CPT 26210 · 1,073 hospitals reporting

Removal of cyst or growth of finger bone

The same procedure costs $106 at one hospital and $18,612 at another — a 176× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,766.

Cheapest published

$106

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

Median across 1,073 hospitals

$1,766

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

Most expensive

$18,612

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

Price distribution

231 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	$3,044	$1,766	—	—	5 insurers
TERREBONNE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER - PARISH	LA	$1,759	$1,759	$181	$1,759	5 insurers
PHYSICIANS MEDICAL CENTER	LA	$1,759	$1,759	$181	$1,759	5 insurers
MOSAIC LIFE CARE AT ST JOSEPH	MO	$2,060	$1,751	—	—	5 insurers
ARKANSAS SURGICAL HOSPITAL	AR	$5,275	$1,751	$597	$2,500	5 insurers
SURGEONS CHOICE MEDICAL CENTER	MI	$4,850	$1,838	—	—	5 insurers
UNIONTOWN HOSPITAL	PA	$3,696	$1,848	—	—	5 insurers
UNITED MEDICAL CENTER	DC	$3,697	$1,849	—	—	5 insurers
CAMDEN CLARK MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$3,697	$1,849	—	—	5 insurers
MID VALLEY HOSPITAL & CLINIC	WA	$2,392	$1,674	—	—	5 insurers
THOMAS HOSPITAL	AL	$3,735	$1,868	—	—	5 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK-ALICE HY	NY	$1,876	$1,876	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL	PA	—	$1,876	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN MONTGOMERY HOSPITAL	PA	—	$1,876	—	—	5 insurers
WETZEL COUNTY HOSPITAL	WV	$3,766	$1,883	—	—	5 insurers
MOUNTAIN VIEW HOSPITAL	ID	$2,348	$1,644	$1,761	$3,808	5 insurers
IDAHO FALLS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, LLC	ID	$2,348	$1,644	$1,254	$3,612	4 insurers
BAYLOR MEDICAL CENTER AT TROPHY CLUB	TX	$2,687	$1,612	$1,478	$8,427	5 insurers
BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER BEACHES	FL	$8,431	$1,602	—	—	5 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER- CONWAY	AR	$6,404	$1,601	—	—	4 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER NORTH LITTLE ROCK	AR	$7,807	$1,952	—	—	4 insurers
CEDAR-SINAI MARINA DEL REY HOSPITAL	CA	$2,386	$1,551	—	—	5 insurers
SUMMIT SURGICAL, LLC	KS	$2,482	$1,986	—	—	5 insurers
MONTEFIORE ST LUKE'S CORNWALL	NY	—	$2,007	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MD ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	MD	$1,514	$1,514	—	—	1 insurers
COSHOCTON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$3,200	$1,513	$960	$3,200	5 insurers
SACRED HEART MEDICAL CENTER - RIVERBEND	OR	$2,326	$1,512	—	—	5 insurers
COQUILLE VALLEY HOSPITAL	OR	—	$1,508	$488	$1,508	5 insurers
UNM HOSPITAL	NM	$3,694	$2,032	—	—	5 insurers
PARADISE VALLEY HOSPITAL	CA	$2,804	$2,058	$410	$2,804	5 insurers
DESERT VALLEY HOSPITAL	CA	$4,727	$2,058	$410	$4,727	5 insurers
SHASTA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$17,925	$2,058	$410	$17,925	5 insurers
EVERGREEN MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$2,157	$1,402	—	—	3 insurers
TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN	TX	$1,401	$1,401	—	—	5 insurers
LINCOLN SURGICAL HOSPITAL	NE	$1,400	$1,400	—	—	1 insurers
FLUSHING HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	NY	$1,392	$1,392	—	—	5 insurers
REDINGTON FAIRVIEW GENERAL HOSPITAL	ME	$1,852	$1,389	—	—	5 insurers
HOLY FAMILY MEMORIAL	WI	—	$2,219	$377	$3,954	0 insurers
MISSOURI DELTA MEDICAL CENTER	MO	$8,891	$2,223	—	—	5 insurers
RIVER'S EDGE HOSPITAL & CLINIC	MN	$1,630	$1,304	—	—	5 insurers