CPT 32160 · 933 hospitals reporting

Open chest heart massage

The same procedure costs $123 at one hospital and $12,222 at another — a 99× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,940.

Cheapest published

$123

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

Median across 933 hospitals

$1,940

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

Most expensive

$12,222

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

Price distribution

237 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
TRINITY ROCK ISLAND	IL	$2,425	$1,940	—	—	4 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MARSHALLTOWN	IA	$2,425	$1,940	—	—	5 insurers
TRINITY MUSCATINE	IA	$2,425	$1,940	—	—	3 insurers
TRINITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,425	$1,940	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	IA	$2,425	$1,940	—	—	3 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - DES MOINES IOWA METHODIST MEDI	IA	$2,425	$1,940	—	—	3 insurers
TRINITY - BETTENDORF	IA	$2,425	$1,940	—	—	4 insurers
ALLEN HOSPITAL	IA	$2,425	$1,940	—	—	4 insurers
FINLEY HOSPITAL	IA	$2,425	$1,940	—	—	5 insurers
ST LUKES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,425	$1,940	—	—	3 insurers
GRINNELL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,425	$1,940	—	—	5 insurers
GRUNDY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IA	$2,425	$1,940	—	—	4 insurers
JONES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,425	$1,940	—	—	5 insurers
DEACONESS ILLINOIS CROSSROADS	IL	$10,256	$1,949	—	—	5 insurers
CARSON TAHOE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	NV	$2,752	$1,926	$220	$2,312	5 insurers
WELLSPAN YORK HOSPITAL	PA	$2,406	$1,925	—	—	5 insurers
BRISTOL HOSPITAL	CT	$12,753	$1,913	—	—	5 insurers
JOHNSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IN	$12,753	$1,913	—	—	5 insurers
RUSSELL COUNTY HOSPITAL	KY	$12,753	$1,913	—	—	5 insurers
JOHNSTON HEALTH	NC	$12,753	$1,913	—	—	5 insurers
WELLMONT BRISTOL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	TN	$12,753	$1,913	—	—	5 insurers
WELLMONT HOLSTON VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	TN	$12,753	$1,913	—	—	5 insurers
SYCAMORE SHOALS HOSPITAL	TN	$12,753	$1,913	—	—	5 insurers
HAWKINS COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	TN	$12,753	$1,913	—	—	5 insurers
GREENEVILLE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	TN	$12,753	$1,913	—	—	5 insurers
JOHNSON CITY MEDICAL CENTER	TN	$12,753	$1,913	—	—	5 insurers
INDIAN PATH COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	TN	$12,753	$1,913	—	—	5 insurers
FRANKLIN WOODS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	TN	$12,753	$1,913	—	—	5 insurers
HANCOCK COUNTY HOSPITAL	TN	$12,753	$1,913	—	—	5 insurers
RUSSELL COUNTY HOSPITAL	VA	$12,753	$1,913	—	—	5 insurers
SMYTH COUNTY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	VA	$12,753	$1,913	—	—	5 insurers
JOHNSTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	VA	$12,753	$1,913	—	—	5 insurers
LONESOME PINE HOSPITAL	VA	$12,753	$1,913	—	—	5 insurers
CHAMPLAIN VALLEY PHYSICIANS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CTR	NY	$1,897	$1,897	—	—	5 insurers
BOZEMAN HEALTH DEACONESS HOSPITAL	MT	$2,489	$1,991	$748	$2,489	5 insurers
BOZEMAN HEALTH BIG SKY MEDICAL CENTER	MT	$2,489	$1,991	$748	$2,489	5 insurers
HANCOCK COUNTY HEALTH SYSTEM	IA	$8,163	$1,877	—	—	5 insurers
DICKENSON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	VA	$8,163	$1,877	—	—	5 insurers
LEE COUNTY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	VA	$8,163	$1,877	—	—	5 insurers
SIDNEY HEALTH CENTER	MT	$3,288	$2,036	—	—	5 insurers