CPT 41005 · 969 hospitals reporting

Drainage of mouth lesion

The same procedure costs $89.78 at one hospital and $3,733 at another — a 42× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $535.

Cheapest published

$89.78

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

Median across 969 hospitals

$535

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

Most expensive

$3,733

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

Price distribution

209 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
TRINITY ROCK ISLAND	IL	$669	$535	—	—	4 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MARSHALLTOWN	IA	$669	$535	—	—	5 insurers
TRINITY MUSCATINE	IA	$669	$535	—	—	3 insurers
TRINITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$669	$535	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	IA	$669	$535	—	—	3 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - DES MOINES IOWA METHODIST MEDI	IA	$669	$535	—	—	3 insurers
TRINITY - BETTENDORF	IA	$669	$535	—	—	4 insurers
ALLEN HOSPITAL	IA	$669	$535	—	—	4 insurers
FINLEY HOSPITAL	IA	$669	$535	—	—	5 insurers
ST LUKES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$669	$535	—	—	3 insurers
GRINNELL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$669	$535	—	—	5 insurers
GRUNDY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IA	$669	$535	—	—	4 insurers
JONES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$669	$535	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL S U N Y HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER	NY	$832	$541	—	—	5 insurers
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIV HOSPITAL	DC	$1,315	$526	—	—	5 insurers
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IL	$1,168	$526	—	—	5 insurers
VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$993	$506	—	—	4 insurers
JAMAICA HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	NY	$565	$565	—	—	5 insurers
BRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL	CT	$978	$499	—	—	5 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER	OR	$927	$494	$695	$881	5 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER	OR	$927	$494	$198	$890	5 insurers
YALE-NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL	CT	$978	$577	—	—	5 insurers
CENTRAL VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER	VT	$578	$578	—	—	5 insurers
TRINITY MUSCATINE	IA	$597	$478	—	—	4 insurers
TRINITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$597	$478	—	—	4 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	IA	$597	$478	—	—	4 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - DES MOINES IOWA METHODIST MEDI	IA	$597	$478	—	—	4 insurers
ST LUKES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$597	$478	—	—	4 insurers
ST MARYS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CTR	WI	$1,326	$597	—	—	0 insurers
EAST VALLEY ER & HOSPITAL	AZ	$1,326	$597	—	—	0 insurers
ALEXANDRIA EMERGENCY HOSPITAL	LA	$1,326	$597	—	—	0 insurers
CLARKE COUNTY HOSPITAL	IA	$597	$597	—	—	0 insurers
BALDWIN HEALTH	AL	$1,190	$619	—	—	3 insurers
PIH HEALTH DOWNEY HOSPITAL	CA	$1,190	$619	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SOUTH BAY	CA	$1,190	$619	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - ORANGE COUNTY - ANAHEIM	CA	$1,190	$619	—	—	3 insurers
LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$1,190	$619	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN MARCOS	CA	$1,190	$619	—	—	3 insurers
CAMPBELL COUNTY HEALTH	WY	$621	$621	—	—	0 insurers
CHEYENNE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WY	$890	$623	—	—	4 insurers