CPT 28035 · 1,084 hospitals reporting

Decompression of tibia nerve

The same procedure costs $145 at one hospital and $27,497 at another — a 189× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $2,240.

Cheapest published

$145

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

Median across 1,084 hospitals

$2,240

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

Most expensive

$27,497

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

Price distribution

227 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
ST LUKE'S WARREN HOSPITAL	NJ	$2,699	$2,240	—	—	2 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - UPPER BUCKS CAMPUS	PA	$2,699	$2,240	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL BETHLEHEM	PA	$2,699	$2,240	—	—	2 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - GRAND VIEW CAMPUS	PA	$2,699	$2,240	—	—	2 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - EASTON CAMPUS	PA	$2,699	$2,240	—	—	2 insurers
ST LUKE'S MINERS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	PA	$2,699	$2,240	—	—	2 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - ANDERSON CAMPUS	PA	$2,699	$2,240	—	—	2 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - MONROE CAMPUS	PA	$2,699	$2,240	—	—	2 insurers
GEISINGER ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL	PA	$2,699	$2,240	—	—	2 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - CARBON CAMPUS	PA	$2,699	$2,240	—	—	2 insurers
SURGEONS CHOICE MEDICAL CENTER	MI	$6,850	$2,208	—	—	5 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK-ALICE HY	NY	$2,195	$2,195	—	—	5 insurers
SUMMIT SURGICAL, LLC	KS	$2,743	$2,194	—	—	5 insurers
ARKANSAS SURGICAL HOSPITAL	AR	$3,425	$2,194	$1,071	$6,000	5 insurers
HOLY FAMILY MEMORIAL	WI	—	$2,192	$338	$3,906	0 insurers
LANDMARK MEDICAL CENTER	RI	$6,766	$2,184	$1,251	$6,428	5 insurers
CITIZENS MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$4,681	$2,340	—	—	5 insurers
ELMORE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	AL	$5,858	$2,343	—	—	5 insurers
NORTH VISTA HOSPITAL	NV	$8,831	$2,124	$609	$8,831	5 insurers
MOUNTAIN VIEW HOSPITAL	ID	$2,987	$2,091	$2,240	$4,291	5 insurers
IDAHO FALLS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, LLC	ID	$2,987	$2,091	$1,591	$4,487	4 insurers
ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$8,561	$2,082	$366	$8,561	5 insurers
COOKEVILLE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	TN	$3,922	$2,404	—	—	2 insurers
University of Arkansas Medical Sciences	AR	$4,027	$2,416	—	—	5 insurers
MONTEFIORE ST LUKE'S CORNWALL	NY	—	$2,438	—	—	5 insurers
OTTUMWA REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER	IA	$6,174	$2,470	—	—	1 insurers
RUTHERFORD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$6,223	$2,489	—	—	2 insurers
DESERT VALLEY HOSPITAL	CA	$2,957	$2,499	$532	$2,957	5 insurers
SHASTA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$11,130	$2,499	$532	$11,130	5 insurers
OZARKS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL OF GRAVETTE	AR	$1,413	$2,500	—	—	5 insurers
LOWER BUCKS HOSPITAL	PA	$3,201	$1,921	$557	$3,201	5 insurers
UNM HOSPITAL	NM	$4,694	$2,582	—	—	5 insurers
SOUTH TEXAS SPINE AND SURGICAL HOSPITAL	TX	$1,861	$1,861	—	—	5 insurers
TRINITY ROCK ISLAND	IL	$3,282	$2,626	—	—	4 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MARSHALLTOWN	IA	$3,282	$2,626	—	—	5 insurers
TRINITY - BETTENDORF	IA	$3,282	$2,626	—	—	4 insurers
FINLEY HOSPITAL	IA	$3,282	$2,626	—	—	5 insurers
JONES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$3,282	$2,626	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MD ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	MD	$1,853	$1,853	—	—	1 insurers
EAST VALLEY ER & HOSPITAL	AZ	$4,087	$1,839	—	—	0 insurers