CPT 40804 · 1,248 hospitals reporting

Removal foreign body mouth

The same procedure costs $53.64 at one hospital and $5,242 at another — a 98× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $500.

Cheapest published

$53.64

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

Median across 1,248 hospitals

$500

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

Most expensive

$5,242

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

Price distribution

495 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
BUNKIE GENERAL HOSPITAL	LA	$500	$500	—	—	0 insurers
GREENWICH HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION -	CT	$961	$500	—	—	5 insurers
SANFORD USD MEDICAL CENTER	SD	$624	$499	—	—	3 insurers
COLQUITT REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$498	$498	—	—	5 insurers
JACKSON COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AUTHORITY	OK	$498	$498	—	—	5 insurers
IVINSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WY	$496	$496	—	—	5 insurers
BRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL	CT	$961	$490	—	—	5 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER-LITTLE ROCK	AR	$2,042	$510	—	—	4 insurers
TRINITY ROCK ISLAND	IL	$604	$483	—	—	4 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MARSHALLTOWN	IA	$604	$483	—	—	5 insurers
TRINITY MUSCATINE	IA	$604	$483	—	—	3 insurers
TRINITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$604	$483	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	IA	$604	$483	—	—	3 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - DES MOINES IOWA METHODIST MEDI	IA	$604	$483	—	—	3 insurers
TRINITY - BETTENDORF	IA	$604	$483	—	—	4 insurers
ALLEN HOSPITAL	IA	$604	$483	—	—	4 insurers
FINLEY HOSPITAL	IA	$604	$483	—	—	5 insurers
ST LUKES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$604	$483	—	—	3 insurers
GRINNELL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$604	$483	—	—	5 insurers
GRUNDY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IA	$604	$483	—	—	4 insurers
JONES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$604	$483	—	—	5 insurers
OPTIM MEDICAL CENTER - TATTNALL	GA	$519	$519	$67.47	$263	5 insurers
CENTRAL VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER	VT	$479	$479	—	—	5 insurers
RALEIGH GENERAL HOSPITAL	WV	$1,183	$473	—	—	0 insurers
BUCHANAN COUNTY HEALTH CENTER	IA	$557	$473	—	—	5 insurers
BUCHANAN COUNTY HEALTH CENTER	IA	$557	$473	—	—	5 insurers
TEXOMA MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$706	$530	—	—	5 insurers
BALDWIN HEALTH	AL	$1,020	$530	—	—	3 insurers
PIH HEALTH DOWNEY HOSPITAL	CA	$1,020	$530	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SOUTH BAY	CA	$1,020	$530	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - ORANGE COUNTY - ANAHEIM	CA	$1,020	$530	—	—	3 insurers
LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$1,020	$530	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN MARCOS	CA	$1,020	$530	—	—	3 insurers
FIRST CARE HEALTH CENTER	ND	$458	$458	—	—	1 insurers
FIRST CARE HEALTH CENTER	ND	$458	$458	—	—	5 insurers
GLENCOE REGIONAL HEALTH	MN	$543	$543	—	—	1 insurers
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIV HOSPITAL	DC	$1,141	$456	—	—	5 insurers
ST MARY'S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$1,140	$456	—	—	4 insurers
SANFORD WHEATON MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$564	$451	—	—	5 insurers
O U MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$4,458	$446	$762	$3,655	5 insurers