CPT 28306 · 1,085 hospitals reporting

Incision or partial removal of big toe bone to straighten toe

The same procedure costs $142 at one hospital and $43,077 at another — a 304× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $2,158.

Cheapest published

$142

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

Median across 1,085 hospitals

$2,158

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

Most expensive

$43,077

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

Price distribution

240 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
UNIVERSITY OF MD ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	MD	$2,159	$2,159	—	—	1 insurers
OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$21,574	$2,157	—	—	5 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER - JACKSONVILLE	FL	$11,098	$2,109	—	—	5 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - PANORAMA CITY	CA	$5,986	$2,095	$6,306	$17,044	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - LOS ANGELES	CA	$5,986	$2,095	$6,306	$17,044	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - DOWNEY	CA	$5,986	$2,095	$6,306	$17,044	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL FONTANA/ONTARIO	CA	$5,986	$2,095	$6,306	$17,044	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN DIEGO	CA	$5,986	$2,095	$6,306	$17,044	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WEST LA	CA	$5,986	$2,095	$6,306	$17,044	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WOODLAND HILLS	CA	$5,986	$2,095	$6,306	$17,044	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL, RIVERSIDE	CA	$5,986	$2,095	$6,306	$17,044	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - BALDWIN PARK	CA	$5,986	$2,095	$6,306	$17,044	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-MORENO VALLEY	CA	$5,986	$2,095	$6,306	$17,044	3 insurers
EAST VALLEY ER & HOSPITAL	AZ	$4,623	$2,080	—	—	0 insurers
ALEXANDRIA EMERGENCY HOSPITAL	LA	$4,623	$2,080	—	—	0 insurers
ST MARYS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CTR	WI	$4,623	$2,080	—	—	0 insurers
STARR REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER ATHENS	TN	$10,546	$2,067	—	—	1 insurers
BAYLOR MEDICAL CENTER AT TROPHY CLUB	TX	$3,363	$2,018	$1,850	$8,427	5 insurers
SOUTH COUNTY HOSPITAL INC	RI	$3,877	$2,326	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S WARREN HOSPITAL	NJ	$2,236	$1,856	—	—	2 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - UPPER BUCKS CAMPUS	PA	$2,236	$1,856	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL BETHLEHEM	PA	$2,236	$1,856	—	—	2 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - GRAND VIEW CAMPUS	PA	$2,236	$1,856	—	—	2 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - EASTON CAMPUS	PA	$2,236	$1,856	—	—	2 insurers
ST LUKE'S MINERS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	PA	$2,236	$1,856	—	—	2 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - ANDERSON CAMPUS	PA	$2,236	$1,856	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - MONROE CAMPUS	PA	$2,236	$1,856	—	—	2 insurers
GEISINGER ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL	PA	$2,236	$1,856	—	—	2 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - CARBON CAMPUS	PA	$2,236	$1,856	—	—	2 insurers
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS, INC	WV	$4,923	$2,461	—	—	5 insurers
BETSY JOHNSON REGIONAL HOSPITAL	NC	$4,129	$2,477	—	—	5 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MERITER	WI	$2,281	$1,825	—	—	5 insurers
NORTH ALABAMA MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$5,179	$1,813	—	—	2 insurers
NORTH ALABAMA SHOALS HOSPITAL	AL	$5,179	$1,813	—	—	2 insurers
SUMMIT SURGICAL, LLC	KS	$3,139	$2,511	—	—	5 insurers
SAUK PRAIRIE HOSPITAL	WI	$3,280	$1,794	—	—	4 insurers
UNIVERSITY HEALTH LAKEWOOD MEDICAL CENTER	MO	$4,592	$2,526	—	—	5 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK-ALICE HY	NY	$2,535	$2,535	—	—	5 insurers
SACRED HEART MEDICAL CENTER - RIVERBEND	OR	$2,677	$1,740	—	—	5 insurers
BROADLAWNS MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$1,701	$1,701	—	—	5 insurers