CPT 29055 · 962 hospitals reporting

Application of shoulder cast

The same procedure costs $50.4 at one hospital and $1,813 at another — a 36× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $487.

Cheapest published

$50.4

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

Median across 962 hospitals

$487

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

Most expensive

$1,813

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

Price distribution

180 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
ANIMAS SURGICAL HOSPITAL, LLC	CO	—	$474	$153	$500	3 insurers
JOHN H STROGER JR HOSPITAL	IL	$715	$501	—	—	5 insurers
PROVIDENT HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO	IL	$715	$501	—	—	5 insurers
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIV HOSPITAL	DC	$1,274	$510	—	—	5 insurers
HILTON HEAD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	SC	—	$464	$260	$821	5 insurers
EAST COOPER MEDICAL CENTER	SC	—	$464	$80	$704	5 insurers
COASTAL CAROLINA HOSPITAL	SC	—	$464	$260	$728	5 insurers
STARR COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	TX	$460	$460	—	—	5 insurers
WELLINGTON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	FL	$689	$517	—	—	5 insurers
TRINITY ROCK ISLAND	IL	$663	$530	—	—	4 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MARSHALLTOWN	IA	$663	$530	—	—	5 insurers
TRINITY MUSCATINE	IA	$663	$530	—	—	3 insurers
TRINITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$663	$530	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	IA	$663	$530	—	—	3 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - DES MOINES IOWA METHODIST MEDI	IA	$663	$530	—	—	3 insurers
TRINITY - BETTENDORF	IA	$663	$530	—	—	4 insurers
ALLEN HOSPITAL	IA	$663	$530	—	—	4 insurers
FINLEY HOSPITAL	IA	$663	$530	—	—	5 insurers
ST LUKES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$663	$530	—	—	3 insurers
GRINNELL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$663	$530	—	—	5 insurers
GRUNDY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IA	$663	$530	—	—	4 insurers
JONES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$663	$530	—	—	5 insurers
FLUSHING HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	NY	$438	$438	—	—	5 insurers
AIKEN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	SC	$1,343	$537	—	—	2 insurers
SWEETWATER HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION	TN	$1,343	$537	—	—	2 insurers
THREE RIVERS HOSPITAL	WA	$436	$436	—	—	4 insurers
VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$854	$436	—	—	4 insurers
KELL WEST REGIONAL HOSPITAL	TX	$625	$542	—	—	5 insurers
MANATEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	FL	$1,367	$547	—	—	5 insurers
LAKEWOOD RANCH MEDICAL CENTER	FL	$1,367	$547	—	—	5 insurers
FORT DUNCAN MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$1,059	$424	—	—	5 insurers
BAYLOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER AT AUBREY	TX	$704	$423	—	—	5 insurers
ST MARY'S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$1,391	$556	—	—	4 insurers
BALDWIN HEALTH	AL	$1,080	$562	—	—	3 insurers
PIH HEALTH DOWNEY HOSPITAL	CA	$1,080	$562	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SOUTH BAY	CA	$1,080	$562	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - ORANGE COUNTY - ANAHEIM	CA	$1,080	$562	—	—	3 insurers
LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$1,080	$562	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN MARCOS	CA	$1,080	$562	—	—	3 insurers
SOUTH TEXAS HEALTH SYSTEM	TX	$1,012	$405	—	—	5 insurers