CPT 36572 · 1,220 hospitals reporting

Insj picc rs&i <5 yr

The same procedure costs $72 at one hospital and $29,000 at another — a 403× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,169.

Cheapest published

$72

Lowest published price across all reporting hospitals.

Median across 1,220 hospitals

$1,169

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

Most expensive

$29,000

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

Price distribution

483 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
PEACEHEALTH UNITED GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$1,799	$1,169	—	—	0 insurers
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIV HOSPITAL	DC	$2,895	$1,158	—	—	5 insurers
GREENWICH HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION -	CT	$2,213	$1,151	—	—	5 insurers
MOUNTAIN VIEW HOSPITAL	ID	$1,700	$1,190	$0	$1,530	3 insurers
IDAHO FALLS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, LLC	ID	$1,700	$1,190	$0	$1,705	2 insurers
SACRED HEART MEDICAL CENTER - RIVERBEND	OR	$1,765	$1,147	—	—	5 insurers
VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$2,349	$1,198	—	—	4 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER - JACKSONVILLE	FL	$6,001	$1,140	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE GOOD SHEPHERD HOSPITAL	IL	$2,410	$1,205	—	—	5 insurers
BRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL	CT	$2,213	$1,128	—	—	5 insurers
NORTHRIDGE HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$4,338	$1,210	$3,470	$3,774	2 insurers
NORTHRIDGE HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$4,338	$1,210	$386	$6,040	5 insurers
CARLE BROMENN MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$1,120	$1,120	—	—	5 insurers
SEQUOYAH COUNTY-CITY OF SALLISAW HOSPITAL AUTHORIT	OK	$1,478	$1,109	—	—	5 insurers
ST JOSEPHS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL WEST BEND	WI	$1,999	$1,099	—	—	5 insurers
MAUI MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	HI	$2,804	$1,094	—	—	1 insurers
CARLE RICHLAND MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IL	$1,092	$1,092	—	—	4 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - PANORAMA CITY	CA	$3,105	$1,087	$544	$1,471	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - LOS ANGELES	CA	$3,105	$1,087	$544	$1,471	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - DOWNEY	CA	$3,105	$1,087	$544	$1,471	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL FONTANA/ONTARIO	CA	$3,105	$1,087	$544	$1,471	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN DIEGO	CA	$3,105	$1,087	$544	$1,471	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WEST LA	CA	$3,105	$1,087	$544	$1,471	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WOODLAND HILLS	CA	$3,105	$1,087	$544	$1,471	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL, RIVERSIDE	CA	$3,105	$1,087	$544	$1,471	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - BALDWIN PARK	CA	$3,105	$1,087	$544	$1,471	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-MORENO VALLEY	CA	$3,105	$1,087	$544	$1,471	3 insurers
CENTURA HEALTH-PENROSE ST FRANCIS HEALTH SERVICES	CO	$1,840	$1,086	$1,012	$1,730	5 insurers
CENTURA HEALTH-PENROSE ST FRANCIS HEALTH SERVICES	CO	$1,840	$1,086	$151	$6,796	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH ST. FRANCIS	NE	$1,840	$1,086	$1,012	$1,730	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH ST. FRANCIS	NE	$1,840	$1,086	$151	$6,796	5 insurers
COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WI	$1,966	$1,081	—	—	4 insurers
FROEDTERT MEMORIAL LUTHERAN HOSPITAL	WI	$1,966	$1,081	—	—	4 insurers
BRISTOL HOSPITAL	CT	$7,194	$1,079	—	—	5 insurers
JOHNSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IN	$7,194	$1,079	—	—	5 insurers
RUSSELL COUNTY HOSPITAL	KY	$7,194	$1,079	—	—	5 insurers
JOHNSTON HEALTH	NC	$7,194	$1,079	—	—	5 insurers
WELLMONT BRISTOL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	TN	$7,194	$1,079	—	—	5 insurers
WELLMONT HOLSTON VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	TN	$7,194	$1,079	—	—	5 insurers
SYCAMORE SHOALS HOSPITAL	TN	$7,194	$1,079	—	—	5 insurers