CPT 36416 · 1,316 hospitals reporting

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The same procedure costs $50 at one hospital and $305 at another — a 6× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $84.4.

Cheapest published

$50

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

Median across 1,316 hospitals

$84.4

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

Most expensive

$305

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

Price distribution

57 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
CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$130	$84.4	$0.12	$7,038	1 insurers
CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$130	$84.4	$13,270	$14,761	1 insurers
HSHS ST ELIZABETH'S HOSPITAL	IL	$116	$83.52	—	—	5 insurers
WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER	NY	$144	$86.4	—	—	5 insurers
SOUTH TEXAS HEALTH SYSTEM	TX	$217	$86.8	—	—	5 insurers
TEXOMA MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$116	$87	—	—	5 insurers
NORTHEASTERN NEVADA REGIONAL HOSPITAL	NV	$116	$81.2	—	—	0 insurers
UCSF HEALTH SAINT FRANCIS HOSPITAL	CA	$127	$88.9	$12.87	$13,080	5 insurers
BROOKLYN HOSPITAL CENTER - DOWNTOWN CAMPUS	NY	$75.95	$75.95	—	—	1 insurers
BAPTIST NEIGHBORHOOD HOSPITAL THOUSAND OAKS	TX	$92	$73.6	—	—	5 insurers
WESTOVER HILLS BAPTIST HOSPITAL	TX	$92	$73.6	—	—	5 insurers
HIRAM W DAVIS MEDICAL CENTER	VA	$95.41	$95.41	$14.31	$81.1	5 insurers
STONESPRINGS HOSPITAL CENTER	VA	$95.41	$95.41	$14.31	$81.1	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MD ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	MD	$70	$70	—	—	2 insurers
TRISTAR HENDERSONVILLE MEDICAL CENTER	TN	$99.52	$99.52	—	—	0 insurers
THE HOSPITALS OF PROVIDENCE - MEMORIAL CAMPUS	TX	$126	$101	—	—	5 insurers
THE HOSPITALS OF PROVIDENCE HORIZON CITY CAMPUS	TX	$126	$101	—	—	5 insurers
COLQUITT REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$67	$67	—	—	5 insurers
JACKSON COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AUTHORITY	OK	$67	$67	—	—	5 insurers
ADVENTHEALTH OCALA	FL	$110	$66.22	—	—	5 insurers
SAINT PETER'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL	NJ	$310	$62	—	—	5 insurers
THREE RIVERS HOSPITAL	WA	$61	$61	—	—	3 insurers
ST JOSEPHS HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER	AZ	$85	$59.5	$1.2	$2,636	5 insurers
PENDER COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	NE	$244	$110	$62.58	$237	5 insurers
NEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL	NY	—	$59	$0.01	$485	5 insurers
TRISTAR SUMMIT MEDICAL CENTER	TN	$57.87	$57.87	—	—	0 insurers
MONTEFIORE NEW ROCHELLE HOSPITAL	NY	$89	$57.85	—	—	5 insurers
NORTHWEST TEXAS HOSPITAL	TX	$278	$111	—	—	5 insurers
CHI ST JOSEPH HEALTH REGIONAL HOSPITAL	TX	$164	$57.4	$5.04	$139	2 insurers
NEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN/QUEENS	NY	—	$56	$0.01	$294	5 insurers
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL COLORADO	CO	$82	$53.3	—	—	5 insurers
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL COLORADO - COLORADO SPRINGS	CO	$82	$53.3	—	—	5 insurers
WELLINGTON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	FL	$70	$52.5	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MD ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	MD	$52	$52	—	—	0 insurers
SEQUOIA HOSPITAL	CA	$138	$50.24	$59.34	$18,346	5 insurers
SEQUOIA HOSPITAL	CA	$138	$50.24	$3.77	$10,404	5 insurers
VALLEY PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL	CA	—	$50	$10.5	$6,132	5 insurers
HUDSON VALLEY HOSPITAL CENTER	NY	—	$50	$10.5	$6,132	5 insurers
MONUMENT HEALTH SPEARFISH HOSPITAL	SD	$50	$50	$19.8	$48.5	4 insurers
MONUMENT HEALTH RAPID CITY HOSPITAL	SD	$50	$50	$25	$48	5 insurers