CPT 27339 · 1,105 hospitals reporting

Removal of growth of muscle of thigh or knee; 5.0 cm or more

The same procedure costs $176 at one hospital and $30,650 at another — a 174× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $2,903.

Cheapest published

$176

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

Median across 1,105 hospitals

$2,903

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

Most expensive

$30,650

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

Price distribution

251 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
MISSION REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$16,800	$2,903	$847	$13,440	5 insurers
HARLINGEN MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$14,011	$2,903	$706	$11,209	5 insurers
SOUTHERN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$28,125	$2,899	$1,517	$28,125	5 insurers
GARDEN CITY HOSPITAL	MI	$9,000	$2,881	$1,544	$9,000	5 insurers
FRYE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$7,392	$2,957	—	—	1 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO	CA	$8,566	$2,998	$2,818	$7,828	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-SANTA CLARA	CA	$8,566	$2,998	$2,818	$7,828	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL AND REHAB CENTER	CA	$8,566	$2,998	$2,818	$7,828	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - OAKLAND/RICHMOND	CA	$8,566	$2,998	$2,818	$7,828	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN FRANCISCO	CA	$8,566	$2,998	$2,818	$7,828	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SACRAMENTO	CA	$8,566	$2,998	$2,818	$7,828	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL	CA	$8,566	$2,998	$2,818	$7,828	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - FREMONT	CA	$8,566	$2,998	$2,818	$7,828	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-SAN JOSE	CA	$8,566	$2,998	$2,818	$7,828	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSP SO SACRAMENTO	CA	$8,566	$2,998	$2,818	$7,828	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-SANTA ROSA	CA	$8,566	$2,998	$2,818	$7,828	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - FRESNO	CA	$8,566	$2,998	$2,818	$7,828	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - ANTIOCH	CA	$8,566	$2,998	$2,818	$7,828	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - VACAVILLE	CA	$8,566	$2,998	$2,818	$7,828	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - ROSEVILLE	CA	$8,566	$2,998	$2,818	$7,828	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S WARREN HOSPITAL	NJ	$3,310	$2,748	—	—	2 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - UPPER BUCKS CAMPUS	PA	$3,310	$2,748	—	—	2 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL BETHLEHEM	PA	$3,310	$2,748	—	—	2 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - GRAND VIEW CAMPUS	PA	$3,310	$2,748	—	—	2 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - EASTON CAMPUS	PA	$3,310	$2,748	—	—	2 insurers
ST LUKE'S MINERS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	PA	$3,310	$2,748	—	—	2 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - ANDERSON CAMPUS	PA	$3,310	$2,748	—	—	2 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - MONROE CAMPUS	PA	$3,310	$2,748	—	—	2 insurers
GEISINGER ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL	PA	$3,310	$2,748	—	—	2 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - CARBON CAMPUS	PA	$3,310	$2,748	—	—	2 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK-ALICE HY	NY	$3,060	$3,060	—	—	5 insurers
PROVIDENCE MEDICAL CENTER	KS	$7,851	$2,736	$847	$7,254	5 insurers
RIVER'S EDGE HOSPITAL & CLINIC	MN	$3,416	$2,733	—	—	5 insurers
MAUI MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	HI	$7,941	$3,097	—	—	2 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER INC	MD	$22,118	$3,097	$789	$22,118	5 insurers
ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$10,240	$3,097	$789	$10,240	5 insurers
LANDMARK MEDICAL CENTER	RI	$6,563	$3,249	$1,251	$6,234	5 insurers
MEDICAL WEST, AN AFFILIATE OF UAB HEALTH SYSTEM	AL	$10,158	$2,540	—	—	5 insurers
JACKSON PURCHASE MEDICAL CENTER	KY	$8,167	$3,267	—	—	0 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MD ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	MD	$2,537	$2,537	—	—	1 insurers