CPT 27562 · 1,196 hospitals reporting

Treat kneecap dislocation

The same procedure costs $51.55 at one hospital and $24,185 at another — a 469× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,003.

Cheapest published

$51.55

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

Median across 1,196 hospitals

$1,003

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

Most expensive

$24,185

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

Price distribution

461 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
NORTH CENTRAL SURGICAL CENTER LLP	TX	$1,671	$1,003	$919	$8,427	5 insurers
MISSOURI DELTA MEDICAL CENTER	MO	$4,019	$1,005	—	—	5 insurers
COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$1,262	$1,009	—	—	0 insurers
FORT DUNCAN MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$2,526	$1,010	—	—	5 insurers
VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$1,948	$993	—	—	4 insurers
ALTRU HOSPITAL	ND	$1,627	$992	—	—	0 insurers
GROVE HILL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	AL	$1,688	$1,013	—	—	5 insurers
NEOSHO MEMORIAL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	KS	$1,353	$1,015	—	—	5 insurers
HASKELL REGIONAL HOSPITAL, INC	OK	$1,020	$1,020	—	—	5 insurers
COQUILLE VALLEY HOSPITAL	OR	—	$1,021	$211	$1,021	5 insurers
WEISER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	ID	$1,363	$1,022	—	—	2 insurers
SIDNEY HEALTH CENTER	MT	$1,658	$1,027	—	—	5 insurers
SIDNEY HEALTH CENTER	MT	$1,658	$1,027	—	—	4 insurers
CHI ST ALEXIUS HEALTH DICKINSON	ND	$1,646	$1,037	$1,152	$1,597	5 insurers
CHI ST ALEXIUS HEALTH DICKINSON	ND	$1,646	$1,037	$691	$1,597	5 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO	CA	$2,724	$953	$245	$680	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-SANTA CLARA	CA	$2,724	$953	$245	$680	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL AND REHAB CENTER	CA	$2,724	$953	$245	$680	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - OAKLAND/RICHMOND	CA	$2,724	$953	$245	$680	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN FRANCISCO	CA	$2,724	$953	$245	$680	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SACRAMENTO	CA	$2,724	$953	$245	$680	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL	CA	$2,724	$953	$245	$680	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - FREMONT	CA	$2,724	$953	$245	$680	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-SAN JOSE	CA	$2,724	$953	$245	$680	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSP SO SACRAMENTO	CA	$2,724	$953	$245	$680	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-SANTA ROSA	CA	$2,724	$953	$245	$680	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - FRESNO	CA	$2,724	$953	$245	$680	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - ANTIOCH	CA	$2,724	$953	$245	$680	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - VACAVILLE	CA	$2,724	$953	$245	$680	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - ROSEVILLE	CA	$2,724	$953	$245	$680	3 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW RIDGES HOSPITAL	MN	$2,232	$949	—	—	4 insurers
ELKVIEW GENERAL HOSPITAL	OK	$1,578	$947	—	—	0 insurers
BALDWIN HEALTH	AL	$1,820	$946	—	—	3 insurers
PIH HEALTH DOWNEY HOSPITAL	CA	$1,820	$946	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SOUTH BAY	CA	$1,820	$946	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - ORANGE COUNTY - ANAHEIM	CA	$1,820	$946	—	—	3 insurers
LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$1,820	$946	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN MARCOS	CA	$1,820	$946	—	—	3 insurers
ATHOL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	MA	$942	$942	$344	$4,142	5 insurers
ST JOSEPHS AREA HEALTH SERVICES	MN	$1,519	$940	$540	$1,443	5 insurers