CPT 31646 · 1,024 hospitals reporting

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The same procedure costs $69.25 at one hospital and $17,743 at another — a 256× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $715.

Cheapest published

$69.25

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

Median across 1,024 hospitals

$715

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

Most expensive

$17,743

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

Price distribution

307 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
ADENA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$1,430	$715	—	—	5 insurers
ADENA PIKE MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$1,430	$715	—	—	4 insurers
SOUTHEAST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$1,773	$709	—	—	5 insurers
ST ANTHONY SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER	CO	$1,750	$700	—	—	5 insurers
JOHN H STROGER JR HOSPITAL	IL	$999	$699	—	—	5 insurers
PROVIDENT HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO	IL	$999	$699	—	—	5 insurers
HIGHLAND HILLS MEDICAL CENTER	MS	$1,462	$731	—	—	0 insurers
TRI-CITY MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$1,163	$698	—	—	0 insurers
TRI-CITY MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$1,163	$698	—	—	5 insurers
GREENWICH HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION -	CT	$1,330	$692	—	—	5 insurers
ANIMAS SURGICAL HOSPITAL, LLC	CO	—	$739	$374	$1,504	3 insurers
MULTICARE VALLEY HOSPITAL	WA	$1,715	$686	—	—	1 insurers
CARLE EUREKA HOSPITAL	IL	$750	$750	—	—	5 insurers
BRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL	CT	$1,330	$678	—	—	5 insurers
LONGMONT UNITED HOSPITAL	CO	$1,688	$675	—	—	5 insurers
CENTURA HEALTH-ST ANTHONY NORTH HEALTH CAMPUS	CO	$1,688	$675	—	—	3 insurers
ORTHOCOLORADO HOSP AT ST ANTHONY MED CAMPUS	CO	$1,688	$675	—	—	4 insurers
ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL - INTERQUEST	CO	$1,688	$675	—	—	3 insurers
SAINT ANTHONY HOSPITAL	IL	$1,688	$675	—	—	3 insurers
FRENCH HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$1,940	$760	$524	$1,901	5 insurers
FRENCH HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$1,940	$760	$126	$6,120	5 insurers
TERREBONNE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER - PARISH	LA	$3,518	$662	$135	$3,342	5 insurers
PHYSICIANS MEDICAL CENTER	LA	$3,518	$662	$135	$3,342	5 insurers
MERCY HOSPITAL	CA	$1,936	$774	—	—	5 insurers
CENTURA HEALTH-ST ANTHONY HOSPITAL	CO	$1,936	$774	—	—	5 insurers
ST THOMAS MORE HOSPITAL	CO	$1,633	$653	—	—	5 insurers
CHEYENNE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WY	$1,111	$778	—	—	4 insurers
RANDOLPH HOSPITAL	NC	$3,894	$779	—	—	4 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL	HI	$1,664	$649	$334	$1,194	3 insurers
YALE-NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL	CT	$1,330	$785	—	—	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH GOOD SAMARITAN	NE	$1,045	$637	$512	$972	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH GOOD SAMARITAN	NE	$1,045	$637	$219	$3,908	5 insurers
MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, INC	TN	$1,491	$631	$969	$969	1 insurers
MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, INC	TN	$1,491	$631	$167	$1,837	5 insurers
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IL	$1,810	$815	—	—	5 insurers
HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL - SALT LAKE	UT	$2,051	$820	—	—	5 insurers
HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL-DAVIS	UT	$2,051	$820	—	—	5 insurers
HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL-JORDAN VALLEY	UT	$2,051	$820	—	—	5 insurers
MAUI MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	HI	$1,543	$602	—	—	3 insurers
SEVIER COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER	AR	$960	$576	—	—	0 insurers