CPT 37609 · 1,238 hospitals reporting

Tying or biopsy of artery on side of skull

The same procedure costs $109 at one hospital and $35,745 at another — a 327× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,969.

Cheapest published

$109

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

Median across 1,238 hospitals

$1,969

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

Most expensive

$35,745

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

Price distribution

467 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	$6,473	$1,969	$4,661	$4,855	2 insurers
ST ELIZABETH HOSPITAL	WA	$6,473	$1,969	$1,836	$8,080	5 insurers
FAIRVIEW LAKES HEALTH SERVICES	MN	$4,924	$1,975	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW SOUTHDALE HOSPITAL	MN	$4,924	$1,975	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW UNIVERSITY OF MN MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$4,924	$1,975	—	—	5 insurers
FAIRVIEW NORTHLAND REGIONAL HOSPITAL	MN	$4,924	$1,975	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL	MN	$4,924	$1,975	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW WOODWINDS HOSPITAL	MN	$4,924	$1,975	—	—	5 insurers
CONEMAUGH MINERS MEDICAL CENTER	PA	$5,024	$2,010	—	—	2 insurers
JONES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,525	$2,020	—	—	5 insurers
SAINT MICHAEL'S MEDICAL CENTER	NJ	$15,390	$1,915	$21.83	$12,312	5 insurers
UNIONTOWN HOSPITAL	PA	$4,071	$2,036	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL	PA	—	$1,900	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN MONTGOMERY HOSPITAL	PA	—	$1,900	—	—	5 insurers
CHI ST JOSEPH HEALTH REGIONAL HOSPITAL	TX	$5,396	$1,889	$423	$4,587	5 insurers
MONTEFIORE ST LUKE'S CORNWALL	NY	—	$2,062	—	—	5 insurers
HSHS ST CLARE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WI	$2,835	$1,871	—	—	5 insurers
ST CLARE HOSPITAL	WA	$6,473	$1,866	$4,661	$4,855	2 insurers
ST CLARE HOSPITAL	WA	$6,473	$1,866	$1,836	$8,080	5 insurers
DALLAS COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER	AR	$3,191	$2,074	—	—	5 insurers
DEACONESS HOSPITAL INC	IN	$2,608	$2,086	$196	$1,654	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW RIDGES HOSPITAL	MN	$4,924	$2,093	—	—	5 insurers
SHASTA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$22,406	$2,113	$217	$22,406	5 insurers
USA HEALTH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL	AL	$6,571	$2,125	—	—	5 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL	NJ	$6,571	$2,125	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM, INC	TN	$6,571	$2,125	—	—	5 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - PANORAMA CITY	CA	$6,109	$2,138	$1,417	$3,829	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - LOS ANGELES	CA	$6,109	$2,138	$1,417	$3,829	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - DOWNEY	CA	$6,109	$2,138	$1,417	$3,829	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL FONTANA/ONTARIO	CA	$6,109	$2,138	$1,417	$3,829	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN DIEGO	CA	$6,109	$2,138	$1,417	$3,829	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WEST LA	CA	$6,109	$2,138	$1,417	$3,829	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WOODLAND HILLS	CA	$6,109	$2,138	$1,417	$3,829	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL, RIVERSIDE	CA	$6,109	$2,138	$1,417	$3,829	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - BALDWIN PARK	CA	$6,109	$2,138	$1,417	$3,829	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-MORENO VALLEY	CA	$6,109	$2,138	$1,417	$3,829	3 insurers
CAMPBELL COUNTY HEALTH	WY	$1,799	$1,799	—	—	0 insurers
REYNOLDS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WV	$3,590	$1,795	—	—	5 insurers
BRADLEY COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER	AR	$4,299	$2,150	—	—	5 insurers
MAUI MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	HI	$4,569	$1,782	—	—	3 insurers