CPT 28119 · 1,144 hospitals reporting

Removal of heel bone spur

The same procedure costs $215 at one hospital and $31,193 at another — a 145× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $2,626.

Cheapest published

$215

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

Median across 1,144 hospitals

$2,626

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

Most expensive

$31,193

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

Price distribution

309 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	$3,282	$2,626	—	—	4 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MARSHALLTOWN	IA	$3,282	$2,626	—	—	5 insurers
TRINITY MUSCATINE	IA	$3,282	$2,626	—	—	3 insurers
TRINITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$3,282	$2,626	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	IA	$3,282	$2,626	—	—	3 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - DES MOINES IOWA METHODIST MEDI	IA	$3,282	$2,626	—	—	3 insurers
TRINITY - BETTENDORF	IA	$3,282	$2,626	—	—	4 insurers
ST LUKES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$3,282	$2,626	—	—	3 insurers
GRINNELL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$3,282	$2,626	—	—	5 insurers
JACKSON GENERAL HOSPITAL	WV	$5,289	$2,645	—	—	0 insurers
RICHMOND UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	NY	$2,319	$2,653	$578	$3,488	5 insurers
SALINE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	AR	$8,632	$2,590	—	—	5 insurers
SPRINGHILL MEDICAL CENTER	LA	$7,609	$2,587	—	—	5 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	MN	$4,841	$2,711	—	—	5 insurers
BELL HOSPITAL	MI	$4,545	$2,727	—	—	0 insurers
SUMMIT SURGICAL, LLC	KS	$3,139	$2,511	—	—	5 insurers
MISSION COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$3,803	$2,472	—	—	5 insurers
JACKSON HEALTH SYSTEM	FL	$18,729	$2,787	$2,196	$2,196	1 insurers
MOUNTAIN VIEW HOSPITAL	ID	$4,017	$2,812	$2,835	$5,405	5 insurers
IDAHO FALLS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, LLC	ID	$4,017	$2,812	$2,533	$7,214	4 insurers
SOUTHEAST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$7,112	$2,845	—	—	5 insurers
PARK PLACE SURGICAL HOSPITAL	LA	$2,899	$2,899	—	—	5 insurers
CAPE FEAR VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$3,912	$2,347	—	—	5 insurers
THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF ALABAMA	AL	$5,407	$2,325	—	—	5 insurers
GIBSON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	IL	$2,306	$2,306	—	—	5 insurers
GIBSON GENERAL HOSPITAL	IN	$2,306	$2,306	—	—	5 insurers
REYNOLDS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WV	$5,892	$2,946	—	—	5 insurers
CAMDEN CLARK MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$4,584	$2,292	—	—	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S WARREN HOSPITAL	NJ	$2,748	$2,281	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - UPPER BUCKS CAMPUS	PA	$2,748	$2,281	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL BETHLEHEM	PA	$2,748	$2,281	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - GRAND VIEW CAMPUS	PA	$2,748	$2,281	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - EASTON CAMPUS	PA	$2,748	$2,281	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S MINERS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	PA	$2,748	$2,281	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - ANDERSON CAMPUS	PA	$2,748	$2,281	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - MONROE CAMPUS	PA	$2,748	$2,281	—	—	3 insurers
GEISINGER ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL	PA	$2,748	$2,281	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - CARBON CAMPUS	PA	$2,748	$2,281	—	—	3 insurers
ALAMEDA HOSPITAL	CA	$5,975	$2,988	$2,390	$4,481	5 insurers
HIGHLAND HOSPITAL	CA	$5,975	$2,988	$2,390	$4,481	5 insurers