CPT 34709 · 904 hospitals reporting

Plmt xtn prosth evasc rpr

The same procedure costs $157 at one hospital and $30,209 at another — a 193× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,814.

Cheapest published

$157

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

Median across 904 hospitals

$1,814

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

Most expensive

$30,209

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

Price distribution

257 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 ELIZABETH HOSPITAL	WA	$5,963	$1,814	$4,293	$4,472	2 insurers
ST ELIZABETH HOSPITAL	WA	$5,963	$1,814	$0.7	$4,472	5 insurers
MULTICARE VALLEY HOSPITAL	WA	$4,527	$1,811	—	—	1 insurers
NORTH HAWAII COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, INC	HI	$2,541	$1,779	—	—	5 insurers
COPPER QUEEN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	AZ	$2,651	$1,856	—	—	5 insurers
THE QUEENS MEDICAL CENTER	HI	$2,651	$1,856	—	—	5 insurers
ST CLARE HOSPITAL	WA	$5,963	$1,719	$4,293	$4,472	2 insurers
ST CLARE HOSPITAL	WA	$5,963	$1,719	$0.7	$4,472	5 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER	OR	$3,071	$1,638	$2,303	$2,917	5 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER	OR	$3,071	$1,638	$1,996	$2,948	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MED CENTER	MS	$5,000	$2,000	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER- GRENADA	MS	$5,000	$2,000	—	—	5 insurers
CHRISTUS SOUTHEAST TEXAS- ST ELIZABETH	TX	$6,395	$2,110	$470	$7,722	5 insurers
ANTELOPE VALLEY HOSPITAL	CA	$1,508	$1,508	—	—	5 insurers
BATON ROUGE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER	LA	$3,047	$2,133	—	—	5 insurers
THE GENERAL	LA	$3,047	$2,133	—	—	5 insurers
VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$3,178	$2,225	$1,268	$2,871	0 insurers
ST JOSEPH'S MEDICAL CENTER OF STOCKTON	CA	$4,632	$1,362	$268	$10,813	5 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MERITER	WI	$1,699	$1,359	—	—	5 insurers
FORT LOUDOUN MEDICAL CENTER	TN	$4,246	$1,359	$105	$3,821	5 insurers
FAYETTE MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$2,273	$2,273	$2,273	$2,273	1 insurers
HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL - SALT LAKE	UT	$5,695	$2,278	—	—	5 insurers
HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL-DAVIS	UT	$5,695	$2,278	—	—	5 insurers
SEQUOYAH COUNTY-CITY OF SALLISAW HOSPITAL AUTHORIT	OK	$1,779	$1,334	—	—	5 insurers
CUMBERLAND MEDICAL CENTER	TN	$4,246	$1,316	$105	$3,821	5 insurers
MORRISTOWN HAMBLEN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION	TN	$4,246	$1,316	$105	$3,821	5 insurers
ROANE MEDICAL CENTER	TN	$4,246	$1,316	$105	$3,821	5 insurers
METHODIST MEDICAL CENTER OF OAK RIDGE	TN	$4,246	$1,316	$105	$3,821	5 insurers
LECONTE MEDICAL CENTER	TN	$4,246	$1,316	$105	$3,821	5 insurers
FORT SANDERS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	TN	$4,246	$1,316	$105	$3,821	5 insurers
HUTCHINSON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER INC	KS	$1,751	$1,313	—	—	5 insurers
PARKWEST MEDICAL CENTER	TN	$4,246	$1,274	$105	$3,821	5 insurers
LUBBOCK HEART HOSPITAL LP	TX	$1,273	$1,273	—	—	5 insurers
TRI-CITY MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$2,099	$1,259	—	—	0 insurers
TRI-CITY MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$2,099	$1,259	—	—	5 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK-ALICE HY	NY	$1,222	$1,222	—	—	5 insurers
COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WI	$2,172	$1,195	—	—	4 insurers
FROEDTERT MEMORIAL LUTHERAN HOSPITAL	WI	$2,172	$1,195	—	—	4 insurers
OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$24,665	$2,467	—	—	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH NEBRASKA HEART	NE	$2,486	$1,144	$1,765	$1,865	2 insurers