CPT 27470 · 885 hospitals reporting

27470

The same procedure costs $170 at one hospital and $42,320 at another — a 249× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $2,746.

Cheapest published

$170

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

Median across 885 hospitals

$2,746

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

Most expensive

$42,320

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

Price distribution

82 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
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN NORTHERN CALIF	CA	$2,792	$2,792	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN	IL	$2,792	$2,792	—	—	0 insurers
THE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN - BOSTON	MA	$2,792	$2,792	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN	MO	$2,792	$2,792	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN	OH	$2,792	$2,792	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN - PORTLAND	OR	$2,792	$2,792	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN - PHILADELPHIA	PA	$2,792	$2,792	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN	SC	$2,792	$2,792	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN	TX	$2,792	$2,792	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN	WA	$2,792	$2,792	—	—	0 insurers
THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF ALABAMA	AL	$6,281	$2,701	—	—	0 insurers
CHAMPLAIN VALLEY PHYSICIANS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CTR	NY	$2,825	$2,825	—	—	0 insurers
SIDNEY HEALTH CENTER	MT	$4,269	$2,643	—	—	0 insurers
SIDNEY HEALTH CENTER	MT	$4,269	$2,643	—	—	0 insurers
STEVENS COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$3,349	$2,512	—	—	0 insurers
CENTRAL VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER	VT	$2,997	$2,997	—	—	0 insurers
BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE SURGICAL HOSPITAL FORTWORTH	TX	$4,096	$2,458	$1,483	$14,275	0 insurers
WHIDBEYHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$2,442	$2,442	—	—	0 insurers
ALTRU HOSPITAL	ND	$3,807	$2,322	—	—	0 insurers
LADD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WI	$3,195	$2,237	—	—	0 insurers
JOHN H STROGER JR HOSPITAL	IL	$3,112	$2,178	—	—	0 insurers
PROVIDENT HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO	IL	$3,112	$2,178	—	—	0 insurers
DESOTO REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM	LA	$3,065	$2,146	—	—	0 insurers
BAYLOR MEDICAL CENTER AT TROPHY CLUB	TX	$5,685	$3,411	$1,483	$14,275	0 insurers
WASHINGTON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	AR	$2,643	$1,982	—	—	0 insurers
NORTHEASTERN VERMONT REGIONAL HOSPITAL	VT	$2,643	$1,982	—	—	0 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW RIDGES HOSPITAL	MN	$4,661	$1,981	—	—	0 insurers
CHEYENNE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WY	$5,060	$3,542	—	—	0 insurers
SOUTHWESTERN VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER	VT	$2,585	$1,810	—	—	0 insurers
FLUSHING HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	NY	$3,715	$3,715	—	—	0 insurers
SAUK PRAIRIE HOSPITAL	WI	$6,831	$3,737	—	—	0 insurers
ELLIS HOSPITAL	NY	$3,483	$1,742	—	—	0 insurers
ELLIS HOSPITAL	NY	$3,483	$1,742	—	—	0 insurers
YAVAPAI REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	AZ	$2,315	$1,718	$1,243	$2,246	0 insurers
TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN	TX	$3,810	$3,810	—	—	0 insurers
BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE ORTHOPEDIC AND SPINE HOSPI	TX	$2,753	$1,652	$1,483	$14,275	0 insurers
DEACONESS ILLINOIS CROSSROADS	IL	$4,462	$1,562	—	—	0 insurers
CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$6,100	$3,965	$13,900	$34,210	0 insurers
BARNESVILLE HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, INC	OH	$2,627	$1,314	—	—	0 insurers
BERKELEY MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$2,627	$1,314	—	—	0 insurers