CPT 26236 · 1,201 hospitals reporting

Partial removal finger bone

The same procedure costs $105 at one hospital and $20,948 at another — a 200× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,607.

Cheapest published

$105

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

Median across 1,201 hospitals

$1,607

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

Most expensive

$20,948

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

Price distribution

421 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
KNAPP MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$12,577	$1,607	$724	$12,325	5 insurers
MISSION REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$14,250	$1,607	$718	$11,400	5 insurers
DALLAS MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$6,567	$1,607	$426	$5,381	5 insurers
HARLINGEN MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$14,011	$1,607	$706	$11,209	5 insurers
BAYLOR MEDICAL CENTER AT TROPHY CLUB	TX	$2,687	$1,612	$1,478	$8,427	5 insurers
GARDEN CITY HOSPITAL	MI	$6,777	$1,595	$855	$6,777	5 insurers
UCH-MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM	CO	$4,555	$1,594	—	—	5 insurers
LONGS PEAK HOSPITAL	CO	$4,555	$1,594	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH BROOMFIELD HOSPITAL	CO	$4,555	$1,594	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH GRANDVIEW HOSPITAL	CO	$4,555	$1,594	—	—	5 insurers
SANFORD MEDICAL CENTER FARGO	ND	$1,989	$1,591	—	—	2 insurers
CENTRAL MAINE MEDICAL CENTER	ME	$7,339	$1,586	$1,587	$7,339	5 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER	OR	$2,942	$1,569	$2,207	$2,795	5 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER	OR	$2,942	$1,569	$1,362	$6,092	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HEALTH LAKEWOOD MEDICAL CENTER	MO	$3,000	$1,650	—	—	5 insurers
ALAMEDA HOSPITAL	CA	$3,106	$1,553	$1,243	$2,330	4 insurers
HIGHLAND HOSPITAL	CA	$3,106	$1,553	$1,243	$2,330	4 insurers
PROVIDENCE MEDICAL CENTER	KS	$5,835	$1,514	$467	$5,391	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MD ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	MD	$1,507	$1,507	—	—	1 insurers
ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$3,838	$1,714	$456	$3,838	5 insurers
PEACE HARBOR MEDICAL CENTER	OR	$2,294	$1,491	—	—	1 insurers
TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN	TX	$1,476	$1,476	—	—	5 insurers
USC ARCADIA HOSPITAL	CA	$4,996	$1,749	—	—	5 insurers
ARKANSAS SURGICAL HOSPITAL	AR	$5,275	$1,751	$597	$3,165	5 insurers
HOLY FAMILY MEMORIAL	WI	—	$1,785	$301	$3,181	0 insurers
CHI HEALTH ST. ELIZABETH	NE	$3,616	$1,808	$2,242	$2,893	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH ST. ELIZABETH	NE	$3,616	$1,808	$832	$9,609	5 insurers
JACKSON HEALTH SYSTEM	FL	$3,984	$1,396	$984	$984	1 insurers
FLUSHING HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	NY	$1,392	$1,392	—	—	5 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL	KY	$2,950	$1,390	$2,685	$2,685	1 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL	KY	$2,950	$1,390	$693	$3,796	5 insurers
SURGEONS CHOICE MEDICAL CENTER	MI	$6,850	$1,838	—	—	5 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK-ALICE HY	NY	$1,844	$1,844	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH HIGHLANDS RANCH HOSPITAL	CO	$4,555	$1,367	—	—	5 insurers
WHEELING HOSPITAL, INC	WV	$3,696	$1,848	—	—	5 insurers
CRISP REGIONAL HOSPITAL	GA	$1,433	$1,361	—	—	0 insurers
CHI HEALTH PLAINVIEW HOSPITAL	NE	$2,221	$1,866	$2,004	$2,177	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH PLAINVIEW HOSPITAL	NE	$2,221	$1,866	$1,355	$3,008	5 insurers
THOMAS HOSPITAL	AL	$3,735	$1,868	—	—	5 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER - JACKSONVILLE	FL	$7,080	$1,345	—	—	5 insurers