CPT 30100 · 1,068 hospitals reporting

Prof fee-biopsy lining of nose

The same procedure costs $84.7 at one hospital and $15,482 at another — a 183× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,575.

Cheapest published

$84.7

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

Median across 1,068 hospitals

$1,575

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

Most expensive

$15,482

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

Price distribution

241 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
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - PANORAMA CITY	CA	$4,500	$1,575	$1,362	$3,681	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - LOS ANGELES	CA	$4,500	$1,575	$1,362	$3,681	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - DOWNEY	CA	$4,500	$1,575	$1,362	$3,681	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL FONTANA/ONTARIO	CA	$4,500	$1,575	$1,362	$3,681	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN DIEGO	CA	$4,500	$1,575	$1,362	$3,681	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WEST LA	CA	$4,500	$1,575	$1,362	$3,681	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WOODLAND HILLS	CA	$4,500	$1,575	$1,362	$3,681	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL, RIVERSIDE	CA	$4,500	$1,575	$1,362	$3,681	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - BALDWIN PARK	CA	$4,500	$1,575	$1,362	$3,681	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-MORENO VALLEY	CA	$4,500	$1,575	$1,362	$3,681	3 insurers
SUNY/STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL	NY	$1,577	$1,577	—	—	1 insurers
HILTON HEAD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	SC	—	$1,603	$294	$3,233	5 insurers
EAST COOPER MEDICAL CENTER	SC	—	$1,603	$294	$2,843	5 insurers
COASTAL CAROLINA HOSPITAL	SC	—	$1,603	$294	$2,756	5 insurers
FAIRVIEW LAKES HEALTH SERVICES	MN	$4,005	$1,606	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW SOUTHDALE HOSPITAL	MN	$4,005	$1,606	—	—	4 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW UNIVERSITY OF MN MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$4,005	$1,606	—	—	4 insurers
FAIRVIEW NORTHLAND REGIONAL HOSPITAL	MN	$4,005	$1,606	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL	MN	$4,005	$1,606	—	—	4 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW WOODWINDS HOSPITAL	MN	$4,005	$1,606	—	—	4 insurers
COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WI	$2,800	$1,540	—	—	5 insurers
FROEDTERT MEMORIAL LUTHERAN HOSPITAL	WI	$2,800	$1,540	—	—	5 insurers
PEACEHEALTH ST JOHN MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$2,499	$1,624	—	—	5 insurers
OAKLEAF SURGICAL HOSPITAL	WI	$1,690	$1,521	$0	$1,690	5 insurers
ADVOCATE CHRIST HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$3,030	$1,515	—	—	5 insurers
ALTRU HOSPITAL	ND	$2,685	$1,638	—	—	0 insurers
MAUI MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	HI	$3,838	$1,497	—	—	2 insurers
MUNSON HEALTHCARE GRAYLING HOSPITAL	MI	$1,950	$1,657	—	—	4 insurers
MUNSON HEALTHCARE CADILLAC HOSPITAL	MI	$1,950	$1,657	—	—	3 insurers
MUNSON HEALTHCARE OTSEGO MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	MI	$1,950	$1,657	—	—	3 insurers
MUNSON HEALTHCARE MANISTEE HOSPITAL	MI	$1,950	$1,657	—	—	4 insurers
PAUL OLIVER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	MI	$1,950	$1,657	—	—	4 insurers
CAMPBELL COUNTY HEALTH	WY	$1,666	$1,666	—	—	0 insurers
University of Arkansas Medical Sciences	AR	$2,437	$1,462	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW RIDGES HOSPITAL	MN	$4,005	$1,702	—	—	5 insurers
NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH	CO	$2,487	$1,741	—	—	5 insurers
UNITED MEDICAL CENTER	DC	$3,567	$1,784	—	—	5 insurers
UNITED HOSPITAL CENTER, INC	WV	$3,567	$1,784	—	—	5 insurers
CAMDEN CLARK MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$3,567	$1,784	—	—	5 insurers
SISTERSVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL	WV	$3,567	$1,784	—	—	5 insurers