CPT 36468 · 995 hospitals reporting

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The same procedure costs $55 at one hospital and $7,157 at another — a 130× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $321.

Cheapest published

$55

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

Median across 995 hospitals

$321

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

Most expensive

$7,157

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

Price distribution

279 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
SANFORD WORTHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$401	$321	—	—	5 insurers
BOZEMAN HEALTH DEACONESS HOSPITAL	MT	$401	$321	$281	$445	5 insurers
BOZEMAN HEALTH BIG SKY MEDICAL CENTER	MT	$401	$321	$281	$445	5 insurers
METHODIST HOSPITAL OF SACRAMENTO	CA	$1,085	$312	$814	$901	4 insurers
METHODIST HOSPITAL OF SACRAMENTO	CA	$1,085	$312	$380	$6,019	5 insurers
UNITED REGIONAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM	TX	$352	$335	—	—	0 insurers
ADVOCATE SHERMAN HOSPITAL	IL	$605	$303	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE TRINITY HOSPITAL	IL	$605	$303	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE CONDELL MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$605	$303	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MED CENTER	MS	$850	$340	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER- GRENADA	MS	$850	$340	—	—	5 insurers
WOODLAND MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	CA	$1,085	$297	$119	$998	5 insurers
WOODLAND MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	CA	$1,085	$297	$119	$6,191	5 insurers
MERCY SAN JUAN MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$1,085	$297	$119	$901	5 insurers
MERCY SAN JUAN MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$1,085	$297	$119	$7,484	5 insurers
HAYWOOD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$875	$350	—	—	2 insurers
FLUSHING HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	NY	$291	$291	—	—	5 insurers
CHESHIRE MEDICAL CENTER	NH	$1,031	$285	—	—	5 insurers
CHESHIRE MEDICAL CENTER	NH	$1,031	$285	—	—	5 insurers
TRINITY MUSCATINE	IA	$345	$276	—	—	4 insurers
TRINITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$345	$276	—	—	4 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	IA	$345	$276	—	—	4 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - DES MOINES IOWA METHODIST MEDI	IA	$345	$276	—	—	4 insurers
ST LUKES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$345	$276	—	—	4 insurers
FAIRVIEW LAKES HEALTH SERVICES	MN	$917	$368	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW SOUTHDALE HOSPITAL	MN	$917	$368	—	—	4 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW UNIVERSITY OF MN MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$917	$368	—	—	4 insurers
FAIRVIEW NORTHLAND REGIONAL HOSPITAL	MN	$917	$368	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL	MN	$917	$368	—	—	4 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW WOODWINDS HOSPITAL	MN	$917	$368	—	—	4 insurers
EDGERTON HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SERVICES	WI	$372	$272	—	—	4 insurers
UNM HOSPITAL	NM	$493	$271	—	—	5 insurers
FRYE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$666	$267	—	—	1 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - PANORAMA CITY	CA	$1,077	$377	$348	$941	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - LOS ANGELES	CA	$1,077	$377	$348	$941	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - DOWNEY	CA	$1,077	$377	$348	$941	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL FONTANA/ONTARIO	CA	$1,077	$377	$348	$941	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN DIEGO	CA	$1,077	$377	$348	$941	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WEST LA	CA	$1,077	$377	$348	$941	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WOODLAND HILLS	CA	$1,077	$377	$348	$941	3 insurers