CPT 27086 · 1,080 hospitals reporting

Remove hip foreign body

The same procedure costs $105 at one hospital and $29,740 at another — a 283× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,331.

Cheapest published

$105

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

Median across 1,080 hospitals

$1,331

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

Most expensive

$29,740

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

Price distribution

274 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
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - PANORAMA CITY	CA	$3,804	$1,331	$2,387	$6,452	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - LOS ANGELES	CA	$3,804	$1,331	$2,387	$6,452	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - DOWNEY	CA	$3,804	$1,331	$2,387	$6,452	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL FONTANA/ONTARIO	CA	$3,804	$1,331	$2,387	$6,452	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN DIEGO	CA	$3,804	$1,331	$2,387	$6,452	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WEST LA	CA	$3,804	$1,331	$2,387	$6,452	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WOODLAND HILLS	CA	$3,804	$1,331	$2,387	$6,452	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL, RIVERSIDE	CA	$3,804	$1,331	$2,387	$6,452	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - BALDWIN PARK	CA	$3,804	$1,331	$2,387	$6,452	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-MORENO VALLEY	CA	$3,804	$1,331	$2,387	$6,452	3 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK-ALICE HY	NY	$1,298	$1,298	—	—	5 insurers
STEPHENS COUNTY HOSPITAL	GA	$2,138	$1,283	—	—	5 insurers
HUGGINS HOSPITAL	NH	$2,768	$1,384	—	—	0 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL	KY	$2,544	$1,198	$2,315	$2,315	1 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL	KY	$2,544	$1,198	$598	$5,624	5 insurers
PALMDALE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$3,677	$1,471	—	—	5 insurers
SOUTHWEST HEALTHCARE RANCHO SPRINGS HOSPITAL	CA	$3,677	$1,471	—	—	5 insurers
HENDERSON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	NE	$3,678	$1,471	—	—	5 insurers
VALLEY HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	NV	$3,678	$1,471	—	—	5 insurers
SUMMERLIN HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	NV	$3,678	$1,471	—	—	5 insurers
SPRING VALLEY HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	NV	$3,678	$1,471	—	—	5 insurers
CENTENNIAL HILLS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	NV	$3,678	$1,471	—	—	5 insurers
HENDERSON HOSPITAL	NV	$3,678	$1,471	—	—	5 insurers
WEST HENDERSON HOSPITAL	NV	$3,678	$1,471	—	—	5 insurers
TRINITY ROCK ISLAND	IL	$1,870	$1,496	—	—	4 insurers
GRINNELL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$1,870	$1,496	—	—	5 insurers
BEAR VALLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$1,615	$1,131	—	—	4 insurers
BAPTIST NEIGHBORHOOD HOSPITAL THOUSAND OAKS	TX	$1,928	$1,542	—	—	5 insurers
WESTOVER HILLS BAPTIST HOSPITAL	TX	$1,928	$1,542	—	—	5 insurers
MANATEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	FL	$2,767	$1,107	—	—	5 insurers
LAKEWOOD RANCH MEDICAL CENTER	FL	$2,767	$1,107	—	—	5 insurers
SUSAN B ALLEN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	KS	$2,416	$1,570	—	—	2 insurers
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIV HOSPITAL	DC	$2,710	$1,084	—	—	5 insurers
ASCENSION WISCONSIN HOSP MENOMONEE FALLS CAMPUS	WI	$2,581	$1,084	—	—	5 insurers
EVERGREEN MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$1,574	$1,023	—	—	3 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH EAST	KY	$2,544	$1,022	$2,315	$2,315	1 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH EAST	KY	$2,544	$1,022	$622	$5,624	5 insurers
SAINT CLARE'S HOSPITAL/ DENVILLE CAMPUS	NJ	$2,544	$1,022	$2,315	$2,315	1 insurers
SAINT CLARE'S HOSPITAL/ DENVILLE CAMPUS	NJ	$2,544	$1,022	$622	$5,624	5 insurers
AIKEN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	SC	$2,516	$1,006	—	—	5 insurers