CPT 28234 · 1,097 hospitals reporting

Incision of foot tendon

The same procedure costs $106 at one hospital and $24,185 at another — a 227× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,806.

Cheapest published

$106

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

Median across 1,097 hospitals

$1,806

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

Most expensive

$24,185

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

Price distribution

264 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
LANDMARK MEDICAL CENTER	RI	$7,276	$1,799	$520	$6,912	5 insurers
CITIZENS MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$3,625	$1,813	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH HIGHLANDS RANCH HOSPITAL	CO	$5,969	$1,791	—	—	5 insurers
ROME MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC	NY	$4,429	$1,788	—	—	5 insurers
VILLAGES REGIONAL HOSPITAL, THE	FL	$3,056	$1,834	$1,203	$5,857	5 insurers
HOLY FAMILY MEMORIAL	WI	—	$1,848	$302	$3,361	0 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH - FORT SMITH	AR	$7,441	$1,860	—	—	5 insurers
ARKANSAS SURGICAL HOSPITAL	AR	$3,425	$1,751	$1,071	$2,500	5 insurers
NORTH VISTA HOSPITAL	NV	$8,250	$1,749	$637	$8,250	5 insurers
SAINT MICHAEL'S MEDICAL CENTER	NJ	$6,087	$1,864	$21.83	$5,458	5 insurers
BELL HOSPITAL	MI	$3,111	$1,867	—	—	0 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL	PA	—	$1,876	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN MONTGOMERY HOSPITAL	PA	—	$1,876	—	—	5 insurers
MOUNTAIN VIEW HOSPITAL	ID	$2,472	$1,730	$1,854	$5,405	5 insurers
IDAHO FALLS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, LLC	ID	$2,472	$1,730	$1,254	$3,612	4 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER - JACKSONVILLE	FL	$9,954	$1,891	—	—	5 insurers
ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$1	$1,714	$1	$1	5 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK-ALICE HY	NY	$1,713	$1,713	—	—	5 insurers
ELMORE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	AL	$4,801	$1,920	—	—	5 insurers
LUBBOCK HEART HOSPITAL LP	TX	$1,937	$1,937	—	—	5 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER- CONWAY	AR	$6,636	$1,659	—	—	5 insurers
MOUNT GRANT GENERAL HOSPITAL	NV	$6,087	$1,643	$776	$5,904	5 insurers
ROXBOROUGH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	PA	$6,087	$1,643	$776	$5,904	5 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN NORTHERN CALIF	CA	$1,988	$1,988	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN	IL	$1,988	$1,988	—	—	0 insurers
THE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN - BOSTON	MA	$1,988	$1,988	—	—	1 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN	MO	$1,988	$1,988	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN	OH	$1,988	$1,988	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN - PORTLAND	OR	$1,988	$1,988	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN - PHILADELPHIA	PA	$1,988	$1,988	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN	SC	$1,988	$1,988	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN	TX	$1,988	$1,988	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN	WA	$1,988	$1,988	—	—	0 insurers
DALLAS MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$3,308	$1,607	$214	$3,308	5 insurers
HARLINGEN MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$10,954	$1,607	$552	$8,764	5 insurers
MONTEFIORE ST LUKE'S CORNWALL	NY	—	$2,007	—	—	5 insurers
SOUTHERN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$4,212	$1,604	$541	$4,212	5 insurers
GIBSON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	IL	$2,013	$2,013	—	—	5 insurers
GIBSON GENERAL HOSPITAL	IN	$2,013	$2,013	—	—	5 insurers
LOWER BUCKS HOSPITAL	PA	$6,087	$1,581	$776	$4,870	5 insurers