CPT 26160 · 1,268 hospitals reporting

Removal of growth of tendon finger or hand

The same procedure costs $107 at one hospital and $26,226 at another — a 246× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,767.

Cheapest published

$107

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

Median across 1,268 hospitals

$1,767

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

Most expensive

$26,226

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

Price distribution

454 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
CRITTENDEN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	KY	$3,049	$1,768	—	—	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH PLAINVIEW HOSPITAL	NE	$2,101	$1,765	$1,896	$2,059	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH PLAINVIEW HOSPITAL	NE	$2,101	$1,765	$1,282	$2,845	5 insurers
HILTON HEAD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	SC	—	$1,772	$1,339	$5,615	5 insurers
EAST COOPER MEDICAL CENTER	SC	—	$1,772	$1,339	$11,043	5 insurers
COASTAL CAROLINA HOSPITAL	SC	—	$1,772	$1,339	$4,978	5 insurers
MAUI MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	HI	$4,499	$1,755	—	—	3 insurers
ARKANSAS SURGICAL HOSPITAL	AR	$5,275	$1,751	$597	$3,165	5 insurers
NORTH VISTA HOSPITAL	NV	$11,737	$1,749	$637	$11,737	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH SCHUYLER	NE	$2,101	$1,786	$1,896	$2,059	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH SCHUYLER	NE	$2,101	$1,786	$450	$2,379	5 insurers
SALINE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	AR	$5,818	$1,745	—	—	2 insurers
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL SWEETWATER COUNTY	WY	$1,744	$1,744	—	—	5 insurers
BARAGA COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	MI	$1,740	$1,740	—	—	0 insurers
ST JOSEPH'S MEDICAL CENTER	NY	$6,487	$1,721	—	—	5 insurers
SAUK PRAIRIE HOSPITAL	WI	$3,140	$1,718	—	—	5 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER-LITTLE ROCK	AR	$6,857	$1,714	—	—	4 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER INC	MD	$22,118	$1,714	$331	$22,118	5 insurers
ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$10,390	$1,714	$331	$10,390	5 insurers
BETSY JOHNSON REGIONAL HOSPITAL	NC	$2,834	$1,700	—	—	5 insurers
WALKER BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$3,058	$1,835	$1,376	$6,771	5 insurers
CITIZENS BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$3,058	$1,835	$1,376	$6,771	5 insurers
MISSOURI BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	MO	$3,058	$1,835	$1,376	$6,771	5 insurers
SURGEONS CHOICE MEDICAL CENTER	MI	$4,850	$1,838	—	—	5 insurers
WAYNE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	PA	$2,115	$1,692	$846	$1,692	5 insurers
UNIONTOWN HOSPITAL	PA	$3,696	$1,848	—	—	5 insurers
HASKELL REGIONAL HOSPITAL, INC	OK	$1,860	$1,860	—	—	5 insurers
STORY COUNTY HOSPITAL	IA	$2,330	$1,864	—	—	5 insurers
SAINT MICHAEL'S MEDICAL CENTER	NJ	$10,100	$1,864	$21.83	$8,080	5 insurers
GLENCOE REGIONAL HEALTH	MN	$1,666	$1,666	—	—	1 insurers
THOMAS HOSPITAL	AL	$3,735	$1,868	—	—	5 insurers
UNITED MEDICAL CENTER	DC	$3,735	$1,868	—	—	5 insurers
CAMDEN CLARK MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$3,735	$1,868	—	—	5 insurers
CITIZENS MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$3,327	$1,663	—	—	5 insurers
COLQUITT REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$1,870	$1,870	—	—	5 insurers
JACKSON COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AUTHORITY	OK	$1,870	$1,870	—	—	5 insurers
O U MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$16,625	$1,662	$1,310	$13,632	5 insurers
ST MARYS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	AR	$6,241	$1,872	—	—	1 insurers
MOUNTAIN VIEW HOSPITAL	ID	$2,678	$1,875	$2,009	$3,808	5 insurers
IDAHO FALLS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, LLC	ID	$2,678	$1,875	$1,254	$3,612	4 insurers