CPT 27602 · 1,044 hospitals reporting

Decompression fasciotomy ant/lat/post

The same procedure costs $110 at one hospital and $34,997 at another — a 318× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,803.

Cheapest published

$110

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

Median across 1,044 hospitals

$1,803

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

Most expensive

$34,997

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

Price distribution

217 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
MOUNTAIN VIEW HOSPITAL	ID	$2,575	$1,803	$1,931	$8,067	5 insurers
IDAHO FALLS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, LLC	ID	$2,575	$1,803	$1,931	$7,214	4 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN NORTHERN CALIF	CA	$1,793	$1,793	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN	IL	$1,793	$1,793	—	—	0 insurers
THE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN - BOSTON	MA	$1,793	$1,793	—	—	1 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN	MO	$1,793	$1,793	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN	OH	$1,793	$1,793	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN - PORTLAND	OR	$1,793	$1,793	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN - PHILADELPHIA	PA	$1,793	$1,793	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN	SC	$1,793	$1,793	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN	TX	$1,793	$1,793	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN	WA	$1,793	$1,793	—	—	0 insurers
ST LUKE'S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	ID	$5,086	$1,780	$2,289	$5,086	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	ID	$5,086	$1,780	$1,145	$10,562	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S THE WOODLANDS HOSPITAL	TX	$5,086	$1,780	$2,187	$5,086	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S THE WOODLANDS HOSPITAL	TX	$5,086	$1,780	$1,145	$10,562	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S SUGAR LAND HOSPITAL	TX	$5,086	$1,780	$2,187	$5,086	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S SUGAR LAND HOSPITAL	TX	$5,086	$1,780	$1,088	$10,562	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL AT THE VINTAGE	TX	$5,086	$1,780	$2,187	$5,086	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL AT THE VINTAGE	TX	$5,086	$1,780	$1,088	$10,562	5 insurers
ALTRU HOSPITAL	ND	$3,083	$1,881	—	—	0 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK-ALICE HY	NY	$1,892	$1,892	—	—	5 insurers
RIVER'S EDGE HOSPITAL & CLINIC	MN	$2,399	$1,919	—	—	5 insurers
CHI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL- GEORGIA	GA	$5,492	$1,626	$4,449	$4,449	3 insurers
CHI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL- GEORGIA	GA	$5,492	$1,626	$167	$7,104	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MD ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	MD	$1,625	$1,625	—	—	1 insurers
BAYLOR MEDICAL CENTER AT TROPHY CLUB	TX	$2,687	$1,612	$1,478	$8,427	5 insurers
TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN	TX	$1,608	$1,608	—	—	5 insurers
FLUSHING HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	NY	$1,605	$1,605	—	—	5 insurers
MAURY REGIONAL HOSPITAL	TN	$3,908	$1,602	—	—	5 insurers
Baylor St Lukes Medical Center	TX	$5,780	$2,023	$908	$9,205	5 insurers
CHI ST LUKES LAKESIDE HOSPITAL	TX	$5,780	$2,023	$908	$6,688	5 insurers
CARTERET GENERAL HOSPITAL	NC	$1,568	$1,568	—	—	5 insurers
JACKSON COUNTY REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER	IA	$1,535	$1,535	—	—	5 insurers
CHEYENNE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WY	$2,181	$1,527	—	—	2 insurers
LADD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WI	$2,142	$1,499	—	—	5 insurers
CHESHIRE MEDICAL CENTER	NH	$5,420	$1,496	—	—	5 insurers
BRISTOL HOSPITAL	CT	$9,856	$1,478	—	—	5 insurers
JOHNSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IN	$9,856	$1,478	—	—	5 insurers
WELLMONT BRISTOL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	TN	$9,856	$1,478	—	—	5 insurers