CPT 26535 · 1,017 hospitals reporting

Revise finger joint

The same procedure costs $278 at one hospital and $34,886 at another — a 126× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,965.

Cheapest published

$278

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

Median across 1,017 hospitals

$1,965

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

Most expensive

$34,886

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

Price distribution

194 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
TOPS SURGICAL SPECIALTY HOSPITAL	TX	$5,495	$1,923	$1	$10,194	5 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL	KY	$4,259	$2,006	$3,876	$3,876	1 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL	KY	$4,259	$2,006	$1,000	$6,376	5 insurers
BAYLOR MEDICAL CENTER AT TROPHY CLUB	TX	$3,363	$2,018	$1,850	$8,427	5 insurers
NORTH CENTRAL SURGICAL CENTER LLP	TX	$3,157	$1,894	$1,736	$8,427	5 insurers
HOLY FAMILY MEMORIAL	WI	—	$1,874	$414	$3,340	0 insurers
BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE SURGICAL HOSPITAL FORTWORTH	TX	$3,118	$1,871	$1,715	$8,427	5 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK-ALICE HY	NY	$1,834	$1,834	—	—	5 insurers
CHI SAINT JOSEPH BEREA NF	KY	$3,597	$1,734	$1,655	$3,273	5 insurers
CHI SAINT JOSEPH BEREA NF	KY	$3,597	$1,734	$992	$4,926	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH MERCY COUNCIL BLUFFS	IA	$5,237	$2,200	$3,142	$4,451	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH MERCY COUNCIL BLUFFS	IA	$5,237	$2,200	$701	$12,082	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH BERGAN MERCY	NE	$5,237	$2,200	$3,142	$4,451	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH BERGAN MERCY	NE	$5,237	$2,200	$701	$12,082	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH IMMANUEL	NE	$5,237	$2,200	$3,142	$4,451	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH IMMANUEL	NE	$5,237	$2,200	$701	$12,082	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH MIDLANDS	NE	$5,237	$2,200	$3,142	$4,451	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH MIDLANDS	NE	$5,237	$2,200	$701	$12,082	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH LAKESIDE	NE	$5,237	$2,200	$3,142	$4,451	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH LAKESIDE	NE	$5,237	$2,200	$701	$12,082	5 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH EAST	KY	$4,259	$1,711	$3,876	$3,876	1 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH EAST	KY	$4,259	$1,711	$1,041	$6,376	5 insurers
SAINT CLARE'S HOSPITAL/ DENVILLE CAMPUS	NJ	$4,259	$1,711	$3,876	$3,876	1 insurers
SAINT CLARE'S HOSPITAL/ DENVILLE CAMPUS	NJ	$4,259	$1,711	$1,041	$6,376	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH - MERCY CORNING	IA	$4,658	$2,236	$2,795	$4,565	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH - MERCY CORNING	IA	$4,658	$2,236	$2,003	$4,565	5 insurers
BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE ORTHOPEDIC AND SPINE HOSPI	TX	$2,753	$1,652	$1,514	$8,427	5 insurers
NORTH ALABAMA MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$4,708	$1,648	—	—	1 insurers
NORTH ALABAMA SHOALS HOSPITAL	AL	$4,708	$1,648	—	—	1 insurers
CHI HEALTH MISSOURI VALLEY	IA	$4,658	$2,282	$2,655	$4,565	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH MISSOURI VALLEY	IA	$4,658	$2,282	$1,630	$4,565	5 insurers
VILLAGES REGIONAL HOSPITAL, THE	FL	$2,722	$1,633	$1,225	$10,117	5 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER NORTH LITTLE ROCK	AR	$6,223	$1,556	—	—	5 insurers
BAXTER HEALTH	AR	$3,965	$2,379	—	—	3 insurers
NORTH CANYON MEDICAL CENTER	ID	$2,974	$2,379	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MED CENTER	MS	$6,000	$2,400	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER- GRENADA	MS	$6,000	$2,400	—	—	5 insurers
BALDWIN HEALTH	AL	$2,830	$1,472	—	—	3 insurers
PIH HEALTH DOWNEY HOSPITAL	CA	$2,830	$1,472	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SOUTH BAY	CA	$2,830	$1,472	—	—	3 insurers