CPT 29999 · 997 hospitals reporting

Other procedure on joint using an endoscope

The same procedure costs $140 at one hospital and $37,833 at another — a 271× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,670.

Cheapest published

$140

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

Median across 997 hospitals

$1,670

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

Most expensive

$37,833

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

Price distribution

233 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	$2,088	$1,670	—	—	0 insurers
TRINITY MUSCATINE	IA	$2,088	$1,670	—	—	0 insurers
TRINITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,088	$1,670	—	—	0 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	IA	$2,088	$1,670	—	—	0 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - DES MOINES IOWA METHODIST MEDI	IA	$2,088	$1,670	—	—	0 insurers
TRINITY - BETTENDORF	IA	$2,088	$1,670	—	—	0 insurers
ALLEN HOSPITAL	IA	$2,088	$1,670	—	—	0 insurers
ST LUKES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,088	$1,670	—	—	0 insurers
GRUNDY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IA	$2,088	$1,670	—	—	0 insurers
JONES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,088	$1,670	—	—	0 insurers
ALTRU HOSPITAL	ND	$2,749	$1,677	—	—	0 insurers
DEACONESS HOSPITAL INC	IN	—	$1,658	$241	$241	5 insurers
DALLAS COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER	AR	$2,538	$1,650	—	—	1 insurers
BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE SURGICAL HOSPITAL FORTWORTH	TX	$2,832	$1,699	$1,558	$14,275	5 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER - JACKSONVILLE	FL	$8,439	$1,603	—	—	5 insurers
PRINCETON BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$3,586	$1,793	—	—	5 insurers
WHIDBEYHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$1,545	$1,545	—	—	0 insurers
SAUK PRAIRIE HOSPITAL	WI	$3,296	$1,803	—	—	4 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER-LITTLE ROCK	AR	$5,835	$1,459	—	—	5 insurers
MID VALLEY HOSPITAL & CLINIC	WA	$2,037	$1,426	—	—	5 insurers
TOPS SURGICAL SPECIALTY HOSPITAL	TX	$5,495	$1,923	$1	$5,394	5 insurers
SIDNEY HEALTH CENTER	MT	$3,175	$1,966	—	—	5 insurers
SIDNEY HEALTH CENTER	MT	$3,175	$1,966	—	—	0 insurers
UNIONTOWN HOSPITAL	PA	$2,708	$1,354	—	—	5 insurers
EASTERN RIO BLANCO COUNTY HEALTH SERVICE DISTRICT	CO	$1,671	$1,337	$304	$304	0 insurers
BAXTER HEALTH	AR	$3,382	$2,029	—	—	3 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER NORTH LITTLE ROCK	AR	$8,153	$2,038	—	—	5 insurers
University of Arkansas Medical Sciences	AR	$2,164	$1,298	—	—	5 insurers
OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$12,710	$1,271	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW RIDGES HOSPITAL	MN	$2,957	$1,257	—	—	2 insurers
CODY REGIONAL HEALTH	WY	$1,459	$1,240	—	—	5 insurers
ST LUKE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	MT	$1,517	$1,214	—	—	5 insurers
CHI ST ALEXIUS HEALTH WILLISTON	ND	$1,961	$1,137	$1,177	$1,843	5 insurers
CHI ST ALEXIUS HEALTH WILLISTON	ND	$1,961	$1,137	$863	$1,843	5 insurers
VILLAGES REGIONAL HOSPITAL, THE	FL	$1,843	$1,106	$189	$5,100	5 insurers
JACKSON GENERAL HOSPITAL	WV	$2,168	$1,084	—	—	0 insurers
NORTH HAWAII COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, INC	HI	$3,331	$2,332	—	—	5 insurers
MARK TWAIN MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$1,513	$1,008	$819	$1,483	5 insurers
MARK TWAIN MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$1,513	$1,008	$391	$1,483	5 insurers
PAMPA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$5,303	$1,007	$98.3	$4,242	5 insurers