CPT 27635 · 1,125 hospitals reporting

Removal of cyst or growth of lower leg bone

The same procedure costs $136 at one hospital and $35,248 at another — a 260× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $2,787.

Cheapest published

$136

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

Median across 1,125 hospitals

$2,787

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

Most expensive

$35,248

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

Price distribution

240 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
BAXTER HEALTH	AR	$4,590	$2,754	—	—	3 insurers
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS, INC	WV	$5,639	$2,819	—	—	5 insurers
MOUNTAIN VIEW HOSPITAL	ID	$3,914	$2,740	$2,779	$8,067	5 insurers
IDAHO FALLS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, LLC	ID	$3,914	$2,740	$2,533	$7,214	4 insurers
LUBBOCK HEART HOSPITAL LP	TX	$2,716	$2,716	—	—	5 insurers
ALLEN HOSPITAL	IA	$3,594	$2,875	—	—	4 insurers
GRINNELL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$3,594	$2,875	—	—	5 insurers
GRUNDY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IA	$3,594	$2,875	—	—	4 insurers
BEEBE MEDICAL CENTER	DE	$3,170	$2,695	—	—	1 insurers
ST JOSEPHS AREA HEALTH SERVICES	MN	$4,795	$2,968	$640	$4,555	5 insurers
OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$30,135	$3,014	—	—	5 insurers
HOLY FAMILY MEMORIAL	WI	—	$3,074	$546	$5,477	0 insurers
EAST LIVERPOOL CITY HOSPITAL	OH	$1,395	$3,080	$419	$1,395	5 insurers
SUMMIT SURGICAL, LLC	KS	$3,862	$3,089	—	—	5 insurers
MISSOURI DELTA MEDICAL CENTER	MO	$12,553	$3,138	—	—	5 insurers
VALLEY VIEW HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION	CO	$2,680	$2,412	—	—	0 insurers
CHEROKEE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,680	$2,412	—	—	0 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK-ALICE HY	NY	$2,391	$2,391	—	—	5 insurers
GIBSON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	IL	$3,216	$3,216	—	—	5 insurers
GIBSON GENERAL HOSPITAL	IN	$3,216	$3,216	—	—	5 insurers
LOWER BUCKS HOSPITAL	PA	$6,064	$3,218	$673	$6,064	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HEALTH LAKEWOOD MEDICAL CENTER	MO	$4,272	$2,350	—	—	5 insurers
GARDEN CITY HOSPITAL	MI	$11,092	$3,245	$1,740	$11,092	5 insurers
KNAPP MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$4,310	$3,270	$248	$4,310	5 insurers
HARLINGEN MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$14,011	$3,270	$706	$11,209	5 insurers
COPPER QUEEN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	AZ	$4,775	$3,342	—	—	5 insurers
THE QUEENS MEDICAL CENTER	HI	$4,775	$3,342	—	—	5 insurers
MOUNT GRANT GENERAL HOSPITAL	NV	$2,831	$3,345	$492	$2,831	5 insurers
ROXBOROUGH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	PA	$2,831	$3,345	$492	$2,831	5 insurers
NORTH CANYON MEDICAL CENTER	ID	$2,503	$2,002	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MD ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	MD	$1,989	$1,989	—	—	1 insurers
RIVER'S EDGE HOSPITAL & CLINIC	MN	$2,472	$1,978	—	—	5 insurers
ARKANSAS SURGICAL HOSPITAL	AR	$5,275	$3,633	$1,280	$3,780	5 insurers
TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN	TX	$1,880	$1,880	—	—	5 insurers
STARR REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER ATHENS	TN	$9,579	$1,878	—	—	1 insurers
SURGEONS CHOICE MEDICAL CENTER	MI	$8,850	$3,701	—	—	5 insurers
O U MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$37,156	$3,716	$2,662	$30,468	5 insurers
FLUSHING HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	NY	$1,843	$1,843	—	—	5 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER NORTH LITTLE ROCK	AR	$7,203	$1,801	—	—	5 insurers
UNM HOSPITAL	NM	$3,266	$1,796	—	—	5 insurers