CPT 31256 · 1,084 hospitals reporting

31256

The same procedure costs $97.13 at one hospital and $35,129 at another — a 362× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,871.

Cheapest published

$97.13

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

Median across 1,084 hospitals

$1,871

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

Most expensive

$35,129

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

Price distribution

253 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
BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE SURGICAL HOSPITAL FORTWORTH	TX	$3,118	$1,871	$1,715	$10,356	0 insurers
CEDAR-SINAI MARINA DEL REY HOSPITAL	CA	$2,780	$1,807	—	—	0 insurers
METHODIST HOSPITAL UNION COUNTY	KY	$3,015	$1,960	—	—	0 insurers
BEEBE MEDICAL CENTER	DE	$2,357	$2,003	—	—	0 insurers
BAYLOR MEDICAL CENTER AT TROPHY CLUB	TX	$3,363	$2,018	$1,850	$10,356	0 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL	PA	—	$2,022	—	—	0 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN MONTGOMERY HOSPITAL	PA	—	$2,022	—	—	0 insurers
BALDWIN HEALTH	AL	$3,260	$1,695	—	—	0 insurers
PIH HEALTH DOWNEY HOSPITAL	CA	$3,260	$1,695	—	—	0 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SOUTH BAY	CA	$3,260	$1,695	—	—	0 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - ORANGE COUNTY - ANAHEIM	CA	$3,260	$1,695	—	—	0 insurers
LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$3,260	$1,695	—	—	0 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN MARCOS	CA	$3,260	$1,695	—	—	0 insurers
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL SWEETWATER COUNTY	WY	$1,691	$1,691	—	—	0 insurers
NATIONAL PARK MEDICAL CENTER	AR	$6,912	$2,074	—	—	0 insurers
UNM HOSPITAL	NM	$2,984	$1,641	—	—	0 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER-LITTLE ROCK	AR	$8,410	$2,102	—	—	0 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER- CONWAY	AR	$6,536	$1,634	—	—	0 insurers
BAXTER HEALTH	AR	$3,543	$2,126	—	—	0 insurers
PEACEHEALTH KETCHIKAN MEDICAL CENTER	AK	$3,329	$2,164	—	—	0 insurers
SALINE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	AR	$7,281	$2,184	—	—	0 insurers
SOUTH CENTRAL REG MED CTR	MS	$5,351	$2,247	—	—	0 insurers
SOUTH CENTRAL HEALTH	ND	$5,351	$2,247	—	—	0 insurers
O U MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$23,516	$2,352	$2,914	$19,283	0 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MERITER	WI	$2,953	$2,362	—	—	0 insurers
PHYSICIANS CENTRE,THE	TX	$1,349	$1,349	—	—	0 insurers
TOPS SURGICAL SPECIALTY HOSPITAL	TX	$3,838	$1,343	$1	$5,747	0 insurers
RIVERSIDE MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$5,000	$1,331	—	—	0 insurers
BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER BEACHES	FL	$6,839	$1,299	—	—	0 insurers
OCHSNER CHOCTAW GENERAL	AL	$1,703	$1,294	—	—	0 insurers
THOMAS HOSPITAL	AL	$2,576	$1,288	—	—	0 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	MN	$4,405	$2,467	—	—	0 insurers
ST LUKE'S WARREN HOSPITAL	NJ	$1,520	$1,262	—	—	0 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - UPPER BUCKS CAMPUS	PA	$1,520	$1,262	—	—	0 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL BETHLEHEM	PA	$1,520	$1,262	—	—	0 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - GRAND VIEW CAMPUS	PA	$1,520	$1,262	—	—	0 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - EASTON CAMPUS	PA	$1,520	$1,262	—	—	0 insurers
ST LUKE'S MINERS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	PA	$1,520	$1,262	—	—	0 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - ANDERSON CAMPUS	PA	$1,520	$1,262	—	—	0 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - MONROE CAMPUS	PA	$1,520	$1,262	—	—	0 insurers