CPT 28043 · 1,164 hospitals reporting

Removal (less than 1.5 centimeters) tissue growth beneath the skin of foot or toe

The same procedure costs $108 at one hospital and $31,804 at another — a 295× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,968.

Cheapest published

$108

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

Median across 1,164 hospitals

$1,968

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

Most expensive

$31,804

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

Price distribution

327 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
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MARSHALLTOWN	IA	$2,460	$1,968	—	—	5 insurers
TRINITY MUSCATINE	IA	$2,460	$1,968	—	—	3 insurers
TRINITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,460	$1,968	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	IA	$2,460	$1,968	—	—	3 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - DES MOINES IOWA METHODIST MEDI	IA	$2,460	$1,968	—	—	3 insurers
ALLEN HOSPITAL	IA	$2,460	$1,968	—	—	4 insurers
FINLEY HOSPITAL	IA	$2,460	$1,968	—	—	5 insurers
ST LUKES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,460	$1,968	—	—	3 insurers
GRUNDY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IA	$2,460	$1,968	—	—	4 insurers
WETZEL COUNTY HOSPITAL	WV	$3,937	$1,969	—	—	5 insurers
ST MARYS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	AR	$6,533	$1,960	—	—	1 insurers
UCH-MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM	CO	$5,698	$1,994	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH BROOMFIELD HOSPITAL	CO	$5,698	$1,994	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH GRANDVIEW HOSPITAL	CO	$5,698	$1,994	—	—	5 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MERITER	WI	$2,499	$1,999	—	—	5 insurers
MAGNOLIA REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER	MS	$5,681	$1,932	—	—	5 insurers
THOMAS HOSPITAL	AL	$3,807	$1,904	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL	PA	—	$1,900	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN MONTGOMERY HOSPITAL	PA	—	$1,900	—	—	5 insurers
UNITED MEDICAL CENTER	DC	$3,797	$1,899	—	—	5 insurers
UNIONTOWN HOSPITAL	PA	$3,797	$1,899	—	—	5 insurers
CAMDEN CLARK MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$3,797	$1,899	—	—	5 insurers
MONTEFIORE ST LUKE'S CORNWALL	NY	—	$2,062	—	—	5 insurers
BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE SURGICAL HOSPITAL FORTWORTH	TX	$3,118	$1,871	$1,659	$8,427	5 insurers
ELMHURST HOSPITAL CENTER	NY	—	$2,069	—	—	0 insurers
SURGEONS CHOICE MEDICAL CENTER	MI	$6,850	$1,854	—	—	5 insurers
WAYNE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	PA	$2,613	$2,091	$1,045	$2,091	5 insurers
ARKANSAS SURGICAL HOSPITAL	AR	$3,425	$1,830	$597	$2,500	5 insurers
LA PALMA INTERCOMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$10,500	$2,113	$433	$10,500	5 insurers
CHINO VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$14,214	$2,113	$433	$14,214	5 insurers
SAN DIMAS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$13,000	$2,113	$433	$13,000	5 insurers
SHASTA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$3,259	$2,113	$433	$3,259	5 insurers
ROME MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC	NY	$4,510	$1,821	—	—	5 insurers
BETSY JOHNSON REGIONAL HOSPITAL	NC	$3,534	$2,120	—	—	5 insurers
MAUI MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	HI	$4,569	$1,782	—	—	3 insurers
CAPE FEAR VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$2,967	$1,780	—	—	5 insurers
IZARD REGIONAL HOSPITAL LLC	AR	$2,173	$2,173	—	—	2 insurers
ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$7,833	$1,761	$262	$7,833	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S WARREN HOSPITAL	NJ	$2,060	$1,710	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - UPPER BUCKS CAMPUS	PA	$2,060	$1,710	—	—	3 insurers