CPT 29435 · 1,016 hospitals reporting

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The same procedure costs $55.75 at one hospital and $2,850 at another — a 51× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $389.

Cheapest published

$55.75

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

Median across 1,016 hospitals

$389

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

Most expensive

$2,850

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

Price distribution

189 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
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN	MI	$519	$389	—	—	0 insurers
ADAMS COUNTY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$481	$385	$64.87	$457	4 insurers
UNM HOSPITAL	NM	$699	$384	—	—	5 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MERITER	WI	$494	$395	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS CONNEAUT MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$509	$382	—	—	2 insurers
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL COLORADO	CO	$613	$398	—	—	5 insurers
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL COLORADO - COLORADO SPRINGS	CO	$613	$398	—	—	5 insurers
SURGICAL INSTITUTE OF READING	PA	$927	$404	$77.02	$43,384	5 insurers
SOUTH TEXAS HEALTH SYSTEM	TX	$1,012	$405	—	—	5 insurers
SOUTH COUNTY HOSPITAL INC	RI	$675	$405	—	—	3 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MD ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	MD	$409	$409	—	—	1 insurers
RAINBOW BABIES AND CHILDRENS HOSPITAL	OH	$547	$410	—	—	1 insurers
BRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL	CT	$811	$414	—	—	5 insurers
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS, INC	WV	$715	$358	—	—	5 insurers
GREENWICH HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION -	CT	$811	$422	—	—	5 insurers
FORT DUNCAN MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$1,059	$424	—	—	5 insurers
MONTEFIORE ST LUKE'S CORNWALL	NY	—	$349	—	—	5 insurers
USA HEALTH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL	AL	$893	$348	—	—	5 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL	NJ	$893	$348	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM, INC	TN	$893	$348	—	—	5 insurers
VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$854	$436	—	—	4 insurers
METRO NASHVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL	TN	$568	$341	—	—	5 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO	CA	$1,267	$443	$287	$797	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-SANTA CLARA	CA	$1,267	$443	$287	$797	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL AND REHAB CENTER	CA	$1,267	$443	$287	$797	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - OAKLAND/RICHMOND	CA	$1,267	$443	$287	$797	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN FRANCISCO	CA	$1,267	$443	$287	$797	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SACRAMENTO	CA	$1,267	$443	$287	$797	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL	CA	$1,267	$443	$287	$797	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - FREMONT	CA	$1,267	$443	$287	$797	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-SAN JOSE	CA	$1,267	$443	$287	$797	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSP SO SACRAMENTO	CA	$1,267	$443	$287	$797	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-SANTA ROSA	CA	$1,267	$443	$287	$797	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - FRESNO	CA	$1,267	$443	$287	$797	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - ANTIOCH	CA	$1,267	$443	$287	$797	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - VACAVILLE	CA	$1,267	$443	$287	$797	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - ROSEVILLE	CA	$1,267	$443	$287	$797	3 insurers
REYNOLDS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WV	$908	$454	—	—	5 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - PANORAMA CITY	CA	$922	$323	$243	$656	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - LOS ANGELES	CA	$922	$323	$243	$656	3 insurers