CPT 30905 · 1,578 hospitals reporting

Initial control of nose bleed and insertion of packing

The same procedure costs $55.6 at one hospital and $6,137 at another — a 110× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $315.

Cheapest published

$55.6

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

Median across 1,578 hospitals

$315

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

Most expensive

$6,137

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

Price distribution

500 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
BURKE MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$443	$315	—	—	5 insurers
PEACEHEALTH PEACE ISLAND MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$485	$315	—	—	0 insurers
PHYSICIANS CENTRE,THE	TX	$315	$315	—	—	5 insurers
VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$617	$315	—	—	4 insurers
BAYLOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER AT AUBREY	TX	$524	$314	—	—	5 insurers
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS, INC	WV	$633	$317	—	—	5 insurers
COLUMBUS REGIONAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM	NC	$449	$314	—	—	5 insurers
LAKEWOOD HEALTH CENTER	MN	$418	$313	—	—	5 insurers
CENTURA ST. CATHERINE-DODGE CITY	KS	$778	$311	—	—	4 insurers
COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$400	$320	—	—	0 insurers
ST MARYS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CTR	WI	$690	$311	—	—	0 insurers
FIELD HEALTH SYSTEM	MS	$427	$320	—	—	2 insurers
EAST VALLEY ER & HOSPITAL	AZ	$690	$311	—	—	0 insurers
ALEXANDRIA EMERGENCY HOSPITAL	LA	$690	$311	—	—	0 insurers
TRINITY ROCK ISLAND	IL	$402	$321	—	—	5 insurers
TRINITY - BETTENDORF	IA	$402	$321	—	—	5 insurers
CLINTON REGIONAL HOSPITAL	OK	$387	$309	—	—	4 insurers
SUSAN B ALLEN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	KS	$475	$309	—	—	2 insurers
SANFORD HOSPITAL WEBSTER - CAH	SD	$404	$323	—	—	5 insurers
SEQUOYAH COUNTY-CITY OF SALLISAW HOSPITAL AUTHORIT	OK	$409	$307	—	—	5 insurers
BEAR VALLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$465	$326	—	—	4 insurers
CHICOT MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	AR	$305	$305	—	—	5 insurers
HAZARD ARH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	KY	$508	$305	—	—	5 insurers
SANFORD WORTHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$408	$326	—	—	5 insurers
VALLEY VIEW HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION	CO	$363	$327	—	—	5 insurers
VALLEY VIEW HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION	CO	$363	$327	—	—	5 insurers
CHEROKEE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$363	$327	—	—	5 insurers
CHEROKEE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$363	$327	—	—	5 insurers
TIPPAH COUNTY HOSPITAL	MS	$304	$304	—	—	5 insurers
UNION HOSPITAL CLINTON	IN	$545	$327	—	—	0 insurers
O U MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$3,271	$327	$105	$2,682	5 insurers
MARGARETVILLE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	NY	$459	$303	—	—	5 insurers
BOZEMAN HEALTH DEACONESS HOSPITAL	MT	$411	$329	$138	$411	5 insurers
BOZEMAN HEALTH BIG SKY MEDICAL CENTER	MT	$411	$329	$138	$411	5 insurers
BURGESS HEALTH CENTER	IA	$329	$329	$107	$1,201	0 insurers
CLEVELAND AREA HOSPITAL	OK	$301	$301	—	—	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH MERCY COUNCIL BLUFFS	IA	$787	$331	$472	$669	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH MERCY COUNCIL BLUFFS	IA	$787	$331	$118	$3,259	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH BERGAN MERCY	NE	$787	$331	$472	$669	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH BERGAN MERCY	NE	$787	$331	$109	$3,259	5 insurers