CPT 40520 · 959 hospitals reporting

Partial excision of lip

The same procedure costs $117 at one hospital and $24,738 at another — a 211× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,646.

Cheapest published

$117

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

Median across 959 hospitals

$1,646

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

Most expensive

$24,738

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

Price distribution

148 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
UNIVERSITY OF MD ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	MD	$1,691	$1,691	—	—	1 insurers
OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$16,019	$1,602	—	—	5 insurers
MOUNTAIN VIEW HOSPITAL	ID	$2,250	$1,575	$1,510	$3,927	5 insurers
IDAHO FALLS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, LLC	ID	$2,250	$1,575	$1,438	$6,136	4 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MERITER	WI	$1,909	$1,527	—	—	5 insurers
JACKSON COUNTY REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER	IA	$1,514	$1,514	—	—	5 insurers
CEDAR-SINAI MARINA DEL REY HOSPITAL	CA	$2,780	$1,807	—	—	3 insurers
ESKENAZI HEALTH	IN	$1,851	$1,851	—	—	5 insurers
ESKENAZI HEALTH	IN	$1,851	$1,851	—	—	5 insurers
BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE SURGICAL HOSPITAL FORTWORTH	TX	$3,118	$1,871	$1,659	$8,427	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH - MERCY CORNING	IA	$3,968	$1,905	$2,381	$3,889	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH - MERCY CORNING	IA	$3,968	$1,905	$1,706	$3,889	5 insurers
CHEYENNE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WY	$1,975	$1,383	—	—	4 insurers
CHI HEALTH MISSOURI VALLEY	IA	$3,968	$1,944	$2,262	$3,889	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH MISSOURI VALLEY	IA	$3,968	$1,944	$1,389	$3,889	5 insurers
COLQUITT REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$1,954	$1,954	—	—	5 insurers
JACKSON COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AUTHORITY	OK	$1,954	$1,954	—	—	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S WARREN HOSPITAL	NJ	$1,574	$1,306	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - UPPER BUCKS CAMPUS	PA	$1,574	$1,306	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL BETHLEHEM	PA	$1,574	$1,306	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - GRAND VIEW CAMPUS	PA	$1,574	$1,306	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - EASTON CAMPUS	PA	$1,574	$1,306	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S MINERS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	PA	$1,574	$1,306	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - ANDERSON CAMPUS	PA	$1,574	$1,306	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - MONROE CAMPUS	PA	$1,574	$1,306	—	—	3 insurers
GEISINGER ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL	PA	$1,574	$1,306	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - CARBON CAMPUS	PA	$1,574	$1,306	—	—	3 insurers
CENTRAL VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER	VT	$1,278	$1,278	—	—	5 insurers
BUCHANAN COUNTY HEALTH CENTER	IA	$1,500	$1,275	—	—	4 insurers
NATIONAL PARK MEDICAL CENTER	AR	$4,147	$1,244	—	—	1 insurers
CHESHIRE MEDICAL CENTER	NH	$4,487	$1,238	—	—	5 insurers
TRINITY ROCK ISLAND	IL	$1,530	$1,224	—	—	4 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MARSHALLTOWN	IA	$1,530	$1,224	—	—	1 insurers
TRINITY MUSCATINE	IA	$1,530	$1,224	—	—	3 insurers
TRINITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$1,530	$1,224	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	IA	$1,530	$1,224	—	—	3 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - DES MOINES IOWA METHODIST MEDI	IA	$1,530	$1,224	—	—	3 insurers
TRINITY - BETTENDORF	IA	$1,530	$1,224	—	—	4 insurers
ALLEN HOSPITAL	IA	$1,530	$1,224	—	—	4 insurers
FINLEY HOSPITAL	IA	$1,530	$1,224	—	—	5 insurers