CPT 31254 · 1,082 hospitals reporting

Nsl/sins ndsc w/prtl ethmdct

The same procedure costs $245 at one hospital and $40,469 at another — a 165× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $2,964.

Cheapest published

$245

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

Median across 1,082 hospitals

$2,964

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

Most expensive

$40,469

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

Price distribution

250 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
ANTELOPE VALLEY HOSPITAL	CA	$3,043	$3,043	—	—	5 insurers
FAUQUIER HOSPITAL	VA	$7,213	$2,885	—	—	1 insurers
UNIONTOWN HOSPITAL	PA	$5,767	$2,883	—	—	5 insurers
CLINCH VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	VA	$7,709	$3,084	—	—	0 insurers
BALDWIN HEALTH	AL	$5,960	$3,099	—	—	3 insurers
PIH HEALTH DOWNEY HOSPITAL	CA	$5,960	$3,099	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SOUTH BAY	CA	$5,960	$3,099	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - ORANGE COUNTY - ANAHEIM	CA	$5,960	$3,099	—	—	3 insurers
LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$5,960	$3,099	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN MARCOS	CA	$5,960	$3,099	—	—	3 insurers
RIVERSIDE MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$10,545	$2,807	—	—	5 insurers
THOMAS HOSPITAL	AL	$6,265	$3,133	—	—	5 insurers
RICHMOND UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	NY	$2,852	$2,653	$447	$7,175	5 insurers
OTTUMWA REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER	IA	$6,576	$2,630	—	—	1 insurers
WAYNE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	GA	$4,727	$3,309	—	—	0 insurers
JAMAICA HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	NY	$2,591	$2,591	—	—	5 insurers
BELL HOSPITAL	MI	$3,767	$2,572	—	—	0 insurers
PEACEHEALTH ST JOHN MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$5,372	$3,492	—	—	5 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN NORTHERN CALIF	CA	$2,397	$2,397	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN	IL	$2,397	$2,397	—	—	0 insurers
THE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN - BOSTON	MA	$2,397	$2,397	—	—	1 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN	MO	$2,397	$2,397	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN	OH	$2,397	$2,397	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN - PORTLAND	OR	$2,397	$2,397	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN - PHILADELPHIA	PA	$2,397	$2,397	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN	SC	$2,397	$2,397	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN	TX	$2,397	$2,397	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN	WA	$2,397	$2,397	—	—	0 insurers
SUNY/STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL	NY	$2,308	$2,308	—	—	1 insurers
LAKE CUMBERLAND REGIONAL HOSPITAL	KY	$9,101	$3,640	—	—	0 insurers
BAXTER HEALTH	AR	$3,757	$2,254	—	—	3 insurers
HIGHPOINT HEALTH-TROUSDALE WITH ASCENSION SAINT	TN	$9,119	$2,125	—	—	5 insurers
HIGHPOINT HEALTH-RIVERVIEW WITH ASCENSION SAINT TH	TN	$9,119	$2,125	—	—	5 insurers
TRINITY - BETTENDORF	IA	$2,584	$2,067	—	—	4 insurers
FINLEY HOSPITAL	IA	$2,584	$2,067	—	—	5 insurers
GRINNELL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,584	$2,067	—	—	5 insurers
JONES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,584	$2,067	—	—	5 insurers
BEEBE MEDICAL CENTER	DE	$4,633	$3,938	—	—	0 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER- CONWAY	AR	$7,863	$1,966	—	—	5 insurers
CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$6,100	$3,965	$13,900	$20,636	1 insurers