CPT 33262 · 1,210 hospitals reporting

Removal and replacement of single lead defibrillator

The same procedure costs $1,075 at one hospital and $142,909 at another — a 133× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $22,361.

Cheapest published

$1,075

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

Median across 1,210 hospitals

$22,361

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

Most expensive

$142,909

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

Price distribution

489 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
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL	PA	—	$22,361	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN MONTGOMERY HOSPITAL	PA	—	$22,361	—	—	5 insurers
DARDANELLE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	AR	$57,179	$22,300	—	—	1 insurers
KNAPP MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$65,989	$22,235	$1,500	$64,670	5 insurers
DALLAS MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$21,557	$22,235	$1,313	$21,557	5 insurers
HARLINGEN MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$65,989	$22,235	$1,330	$72,000	5 insurers
SOUTHERN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$70,653	$22,201	$730	$70,653	5 insurers
ELLIS HOSPITAL	NY	$45,051	$22,526	—	—	4 insurers
GARDEN CITY HOSPITAL	MI	$109,982	$22,064	$11,827	$109,982	5 insurers
MOUNT GRANT GENERAL HOSPITAL	NV	$57,500	$22,740	$776	$55,775	5 insurers
ROXBOROUGH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	PA	$57,500	$22,740	$776	$55,775	5 insurers
CENTRAL MAINE MEDICAL CENTER	ME	$118,780	$21,947	$21,948	$105,036	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MED CENTER	MS	$54,825	$21,930	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER- GRENADA	MS	$54,825	$21,930	—	—	5 insurers
TEXOMA MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$29,189	$21,892	—	—	5 insurers
LOWER BUCKS HOSPITAL	PA	$57,500	$21,882	$776	$52,897	5 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - PANORAMA CITY	CA	$65,383	$22,884	$23,216	$62,747	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - LOS ANGELES	CA	$65,383	$22,884	$23,216	$62,747	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - DOWNEY	CA	$65,383	$22,884	$23,216	$62,747	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL FONTANA/ONTARIO	CA	$65,383	$22,884	$23,216	$62,747	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN DIEGO	CA	$65,383	$22,884	$23,216	$62,747	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WEST LA	CA	$65,383	$22,884	$23,216	$62,747	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WOODLAND HILLS	CA	$65,383	$22,884	$23,216	$62,747	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL, RIVERSIDE	CA	$65,383	$22,884	$23,216	$62,747	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - BALDWIN PARK	CA	$65,383	$22,884	$23,216	$62,747	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-MORENO VALLEY	CA	$65,383	$22,884	$23,216	$62,747	3 insurers
MAUI MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	HI	$58,682	$22,886	—	—	2 insurers
JACKSON HEALTH SYSTEM	FL	$62,866	$23,370	$22,011	$22,011	1 insurers
TRINITY MUSCATINE	IA	$29,230	$23,384	—	—	4 insurers
TRINITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$29,230	$23,384	—	—	4 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	IA	$29,230	$23,384	—	—	4 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - DES MOINES IOWA METHODIST MEDI	IA	$29,230	$23,384	—	—	4 insurers
ST LUKES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$29,230	$23,384	—	—	4 insurers
ALAMEDA HOSPITAL	CA	$47,018	$23,509	$18,807	$35,264	4 insurers
HIGHLAND HOSPITAL	CA	$47,018	$23,509	$18,807	$35,264	4 insurers
UCH-MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM	CO	$60,582	$21,204	—	—	5 insurers
LONGS PEAK HOSPITAL	CO	$60,582	$21,204	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH BROOMFIELD HOSPITAL	CO	$60,582	$21,204	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH GRANDVIEW HOSPITAL	CO	$60,582	$21,204	—	—	5 insurers
SAINT ROSE DOMINICAN HOSPITALS - SIENA CAMPUS	NV	$92,658	$21,033	$27,797	$66,714	4 insurers