CPT 41000 · 1,026 hospitals reporting

Drainage of mouth lesion

The same procedure costs $55.77 at one hospital and $16,105 at another — a 289× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $690.

Cheapest published

$55.77

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

Median across 1,026 hospitals

$690

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

Most expensive

$16,105

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

Price distribution

261 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
GARDEN GROVE HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$3,233	$690	$82.23	$3,233	5 insurers
WEST ANAHEIM MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$3,233	$690	$82.23	$3,233	5 insurers
LA PALMA INTERCOMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$3,233	$690	$82.23	$3,233	5 insurers
UNM HOSPITAL	NM	$1,252	$689	—	—	5 insurers
UCH-MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM	CO	$1,985	$695	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH BROOMFIELD HOSPITAL	CO	$1,985	$695	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH GRANDVIEW HOSPITAL	CO	$1,985	$695	—	—	5 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN NORTHERN CALIF	CA	$675	$675	—	—	1 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN	IL	$675	$675	—	—	1 insurers
THE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN - BOSTON	MA	$675	$675	—	—	1 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN	MO	$675	$675	—	—	1 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN	OH	$675	$675	—	—	1 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN - PORTLAND	OR	$675	$675	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN - PHILADELPHIA	PA	$675	$675	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN	SC	$675	$675	—	—	1 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN	TX	$675	$675	—	—	1 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN	WA	$675	$675	—	—	1 insurers
MONTEFIORE ST LUKE'S CORNWALL	NY	—	$673	—	—	5 insurers
BOZEMAN HEALTH DEACONESS HOSPITAL	MT	$830	$664	$138	$830	5 insurers
BOZEMAN HEALTH BIG SKY MEDICAL CENTER	MT	$830	$664	$138	$830	5 insurers
THE HOSPITALS OF PROVIDENCE - MEMORIAL CAMPUS	TX	$824	$659	—	—	5 insurers
THE HOSPITALS OF PROVIDENCE HORIZON CITY CAMPUS	TX	$824	$659	—	—	5 insurers
RANGE REGIONAL HEALTH SERVICES	MN	$1,522	$647	—	—	3 insurers
GRAND ITASCA CLINIC AND HOSPITAL	MN	$1,522	$647	—	—	4 insurers
METRO NASHVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL	TN	$1,065	$639	—	—	5 insurers
CAPE FEAR VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$1,237	$742	—	—	5 insurers
BETSY JOHNSON REGIONAL HOSPITAL	NC	$1,237	$742	—	—	5 insurers
DEACONESS HOSPITAL INC	IN	$790	$632	$102	$561	5 insurers
SAINT MICHAEL'S MEDICAL CENTER	NJ	$2,213	$625	$21.83	$2,213	5 insurers
CHI ST JOSEPH HEALTH REGIONAL HOSPITAL	TX	$2,191	$767	$146	$2,960	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW SOUTHDALE HOSPITAL	MN	$1,522	$610	—	—	4 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW UNIVERSITY OF MN MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$1,522	$610	—	—	4 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL	MN	$1,522	$610	—	—	4 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW WOODWINDS HOSPITAL	MN	$1,522	$610	—	—	4 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK-ALICE HY	NY	$606	$606	—	—	5 insurers
LANDMARK MEDICAL CENTER	RI	$3,448	$603	$290	$3,448	5 insurers
SURGICAL INSTITUTE OF READING	PA	$520	$778	$38.5	$24,336	5 insurers
UCHEALTH HIGHLANDS RANCH HOSPITAL	CO	$1,985	$596	—	—	5 insurers
COLQUITT REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$590	$590	—	—	5 insurers
JACKSON COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AUTHORITY	OK	$590	$590	—	—	5 insurers