CPT 30140 · 1,138 hospitals reporting

Resect inferior turbinate

The same procedure costs $166 at one hospital and $39,600 at another — a 238× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $2,421.

Cheapest published

$166

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

Median across 1,138 hospitals

$2,421

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

Most expensive

$39,600

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

Price distribution

295 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
UNM HOSPITAL	NM	$4,403	$2,421	—	—	5 insurers
SACRED HEART MEDICAL CENTER - RIVERBEND	OR	$3,820	$2,483	—	—	5 insurers
CLINCH VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	VA	$6,221	$2,488	—	—	0 insurers
BELL HOSPITAL	MI	$4,223	$2,534	—	—	0 insurers
COPPER QUEEN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	AZ	$3,628	$2,540	—	—	5 insurers
THE QUEENS MEDICAL CENTER	HI	$3,628	$2,540	—	—	5 insurers
SOUTH COUNTY HOSPITAL INC	RI	$3,761	$2,256	—	—	3 insurers
FRYE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$6,490	$2,596	—	—	1 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER- CONWAY	AR	$8,890	$2,223	—	—	5 insurers
DEACONESS HOSPITAL INC	IN	—	$2,677	$171	$3,285	5 insurers
USC ARCADIA HOSPITAL	CA	$7,795	$2,728	—	—	5 insurers
SUNY/STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL	NY	$2,760	$2,760	—	—	5 insurers
BALDWIN HEALTH	AL	$5,520	$2,870	—	—	3 insurers
PIH HEALTH DOWNEY HOSPITAL	CA	$5,520	$2,870	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SOUTH BAY	CA	$5,520	$2,870	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - ORANGE COUNTY - ANAHEIM	CA	$5,520	$2,870	—	—	3 insurers
LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$5,520	$2,870	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN MARCOS	CA	$5,520	$2,870	—	—	3 insurers
PARK PLACE SURGICAL HOSPITAL	LA	$2,897	$2,897	—	—	5 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER-LITTLE ROCK	AR	$7,669	$1,917	—	—	5 insurers
CAMDEN CLARK MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$5,877	$2,939	—	—	5 insurers
MISSOURI DELTA MEDICAL CENTER	MO	$11,874	$2,969	—	—	5 insurers
BEEBE MEDICAL CENTER	DE	$3,494	$2,970	—	—	1 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - PANORAMA CITY	CA	$5,278	$1,847	$2,754	$7,444	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - LOS ANGELES	CA	$5,278	$1,847	$2,754	$7,444	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - DOWNEY	CA	$5,278	$1,847	$2,754	$7,444	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL FONTANA/ONTARIO	CA	$5,278	$1,847	$2,754	$7,444	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN DIEGO	CA	$5,278	$1,847	$2,754	$7,444	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WEST LA	CA	$5,278	$1,847	$2,754	$7,444	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WOODLAND HILLS	CA	$5,278	$1,847	$2,754	$7,444	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL, RIVERSIDE	CA	$5,278	$1,847	$2,754	$7,444	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - BALDWIN PARK	CA	$5,278	$1,847	$2,754	$7,444	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-MORENO VALLEY	CA	$5,278	$1,847	$2,754	$7,444	3 insurers
University of Arkansas Medical Sciences	AR	$3,003	$1,802	—	—	5 insurers
PEACEHEALTH ST JOHN MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$2,719	$1,767	—	—	5 insurers
BAXTER HEALTH	AR	$2,928	$1,757	—	—	3 insurers
OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$31,056	$3,106	—	—	5 insurers
PROVIDENCE MEDICAL CENTER	KS	$6,867	$3,123	$300	$6,345	5 insurers
SALINE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	AR	$5,657	$1,697	—	—	5 insurers
UNIONTOWN HOSPITAL	PA	$3,331	$1,666	—	—	5 insurers