CPT 30020 · 1,079 hospitals reporting

Drainage of nose lesion

The same procedure costs $62.5 at one hospital and $5,538 at another — a 89× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $742.

Cheapest published

$62.5

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

Median across 1,079 hospitals

$742

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

Most expensive

$5,538

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

Price distribution

334 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
CAPE FEAR VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$1,236	$742	—	—	5 insurers
BETSY JOHNSON REGIONAL HOSPITAL	NC	$1,236	$742	—	—	5 insurers
TRINITY MUSCATINE	IA	$927	$742	—	—	4 insurers
TRINITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$927	$742	—	—	4 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	IA	$927	$742	—	—	4 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - DES MOINES IOWA METHODIST MEDI	IA	$927	$742	—	—	4 insurers
ST LUKES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$927	$742	—	—	4 insurers
UNITED MEDICAL CENTER	DC	$1,490	$745	—	—	5 insurers
CAMDEN CLARK MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$1,490	$745	—	—	5 insurers
CENTRAL VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER	VT	$737	$737	—	—	5 insurers
BAYLOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER AT AUBREY	TX	$1,245	$747	—	—	5 insurers
ATRIUM HEALTH NAVICENT THE MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$1,501	$751	—	—	1 insurers
ATRIUM HEALTH FLOYD MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$1,512	$756	—	—	2 insurers
NAVICENT HEALTH BALDWIN	GA	$1,514	$757	—	—	1 insurers
ATRIUM HEALTH NAVICENT PEACH	GA	$1,514	$757	—	—	1 insurers
CITIZENS MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$1,520	$760	—	—	5 insurers
PIONEER MEDICAL CENTER	MT	$714	$714	—	—	5 insurers
TERREBONNE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER - PARISH	LA	$3,140	$773	$210	$2,983	5 insurers
PHYSICIANS MEDICAL CENTER	LA	$3,140	$773	$210	$2,983	5 insurers
BOZEMAN HEALTH DEACONESS HOSPITAL	MT	$969	$775	$257	$969	5 insurers
BOZEMAN HEALTH BIG SKY MEDICAL CENTER	MT	$969	$775	$257	$969	5 insurers
SURGICAL INSTITUTE OF READING	PA	$845	$778	$73.5	$39,546	5 insurers
CAMPBELL COUNTY HEALTH	WY	$704	$704	—	—	0 insurers
ASCENSION VIA CHRISTI HOSPITAL MANHATTAN, INC	KS	$1,750	$700	—	—	5 insurers
ASCENSION WISCONSIN HOSP MENOMONEE FALLS CAMPUS	WI	$1,873	$787	—	—	5 insurers
UNM HOSPITAL	NM	$1,438	$791	—	—	5 insurers
GARDEN GROVE HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$1,051	$690	$94.53	$1,051	5 insurers
WEST ANAHEIM MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$1,051	$690	$94.53	$1,051	5 insurers
LA PALMA INTERCOMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$1,051	$690	$94.53	$1,051	5 insurers
SHASTA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$2,262	$690	$94.53	$2,262	5 insurers
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS, INC	WV	$1,596	$798	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MD ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	MD	$802	$802	—	—	1 insurers
TRI-CITY MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$1,340	$804	—	—	0 insurers
TRI-CITY MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$1,340	$804	—	—	5 insurers
NORTHWEST TEXAS HOSPITAL	TX	$1,690	$676	—	—	5 insurers
MONTEFIORE ST LUKE'S CORNWALL	NY	—	$673	—	—	5 insurers
MARGARETVILLE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	NY	$1,230	$812	—	—	5 insurers
USA HEALTH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL	AL	$1,952	$668	—	—	5 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL	NJ	$1,952	$668	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM, INC	TN	$1,952	$668	—	—	5 insurers