CPT 40831 · 1,112 hospitals reporting

Repair mouth laceration

The same procedure costs $65.53 at one hospital and $6,789 at another — a 104× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $833.

Cheapest published

$65.53

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

Median across 1,112 hospitals

$833

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

Most expensive

$6,789

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

Price distribution

416 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
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - PANORAMA CITY	CA	$2,381	$833	$455	$1,231	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - LOS ANGELES	CA	$2,381	$833	$455	$1,231	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - DOWNEY	CA	$2,381	$833	$455	$1,231	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL FONTANA/ONTARIO	CA	$2,381	$833	$455	$1,231	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN DIEGO	CA	$2,381	$833	$455	$1,231	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WEST LA	CA	$2,381	$833	$455	$1,231	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WOODLAND HILLS	CA	$2,381	$833	$455	$1,231	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL, RIVERSIDE	CA	$2,381	$833	$455	$1,231	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - BALDWIN PARK	CA	$2,381	$833	$455	$1,231	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-MORENO VALLEY	CA	$2,381	$833	$455	$1,231	3 insurers
BOZEMAN HEALTH DEACONESS HOSPITAL	MT	$1,042	$834	$280	$1,042	5 insurers
BOZEMAN HEALTH BIG SKY MEDICAL CENTER	MT	$1,042	$834	$280	$1,042	5 insurers
COLUMBUS REGIONAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM	NC	$1,191	$834	—	—	5 insurers
BRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL	CT	$1,625	$829	—	—	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH MISSOURI VALLEY	IA	$1,711	$838	$975	$1,677	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH MISSOURI VALLEY	IA	$1,711	$838	$599	$1,677	5 insurers
MULTICARE VALLEY HOSPITAL	WA	$2,098	$839	—	—	1 insurers
CAPE FEAR VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$1,374	$824	—	—	5 insurers
BETSY JOHNSON REGIONAL HOSPITAL	NC	$1,374	$824	—	—	5 insurers
GREENWICH HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION -	CT	$1,625	$845	—	—	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH - MERCY CORNING	IA	$1,711	$821	$1,027	$1,677	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH - MERCY CORNING	IA	$1,711	$821	$736	$1,677	5 insurers
BELL HOSPITAL	MI	$1,412	$847	—	—	0 insurers
CHAMPLAIN VALLEY PHYSICIANS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CTR	NY	$849	$849	—	—	5 insurers
COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WI	$1,486	$817	—	—	4 insurers
FROEDTERT MEMORIAL LUTHERAN HOSPITAL	WI	$1,486	$817	—	—	4 insurers
IVINSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WY	$850	$850	—	—	5 insurers
SANFORD SHELDON MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$1,063	$850	—	—	5 insurers
SANFORD VERMILLION MEDICAL CENTER	SD	$1,063	$850	—	—	5 insurers
SANFORD MEDICAL CENTER ABERDEEN	SD	$1,066	$853	—	—	5 insurers
CONEMAUGH MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	PA	$2,028	$811	—	—	2 insurers
UNITED HOSPITAL CENTER, INC	WV	$1,620	$810	—	—	5 insurers
SISTERSVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL	WV	$1,620	$810	—	—	5 insurers
SUMMERSVILLE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$1,620	$810	—	—	5 insurers
MOSAIC MEDICAL CENTER ALBANY	MO	$950	$808	—	—	5 insurers
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS, INC	WV	$1,608	$804	—	—	5 insurers
UNITED REGIONAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM	TX	$909	$864	—	—	0 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER	OR	$1,621	$864	$1,216	$1,540	5 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER	OR	$1,621	$864	$433	$1,940	5 insurers
JONES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$1,081	$864	—	—	5 insurers