CPT 27696 · 1,065 hospitals reporting

Repair, primary, disrupted ligament, ankle; both collateral ligaments

The same procedure costs $292 at one hospital and $37,168 at another — a 127× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $2,792.

Cheapest published

$292

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

Median across 1,065 hospitals

$2,792

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

Most expensive

$37,168

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

Price distribution

183 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
TRINITY MUSCATINE	IA	$3,490	$2,792	—	—	3 insurers
TRINITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$3,490	$2,792	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	IA	$3,490	$2,792	—	—	3 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - DES MOINES IOWA METHODIST MEDI	IA	$3,490	$2,792	—	—	3 insurers
TRINITY - BETTENDORF	IA	$3,490	$2,792	—	—	4 insurers
FINLEY HOSPITAL	IA	$3,490	$2,792	—	—	5 insurers
ST LUKES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$3,490	$2,792	—	—	3 insurers
COOKEVILLE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	TN	$4,839	$2,966	—	—	2 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MERITER	WI	$3,750	$3,000	—	—	5 insurers
SUMMIT SURGICAL, LLC	KS	$3,862	$3,089	—	—	5 insurers
MISSION COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$3,803	$2,472	—	—	5 insurers
BAXTER HEALTH	AR	$4,066	$2,439	—	—	3 insurers
PEACEHEALTH SOUTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$5,057	$3,287	—	—	5 insurers
GIBSON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	IL	$3,305	$3,305	—	—	5 insurers
GIBSON GENERAL HOSPITAL	IN	$3,305	$3,305	—	—	5 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK-ALICE HY	NY	$2,271	$2,271	—	—	5 insurers
STARR REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER ATHENS	TN	$11,283	$2,211	—	—	1 insurers
BELL HOSPITAL	MI	$5,662	$3,397	—	—	0 insurers
MOUNTAIN VIEW HOSPITAL	ID	$3,090	$2,163	$2,318	$8,067	5 insurers
IDAHO FALLS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, LLC	ID	$3,090	$2,163	$2,318	$15,674	4 insurers
VALLEY VIEW HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION	CO	$2,350	$2,115	—	—	0 insurers
CHEROKEE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,350	$2,115	—	—	0 insurers
CHEYENNE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WY	$3,016	$2,111	—	—	2 insurers
RIVER'S EDGE HOSPITAL & CLINIC	MN	$2,633	$2,106	—	—	5 insurers
UNITED HOSPITAL CENTER, INC	WV	$7,012	$3,506	—	—	5 insurers
SISTERSVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL	WV	$7,012	$3,506	—	—	5 insurers
SUMMERSVILLE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$7,012	$3,506	—	—	5 insurers
HARRISON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	KY	$5,066	$3,546	—	—	5 insurers
BAYLOR MEDICAL CENTER AT TROPHY CLUB	TX	$3,363	$2,018	$1,850	$8,427	5 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER NORTH LITTLE ROCK	AR	$7,802	$1,951	—	—	5 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER - JACKSONVILLE	FL	$10,252	$1,948	—	—	5 insurers
TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN	TX	$1,895	$1,895	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MD ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	MD	$1,891	$1,891	—	—	1 insurers
University of Arkansas Medical Sciences	AR	$3,120	$1,872	—	—	5 insurers
BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE SURGICAL HOSPITAL FORTWORTH	TX	$3,118	$1,871	$1,715	$8,427	5 insurers
HUMBOLDT COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IA	$2,064	$1,858	—	—	5 insurers
CONEMAUGH MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	PA	$9,509	$3,804	—	—	2 insurers
GREENE COUNTY HOSPITAL	AL	$3,126	$1,751	—	—	3 insurers
GREENE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$3,126	$1,751	—	—	3 insurers
JACKSON COUNTY REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER	IA	$1,727	$1,727	—	—	5 insurers