CPT 27892 · 948 hospitals reporting

Decompression of leg

The same procedure costs $550 at one hospital and $17,921 at another — a 33× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $2,706.

Cheapest published

$550

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

Median across 948 hospitals

$2,706

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

Most expensive

$17,921

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

Price distribution

114 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 ROCK ISLAND	IL	$3,382	$2,706	—	—	4 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MARSHALLTOWN	IA	$3,382	$2,706	—	—	5 insurers
TRINITY - BETTENDORF	IA	$3,382	$2,706	—	—	4 insurers
ALLEN HOSPITAL	IA	$3,382	$2,706	—	—	4 insurers
GRINNELL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$3,382	$2,706	—	—	5 insurers
GRUNDY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IA	$3,382	$2,706	—	—	4 insurers
JONES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$3,382	$2,706	—	—	5 insurers
SUMMIT SURGICAL, LLC	KS	$3,207	$2,566	—	—	5 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MERITER	WI	$3,602	$2,882	—	—	5 insurers
LASALLE GENERAL HOSPITAL	LA	$5,205	$3,123	—	—	5 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK-ALICE HY	NY	$2,181	$2,181	—	—	5 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN NORTHERN CALIF	CA	$2,145	$2,145	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN	IL	$2,145	$2,145	—	—	0 insurers
THE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN - BOSTON	MA	$2,145	$2,145	—	—	1 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN	MO	$2,145	$2,145	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN	OH	$2,145	$2,145	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN - PORTLAND	OR	$2,145	$2,145	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN - PHILADELPHIA	PA	$2,145	$2,145	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN	SC	$2,145	$2,145	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN	TX	$2,145	$2,145	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN	WA	$2,145	$2,145	—	—	0 insurers
RIVER'S EDGE HOSPITAL & CLINIC	MN	$2,436	$1,949	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MD ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	MD	$1,894	$1,894	—	—	1 insurers
TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN	TX	$1,875	$1,875	—	—	5 insurers
TERREBONNE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER - PARISH	LA	$3,604	$3,604	$206	$3,604	5 insurers
PHYSICIANS MEDICAL CENTER	LA	$3,604	$3,604	$206	$3,604	5 insurers
FLUSHING HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	NY	$1,749	$1,749	—	—	5 insurers
BAYLOR MEDICAL CENTER AT TROPHY CLUB	TX	$2,687	$1,612	$1,478	$8,427	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL	PA	—	$3,804	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN MONTGOMERY HOSPITAL	PA	—	$3,804	—	—	5 insurers
CHEYENNE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WY	$2,283	$1,598	—	—	2 insurers
VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$7,479	$3,814	—	—	4 insurers
ADVOCATE TRINITY HOSPITAL	IL	$7,770	$3,885	—	—	5 insurers
BROADLAWNS MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$1,478	$1,478	—	—	5 insurers
CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$6,100	$3,965	$13,900	$21,398	1 insurers
MAURY REGIONAL HOSPITAL	TN	$3,349	$1,373	—	—	5 insurers
CENTRAL VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER	VT	$1,358	$1,358	—	—	5 insurers
TRINITY MUSCATINE	IA	$1,691	$1,353	—	—	3 insurers
TRINITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$1,691	$1,353	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	IA	$1,691	$1,353	—	—	3 insurers