CPT 41100 · 1,071 hospitals reporting

Biopsy of tongue

The same procedure costs $66.4 at one hospital and $19,564 at another — a 295× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $824.

Cheapest published

$66.4

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

Median across 1,071 hospitals

$824

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

Most expensive

$19,564

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

Price distribution

298 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
BRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL	CT	$1,625	$829	—	—	5 insurers
UNIONTOWN HOSPITAL	PA	$1,637	$819	—	—	5 insurers
FAIRVIEW NORTHLAND REGIONAL HOSPITAL	MN	$2,038	$817	—	—	5 insurers
BAYLOR MEDICAL CENTER AT TROPHY CLUB	TX	$1,346	$808	$740	$8,427	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW RIDGES HOSPITAL	MN	$1,977	$840	—	—	5 insurers
EVERGREEN MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$1,294	$841	—	—	3 insurers
REYNOLDS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WV	$1,606	$803	—	—	5 insurers
GREENWICH HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION -	CT	$1,625	$845	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HOSPITAL AUTHORITY	CO	$2,291	$802	—	—	5 insurers
MOUNTAIN VIEW HOSPITAL	ID	$1,133	$793	$522	$2,005	5 insurers
IDAHO FALLS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, LLC	ID	$1,133	$793	$409	$1,340	4 insurers
FAIRVIEW LAKES HEALTH SERVICES	MN	$1,977	$793	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW SOUTHDALE HOSPITAL	MN	$1,977	$793	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW UNIVERSITY OF MN MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$1,977	$793	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL	MN	$1,977	$793	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW WOODWINDS HOSPITAL	MN	$1,977	$793	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HEALTH LAKEWOOD MEDICAL CENTER	MO	$1,427	$785	—	—	5 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK-ALICE HY	NY	$784	$784	—	—	5 insurers
SURGICAL INSTITUTE OF READING	PA	$448	$778	$62	$20,966	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S WARREN HOSPITAL	NJ	$1,052	$873	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - UPPER BUCKS CAMPUS	PA	$1,052	$873	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL BETHLEHEM	PA	$1,052	$873	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - GRAND VIEW CAMPUS	PA	$1,052	$873	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - EASTON CAMPUS	PA	$1,052	$873	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S MINERS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	PA	$1,052	$873	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - ANDERSON CAMPUS	PA	$1,052	$873	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - MONROE CAMPUS	PA	$1,052	$873	—	—	3 insurers
GEISINGER ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL	PA	$1,052	$873	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - CARBON CAMPUS	PA	$1,052	$873	—	—	3 insurers
DESOTO REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM	LA	$1,102	$771	—	—	5 insurers
SANFORD MEDICAL CENTER FARGO	ND	$1,097	$878	—	—	2 insurers
CHI HEALTH PLAINVIEW HOSPITAL	NE	$1,052	$884	$949	$1,031	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH PLAINVIEW HOSPITAL	NE	$1,052	$884	$642	$1,425	5 insurers
FROEDTERT SOUTH INC.	WI	$1,379	$758	—	—	5 insurers
COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WI	$1,379	$758	—	—	5 insurers
FROEDTERT MEMORIAL LUTHERAN HOSPITAL	WI	$1,379	$758	—	—	5 insurers
ANIMAS SURGICAL HOSPITAL, LLC	CO	—	$889	$450	$889	3 insurers
NOVANT HEALTH PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$1,513	$757	$264	$1,468	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH SCHUYLER	NE	$1,052	$894	$949	$1,031	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH SCHUYLER	NE	$1,052	$894	$225	$1,191	5 insurers