CPT 28220 · 969 hospitals reporting

Release of foot tendon

The same procedure costs $199 at one hospital and $18,448 at another — a 93× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $2,261.

Cheapest published

$199

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

Median across 969 hospitals

$2,261

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

Most expensive

$18,448

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

Price distribution

129 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	$2,826	$2,261	—	—	5 insurers
TRINITY MUSCATINE	IA	$2,826	$2,261	—	—	3 insurers
TRINITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,826	$2,261	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	IA	$2,826	$2,261	—	—	3 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - DES MOINES IOWA METHODIST MEDI	IA	$2,826	$2,261	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,826	$2,261	—	—	3 insurers
GRINNELL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,826	$2,261	—	—	5 insurers
JONES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,826	$2,261	—	—	5 insurers
LALLIE KEMP MEDICAL CENTER	LA	$3,765	$2,259	—	—	1 insurers
SURGICAL INSTITUTE OF READING	PA	$3,060	$2,320	$93	$143,208	5 insurers
LUBBOCK HEART HOSPITAL LP	TX	$2,136	$2,136	—	—	5 insurers
MISSION COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$3,803	$2,472	—	—	5 insurers
SUMMIT SURGICAL, LLC	KS	$3,139	$2,511	—	—	5 insurers
MONTEFIORE ST LUKE'S CORNWALL	NY	—	$2,007	—	—	5 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK-ALICE HY	NY	$1,880	$1,880	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL	PA	—	$1,876	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN MONTGOMERY HOSPITAL	PA	—	$1,876	—	—	5 insurers
ANIMAS SURGICAL HOSPITAL, LLC	CO	—	$2,738	$1,385	$4,000	3 insurers
LEGENT ORTHOPEDIC + SPINE	TX	$8,535	$2,827	—	—	1 insurers
LEGENT ORTHOPEDIC HOSPITAL	TX	$8,535	$2,827	—	—	1 insurers
VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$5,763	$2,939	—	—	4 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MD ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	MD	$1,580	$1,580	—	—	1 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER - JACKSONVILLE	FL	$7,843	$1,490	—	—	5 insurers
BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE SURGICAL HOSPITAL FORTWORTH	TX	$2,416	$1,450	$1,329	$8,427	5 insurers
CHEYENNE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WY	$2,021	$1,415	—	—	4 insurers
MOUNTAIN VIEW HOSPITAL	ID	$2,000	$1,400	$1,500	$5,405	5 insurers
IDAHO FALLS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, LLC	ID	$2,000	$1,400	$1,254	$3,612	4 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	MN	$5,808	$3,252	—	—	5 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER NORTH LITTLE ROCK	AR	$5,042	$1,260	—	—	5 insurers
BAYLOR MEDICAL CENTER AT TROPHY CLUB	TX	$2,014	$1,208	$1,108	$8,427	5 insurers
SAUK PRAIRIE HOSPITAL	WI	$2,169	$1,186	—	—	4 insurers
RIVER'S EDGE HOSPITAL & CLINIC	MN	$1,433	$1,146	—	—	5 insurers
TRINITY ROCK ISLAND	IL	$1,413	$1,130	—	—	4 insurers
TRINITY - BETTENDORF	IA	$1,413	$1,130	—	—	4 insurers
ALLEN HOSPITAL	IA	$1,413	$1,130	—	—	4 insurers
FINLEY HOSPITAL	IA	$1,413	$1,130	—	—	5 insurers
GRUNDY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IA	$1,413	$1,130	—	—	4 insurers
BAXTER HEALTH	AR	$1,791	$1,075	—	—	3 insurers
HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY	NY	$3,480	$3,480	$188	$1,298	5 insurers
TEXAS SCOTTISH RITE HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN	TX	$1,020	$1,020	—	—	5 insurers