CPT 35840 · 841 hospitals reporting

Exp post-op hemorrhage, abd

The same procedure costs $279 at one hospital and $58,846 at another — a 211× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $2,938.

Cheapest published

$279

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

Median across 841 hospitals

$2,938

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

Most expensive

$58,846

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

Price distribution

122 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	$3,673	$2,938	—	—	4 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MARSHALLTOWN	IA	$3,673	$2,938	—	—	5 insurers
TRINITY MUSCATINE	IA	$3,673	$2,938	—	—	3 insurers
TRINITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$3,673	$2,938	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	IA	$3,673	$2,938	—	—	3 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - DES MOINES IOWA METHODIST MEDI	IA	$3,673	$2,938	—	—	3 insurers
TRINITY - BETTENDORF	IA	$3,673	$2,938	—	—	4 insurers
ALLEN HOSPITAL	IA	$3,673	$2,938	—	—	4 insurers
FINLEY HOSPITAL	IA	$3,673	$2,938	—	—	5 insurers
ST LUKES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$3,673	$2,938	—	—	3 insurers
GRINNELL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$3,673	$2,938	—	—	5 insurers
GRUNDY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IA	$3,673	$2,938	—	—	4 insurers
JONES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$3,673	$2,938	—	—	5 insurers
CENTRAL VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER	VT	$3,048	$3,048	—	—	5 insurers
CODY REGIONAL HEALTH	WY	$3,618	$3,075	—	—	5 insurers
MID VALLEY HOSPITAL & CLINIC	WA	$4,405	$3,084	—	—	5 insurers
CHESHIRE MEDICAL CENTER	NH	$11,204	$3,092	—	—	5 insurers
CHESHIRE MEDICAL CENTER	NH	$11,204	$3,092	—	—	5 insurers
STEVENS COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$3,689	$2,767	—	—	5 insurers
WARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	TX	$4,500	$3,150	—	—	0 insurers
ALTRU HOSPITAL	ND	$4,444	$2,711	—	—	0 insurers
LIFECARE MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$3,625	$3,190	—	—	5 insurers
MEDICAL WEST, AN AFFILIATE OF UAB HEALTH SYSTEM	AL	$10,677	$2,669	—	—	5 insurers
SAUK PRAIRIE HOSPITAL	WI	$5,987	$3,275	—	—	5 insurers
BROADLAWNS MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$3,328	$3,328	—	—	5 insurers
WALLOWA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	OR	$2,768	$2,491	$2,374	$2,685	0 insurers
WHIDBEYHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$2,483	$2,483	—	—	0 insurers
MISSION COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$3,803	$2,472	—	—	5 insurers
COLQUITT REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$3,439	$3,439	—	—	5 insurers
JACKSON COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AUTHORITY	OK	$3,439	$3,439	—	—	5 insurers
JOHN H STROGER JR HOSPITAL	IL	$3,367	$2,357	—	—	5 insurers
PROVIDENT HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO	IL	$3,367	$2,357	—	—	5 insurers
GLENCOE REGIONAL HEALTH	MN	$3,544	$3,544	—	—	1 insurers
SEQUOYAH COUNTY-CITY OF SALLISAW HOSPITAL AUTHORIT	OK	$3,083	$2,312	—	—	5 insurers
OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$22,141	$2,214	—	—	5 insurers
VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$3,011	$2,108	$1,201	$2,871	0 insurers
JACKSON COUNTY REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER	IA	$2,072	$2,072	—	—	5 insurers
MOSAIC LIFE CARE AT ST JOSEPH	MO	$2,431	$2,066	—	—	3 insurers
MOSAIC MEDICAL CENTER ALBANY	MO	$2,431	$2,066	—	—	2 insurers
MOSAIC MEDICAL CENTER - MARYVILLE	MO	$2,431	$2,066	—	—	5 insurers