CPT 31820 · 979 hospitals reporting

Closure of windpipe lesion

The same procedure costs $334 at one hospital and $10,571 at another — a 32× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $2,472.

Cheapest published

$334

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

Median across 979 hospitals

$2,472

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

Most expensive

$10,571

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

Price distribution

155 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
MISSION COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$3,803	$2,472	—	—	5 insurers
MOUNTAIN VIEW HOSPITAL	ID	$3,399	$2,379	$2,549	$6,033	5 insurers
IDAHO FALLS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, LLC	ID	$3,399	$2,379	$2,199	$6,136	4 insurers
University of Arkansas Medical Sciences	AR	$4,857	$2,914	—	—	5 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK-ALICE HY	NY	$1,849	$1,849	—	—	5 insurers
CEDAR-SINAI MARINA DEL REY HOSPITAL	CA	$2,780	$1,807	—	—	5 insurers
VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$6,483	$3,306	—	—	4 insurers
CAMPBELL COUNTY HEALTH	WY	$3,414	$3,414	—	—	0 insurers
ALTRU HOSPITAL	ND	$2,396	$1,462	—	—	0 insurers
MAURY REGIONAL HOSPITAL	TN	$3,447	$1,413	—	—	5 insurers
BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE SURGICAL HOSPITAL FORTWORTH	TX	$5,992	$3,595	$1,887	$8,427	5 insurers
JACKSON COUNTY REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER	IA	$1,348	$1,348	—	—	5 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN NORTHERN CALIF	CA	$1,308	$1,308	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN	IL	$1,308	$1,308	—	—	0 insurers
THE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN - BOSTON	MA	$1,308	$1,308	—	—	1 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN	MO	$1,308	$1,308	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN	OH	$1,308	$1,308	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN - PORTLAND	OR	$1,308	$1,308	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN - PHILADELPHIA	PA	$1,308	$1,308	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN	SC	$1,308	$1,308	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN	TX	$1,308	$1,308	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN	WA	$1,308	$1,308	—	—	0 insurers
HILTON HEAD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	SC	—	$3,670	$822	$6,907	5 insurers
EAST COOPER MEDICAL CENTER	SC	—	$3,670	$822	$5,890	5 insurers
COASTAL CAROLINA HOSPITAL	SC	—	$3,670	$822	$5,890	5 insurers
OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$12,710	$1,271	—	—	5 insurers
O U MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$36,854	$3,685	$2,574	$30,220	5 insurers
BAYLOR MEDICAL CENTER AT TROPHY CLUB	TX	$6,171	$3,703	$1,887	$8,427	5 insurers
CHEYENNE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WY	$1,749	$1,224	—	—	4 insurers
WETZEL COUNTY HOSPITAL	WV	$7,469	$3,735	—	—	5 insurers
CODY REGIONAL HEALTH	WY	$1,382	$1,175	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL	PA	—	$3,802	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN MONTGOMERY HOSPITAL	PA	—	$3,802	—	—	5 insurers
UNIONTOWN HOSPITAL	PA	$7,621	$3,811	—	—	5 insurers
UNITED MEDICAL CENTER	DC	$7,622	$3,811	—	—	5 insurers
CAMDEN CLARK MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$7,622	$3,811	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MD ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	MD	$1,113	$1,113	—	—	1 insurers
TRINITY ROCK ISLAND	IL	$1,337	$1,070	—	—	4 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MARSHALLTOWN	IA	$1,337	$1,070	—	—	5 insurers
TRINITY MUSCATINE	IA	$1,337	$1,070	—	—	3 insurers