CPT 33271 · 1,075 hospitals reporting

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The same procedure costs $449 at one hospital and $43,546 at another — a 97× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $7,693.

Cheapest published

$449

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

Median across 1,075 hospitals

$7,693

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

Most expensive

$43,546

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

Price distribution

351 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
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - PANORAMA CITY	CA	$21,979	$7,693	$8,214	$22,200	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - LOS ANGELES	CA	$21,979	$7,693	$8,214	$22,200	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - DOWNEY	CA	$21,979	$7,693	$8,214	$22,200	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL FONTANA/ONTARIO	CA	$21,979	$7,693	$8,214	$22,200	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN DIEGO	CA	$21,979	$7,693	$8,214	$22,200	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WEST LA	CA	$21,979	$7,693	$8,214	$22,200	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WOODLAND HILLS	CA	$21,979	$7,693	$8,214	$22,200	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL, RIVERSIDE	CA	$21,979	$7,693	$8,214	$22,200	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - BALDWIN PARK	CA	$21,979	$7,693	$8,214	$22,200	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-MORENO VALLEY	CA	$21,979	$7,693	$8,214	$22,200	3 insurers
ADVOCATE GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL	IL	$15,480	$7,740	—	—	5 insurers
TRINITY MUSCATINE	IA	$9,707	$7,765	—	—	4 insurers
TRINITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$9,707	$7,765	—	—	4 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	IA	$9,707	$7,765	—	—	4 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - DES MOINES IOWA METHODIST MEDI	IA	$9,707	$7,765	—	—	4 insurers
ST LUKES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$9,707	$7,765	—	—	4 insurers
POUDRE VALLEY HOSPITAL	CO	$11,116	$7,781	—	—	5 insurers
MEDICAL CENTER OF THE ROCKIES	CO	$11,116	$7,781	—	—	5 insurers
UCH-MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM	CO	$22,486	$7,870	—	—	5 insurers
LONGS PEAK HOSPITAL	CO	$22,486	$7,870	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH BROOMFIELD HOSPITAL	CO	$22,486	$7,870	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH GRANDVIEW HOSPITAL	CO	$22,486	$7,870	—	—	5 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH LONDON	KY	$22,061	$7,872	$20,076	$20,076	1 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH LONDON	KY	$22,061	$7,872	$3,150	$20,076	5 insurers
University of Arkansas Medical Sciences	AR	$13,154	$7,892	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE CHRIST HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$14,940	$7,470	—	—	5 insurers
PALMDALE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$18,499	$7,400	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MED CENTER	MS	$20,000	$8,000	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER- GRENADA	MS	$20,000	$8,000	—	—	5 insurers
CENTRAL MAINE MEDICAL CENTER	ME	$24,788	$8,165	$7,436	$24,788	5 insurers
GARDEN CITY HOSPITAL	MI	$19,100	$8,208	$3,819	$19,100	5 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH EAST	KY	$20,560	$8,258	$18,710	$18,710	1 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH EAST	KY	$20,560	$8,258	$5,025	$18,710	5 insurers
SAINT CLARE'S HOSPITAL/ DENVILLE CAMPUS	NJ	$20,560	$8,258	$18,710	$18,710	1 insurers
SAINT CLARE'S HOSPITAL/ DENVILLE CAMPUS	NJ	$20,560	$8,258	$5,025	$18,710	5 insurers
SOUTHERN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$24,997	$8,259	$893	$24,997	5 insurers
HARLINGEN MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$32,214	$8,272	$1,330	$25,771	5 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH DEACONESS MADISONVILLE	KY	$54,469	$7,081	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL S U N Y HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER	NY	$10,813	$7,028	—	—	5 insurers
CENTURA HEALTH-PENROSE ST FRANCIS HEALTH SERVICES	CO	$11,844	$6,988	$6,514	$11,133	5 insurers