CPT 40820 · 984 hospitals reporting

Treatment of mouth lesion

The same procedure costs $132 at one hospital and $17,146 at another — a 130× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $2,484.

Cheapest published

$132

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

Median across 984 hospitals

$2,484

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

Most expensive

$17,146

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

Price distribution

158 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
OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$22,141	$2,214	—	—	5 insurers
O U MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$27,538	$2,754	$2,574	$22,581	5 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - PANORAMA CITY	CA	$6,249	$2,187	$2,754	$7,444	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - LOS ANGELES	CA	$6,249	$2,187	$2,754	$7,444	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - DOWNEY	CA	$6,249	$2,187	$2,754	$7,444	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL FONTANA/ONTARIO	CA	$6,249	$2,187	$2,754	$7,444	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN DIEGO	CA	$6,249	$2,187	$2,754	$7,444	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WEST LA	CA	$6,249	$2,187	$2,754	$7,444	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WOODLAND HILLS	CA	$6,249	$2,187	$2,754	$7,444	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL, RIVERSIDE	CA	$6,249	$2,187	$2,754	$7,444	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - BALDWIN PARK	CA	$6,249	$2,187	$2,754	$7,444	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-MORENO VALLEY	CA	$6,249	$2,187	$2,754	$7,444	3 insurers
SANFORD USD MEDICAL CENTER	SD	$3,909	$3,127	—	—	3 insurers
CAPE FEAR VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$2,978	$1,787	—	—	5 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MERITER	WI	$2,095	$1,676	—	—	5 insurers
VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$6,483	$3,306	—	—	4 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER-LITTLE ROCK	AR	$13,505	$3,376	—	—	4 insurers
BALDWIN HEALTH	AL	$6,540	$3,401	—	—	3 insurers
PIH HEALTH DOWNEY HOSPITAL	CA	$6,540	$3,401	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SOUTH BAY	CA	$6,540	$3,401	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - ORANGE COUNTY - ANAHEIM	CA	$6,540	$3,401	—	—	3 insurers
LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$6,540	$3,401	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN MARCOS	CA	$6,540	$3,401	—	—	3 insurers
CAMPBELL COUNTY HEALTH	WY	$3,414	$3,414	—	—	0 insurers
CEDAR-SINAI MARINA DEL REY HOSPITAL	CA	$2,386	$1,551	—	—	4 insurers
UNM HOSPITAL	NM	$2,789	$1,534	—	—	5 insurers
ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$7,134	$3,535	$160	$7,134	5 insurers
COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WI	$6,644	$3,654	—	—	5 insurers
FROEDTERT MEMORIAL LUTHERAN HOSPITAL	WI	$6,644	$3,654	—	—	5 insurers
HILTON HEAD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	SC	—	$3,670	$822	$6,907	5 insurers
EAST COOPER MEDICAL CENTER	SC	—	$3,670	$822	$5,890	5 insurers
COASTAL CAROLINA HOSPITAL	SC	—	$3,670	$822	$5,890	5 insurers
WETZEL COUNTY HOSPITAL	WV	$7,469	$3,735	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL	PA	—	$3,802	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN MONTGOMERY HOSPITAL	PA	—	$3,802	—	—	5 insurers
UNIONTOWN HOSPITAL	PA	$7,621	$3,811	—	—	5 insurers
UNITED MEDICAL CENTER	DC	$7,622	$3,811	—	—	5 insurers
CAMDEN CLARK MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$7,622	$3,811	—	—	5 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK-ALICE HY	NY	$1,088	$1,088	—	—	5 insurers
NORTH CENTRAL SURGICAL CENTER LLP	TX	$1,671	$1,003	$919	$8,427	5 insurers