CPT 28002 · 1,047 hospitals reporting

Prof fee-dr fluid sac foot joint

The same procedure costs $97.92 at one hospital and $11,454 at another — a 117× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,876.

Cheapest published

$97.92

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

Median across 1,047 hospitals

$1,876

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

Most expensive

$11,454

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

Price distribution

247 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
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL	PA	—	$1,876	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN MONTGOMERY HOSPITAL	PA	—	$1,876	—	—	5 insurers
BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE SURGICAL HOSPITAL FORTWORTH	TX	$3,118	$1,871	$1,715	$8,427	5 insurers
SAINT MICHAEL'S MEDICAL CENTER	NJ	$12,192	$1,864	$21.83	$9,753	5 insurers
CAPE FEAR VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$3,086	$1,852	—	—	5 insurers
BETSY JOHNSON REGIONAL HOSPITAL	NC	$3,086	$1,852	—	—	5 insurers
SURGEONS CHOICE MEDICAL CENTER	MI	$6,850	$1,838	—	—	5 insurers
MISSOURI DELTA MEDICAL CENTER	MO	$7,767	$1,942	—	—	5 insurers
CEDAR-SINAI MARINA DEL REY HOSPITAL	CA	$2,780	$1,807	—	—	5 insurers
LANDMARK MEDICAL CENTER	RI	$7,276	$1,799	$1,251	$6,912	5 insurers
BAYLOR MEDICAL CENTER AT TROPHY CLUB	TX	$3,266	$1,960	$1,796	$8,427	5 insurers
UCHEALTH HIGHLANDS RANCH HOSPITAL	CO	$5,969	$1,791	—	—	5 insurers
METRO NASHVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL	TN	$3,279	$1,967	—	—	5 insurers
WAYNE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	GA	$2,518	$1,762	—	—	0 insurers
ARKANSAS SURGICAL HOSPITAL	AR	$3,425	$1,751	$1,071	$2,055	5 insurers
MOUNTAIN VIEW HOSPITAL	ID	$2,500	$1,750	$1,875	$5,149	5 insurers
IDAHO FALLS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, LLC	ID	$2,500	$1,750	$1,254	$3,612	4 insurers
MONTEFIORE ST LUKE'S CORNWALL	NY	—	$2,007	—	—	5 insurers
University of Arkansas Medical Sciences	AR	$3,411	$2,047	—	—	5 insurers
GARDEN GROVE HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$7,276	$2,058	$296	$7,276	5 insurers
WEST ANAHEIM MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$7,276	$2,058	$296	$7,276	5 insurers
LA PALMA INTERCOMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$7,276	$2,058	$296	$7,276	5 insurers
SAN DIMAS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$10,500	$2,058	$296	$10,500	5 insurers
WARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	TX	$2,400	$1,680	—	—	0 insurers
UCH-MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM	CO	$5,969	$2,089	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH BROOMFIELD HOSPITAL	CO	$5,969	$2,089	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH GRANDVIEW HOSPITAL	CO	$5,969	$2,089	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HEALTH LAKEWOOD MEDICAL CENTER	MO	$3,012	$1,656	—	—	5 insurers
MOUNT GRANT GENERAL HOSPITAL	NV	$12,192	$1,643	$776	$11,826	5 insurers
ROXBOROUGH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	PA	$12,192	$1,643	$776	$11,826	5 insurers
SAUK PRAIRIE HOSPITAL	WI	$3,860	$2,111	—	—	5 insurers
DALLAS MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$4,211	$1,607	$273	$4,211	5 insurers
REDINGTON FAIRVIEW GENERAL HOSPITAL	ME	$2,108	$1,581	—	—	5 insurers
LOWER BUCKS HOSPITAL	PA	$12,192	$1,581	$776	$9,753	5 insurers
UT OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL - WILLIAM P. CLEMENTS JR.	TX	$2,108	$1,581	—	—	5 insurers
FRANKLIN HOSPITAL	IL	$2,082	$1,561	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MD ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	MD	$1,524	$1,524	—	—	1 insurers
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IL	$4,958	$2,231	—	—	5 insurers
PROVIDENCE MEDICAL CENTER	KS	$7,748	$1,514	$521	$7,159	5 insurers
LALLIE KEMP MEDICAL CENTER	LA	$3,765	$2,259	—	—	2 insurers