CPT 31899 · 884 hospitals reporting

Other procedure on windpipe or lung airway

The same procedure costs $52.5 at one hospital and $17,734 at another — a 338× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $782.

Cheapest published

$52.5

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

Median across 884 hospitals

$782

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

Most expensive

$17,734

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

Price distribution

191 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
ST VINCENT MEDICAL CENTER/NORTH	AR	$3,077	$782	—	—	0 insurers
ST VINCENT MEDICAL CENTER/NORTH	AR	$3,077	$782	$178	$2,699	5 insurers
FAIRVIEW LAKES HEALTH SERVICES	MN	$1,941	$778	—	—	4 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW SOUTHDALE HOSPITAL	MN	$1,941	$778	—	—	4 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW UNIVERSITY OF MN MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$1,941	$778	—	—	4 insurers
FAIRVIEW NORTHLAND REGIONAL HOSPITAL	MN	$1,941	$778	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL	MN	$1,941	$778	—	—	4 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW WOODWINDS HOSPITAL	MN	$1,941	$778	—	—	4 insurers
CHI-ST VINCENT INFIRMARY	AR	$3,077	$790	—	—	0 insurers
CHI-ST VINCENT INFIRMARY	AR	$3,077	$790	$182	$6,955	5 insurers
MEDICAL CENTER OF THE ROCKIES	CO	$1,146	$802	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW RIDGES HOSPITAL	MN	$1,941	$825	—	—	5 insurers
OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$7,380	$738	—	—	5 insurers
CONEMAUGH MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	PA	$1,830	$732	—	—	2 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER - JACKSONVILLE	FL	$3,547	$674	—	—	5 insurers
MONUMENT HEALTH RAPID CITY HOSPITAL	SD	$672	$672	$410	$645	5 insurers
WESTSIDE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	FL	$781	$664	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER SUNNYSIDE MEDICAL CENTER	OR	$781	$664	—	—	3 insurers
JOHN H STROGER JR HOSPITAL	IL	$924	$647	—	—	5 insurers
PROVIDENT HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO	IL	$924	$647	—	—	5 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH - FORT SMITH	AR	$3,675	$919	—	—	5 insurers
RED BAY HOSPITAL	AL	$1,650	$924	—	—	3 insurers
SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$1,650	$924	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WALNUT CREEK	CA	$1,650	$924	—	—	3 insurers
SUTTER MEDICAL CENTER, SACRAMENTO	CA	$1,650	$924	—	—	3 insurers
SUTTER ROSEVILLE MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$1,650	$924	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - REDWOOD CITY	CA	$1,650	$924	—	—	3 insurers
FRESNO SURGICAL HOSPITAL	CA	$1,650	$924	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL MANTECA	CA	$1,650	$924	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN LEANDRO	CA	$1,650	$924	—	—	3 insurers
MT SAN RAFAEL HOSPITAL	CO	$1,650	$924	—	—	3 insurers
SANTA ROSA MEDICAL CENTER	FL	$1,650	$924	—	—	3 insurers
COMMUNITY HOSPITAL SOUTH, INC.	IN	$1,650	$924	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL WESTSIDE	OR	$1,650	$924	—	—	3 insurers
WELLINGTON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	FL	$838	$629	—	—	5 insurers
BOZEMAN HEALTH DEACONESS HOSPITAL	MT	$755	$604	$208	$755	5 insurers
BOZEMAN HEALTH BIG SKY MEDICAL CENTER	MT	$755	$604	$208	$755	5 insurers
USC ARCADIA HOSPITAL	CA	$2,863	$1,002	—	—	5 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO	CA	$1,594	$558	$196	$544	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-SANTA CLARA	CA	$1,594	$558	$196	$544	3 insurers