CPT 27538 · 1,072 hospitals reporting

Treat knee fracture(s)

The same procedure costs $94.68 at one hospital and $12,016 at another — a 127× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $623.

Cheapest published

$94.68

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

Median across 1,072 hospitals

$623

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

Most expensive

$12,016

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

Price distribution

296 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
RAINBOW BABIES AND CHILDRENS HOSPITAL	OH	$823	$617	—	—	1 insurers
OCHSNER SCOTT REGIONAL	MS	$997	$628	—	—	5 insurers
OCHSNER LAIRD HOSPITAL	MS	$997	$608	—	—	5 insurers
CLOVIS COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$755	$604	—	—	2 insurers
MAINEHEALTH MAINE MEDICAL CENTER	ME	$643	$643	—	—	5 insurers
MAINEHEALTH PEN BAY HOSPITAL	ME	$643	$643	—	—	5 insurers
LINCOLNHEALTH	ME	$643	$643	—	—	5 insurers
MAINEHEALTH WALDO HOSPITAL	ME	$643	$643	—	—	5 insurers
MAINEHEALTH STEPHENS HOSPITAL	ME	$643	$643	—	—	5 insurers
MAINEHEALTH FRANKLIN HOSPITAL	ME	$643	$643	—	—	5 insurers
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, THE	NH	$643	$643	—	—	5 insurers
ELLIS HOSPITAL	NY	$1,306	$653	—	—	2 insurers
ELLIS HOSPITAL	NY	$1,306	$653	—	—	4 insurers
CEDAR-SINAI MARINA DEL REY HOSPITAL	CA	$1,009	$656	—	—	5 insurers
MAINEHEALTH MID COAST HOSPITAL	ME	$585	$585	—	—	5 insurers
SANFORD MEDICAL CENTER FARGO	ND	$722	$578	—	—	2 insurers
SANFORD MEDICAL CENTER ABERDEEN	SD	$722	$578	—	—	5 insurers
OCHSNER WATKINS HOSPITAL	MS	$997	$668	—	—	5 insurers
SANFORD SHELDON MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$721	$577	—	—	5 insurers
SANFORD VERMILLION MEDICAL CENTER	SD	$721	$577	—	—	5 insurers
SANFORD BEMIDJI MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$837	$670	—	—	3 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS CONNEAUT MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$761	$571	—	—	1 insurers
OCHSNER STENNIS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	MS	$997	$688	—	—	5 insurers
JAMAICA HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	NY	$545	$545	—	—	5 insurers
BARNESVILLE HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, INC	OH	$1,073	$537	—	—	1 insurers
BERKELEY MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$1,073	$537	—	—	1 insurers
BLESSING HOSPITAL	IL	$894	$536	—	—	5 insurers
ILLINI COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	IL	$894	$536	—	—	5 insurers
SOUTHWESTERN VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER	VT	$1,017	$712	—	—	5 insurers
FAIRVIEW LAKES HEALTH SERVICES	MN	$1,777	$713	—	—	4 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW SOUTHDALE HOSPITAL	MN	$1,777	$713	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW UNIVERSITY OF MN MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$1,777	$713	—	—	5 insurers
FAIRVIEW NORTHLAND REGIONAL HOSPITAL	MN	$1,777	$713	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL	MN	$1,777	$713	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW WOODWINDS HOSPITAL	MN	$1,777	$713	—	—	5 insurers
REDINGTON FAIRVIEW GENERAL HOSPITAL	ME	$696	$522	—	—	5 insurers
SOUTH CENTRAL REG MED CTR	MS	$1,230	$517	—	—	3 insurers
SOUTH CENTRAL HEALTH	ND	$1,230	$517	—	—	3 insurers
DEACONESS ILLINOIS CROSSROADS	IL	$1,458	$510	—	—	5 insurers
CLEVELAND AREA HOSPITAL	OK	$504	$504	—	—	5 insurers