSPITAL - CAH	MT	$1,436	$1,292	—	—	1 insurers
BAYLOR MEDICAL CENTER AT TROPHY CLUB	TX	$2,687	$1,612	$1,478	$8,427	5 insurers
HOLY FAMILY MEMORIAL	WI	—	$1,613	$226	$2,873	0 insurers
University of Arkansas Medical Sciences	AR	$2,138	$1,283	—	—	5 insurers
MOUNTAIN VIEW HOSPITAL	ID	$1,765	$1,236	$1,324	$3,808	5 insurers
IDAHO FALLS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, LLC	ID	$1,765	$1,236	$1,254	$3,612	4 insurers
FLUSHING HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	NY	$1,226	$1,226	—	—	5 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK-ALICE HY	NY	$1,677	$1,677	—	—	5 insurers
SOUTHWESTERN VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER	VT	$1,719	$1,203	—	—	5 insurers
MISSOURI DELTA MEDICAL CENTER	MO	$6,920	$1,730	—	—	5 insurers
USC ARCADIA HOSPITAL	CA	$4,996	$1,749	—	—	5 insurers