CPT 42300 · 1,007 hospitals reporting

Drainage of salivary gland

The same procedure costs $182 at one hospital and $16,582 at another — a 91× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,733.

Cheapest published

$182

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

Median across 1,007 hospitals

$1,733

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

Most expensive

$16,582

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

Price distribution

198 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
UNIVERSITY HEALTH LAKEWOOD MEDICAL CENTER	MO	$3,144	$1,729	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL	PA	—	$1,737	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN MONTGOMERY HOSPITAL	PA	—	$1,737	—	—	5 insurers
UNITED MEDICAL CENTER	DC	$3,567	$1,784	—	—	5 insurers
UNIONTOWN HOSPITAL	PA	$3,567	$1,784	—	—	5 insurers
CAMDEN CLARK MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$3,567	$1,784	—	—	5 insurers
CAMPBELL COUNTY HEALTH	WY	$1,666	$1,666	—	—	0 insurers
CEDAR-SINAI MARINA DEL REY HOSPITAL	CA	$2,780	$1,807	—	—	5 insurers
WETZEL COUNTY HOSPITAL	WV	$3,644	$1,822	—	—	5 insurers
SANFORD MEDICAL CENTER FARGO	ND	$2,329	$1,863	—	—	2 insurers
ST NICHOLAS HOSPITAL	WI	$2,397	$1,582	—	—	5 insurers
BECKLEY ARH HOSPITAL	WV	$3,185	$1,911	—	—	5 insurers
BRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL	CT	$3,748	$1,912	—	—	5 insurers
MISSION REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$6,396	$1,551	$322	$5,116	5 insurers
MONTEFIORE ST LUKE'S CORNWALL	NY	—	$1,937	—	—	5 insurers
GREENWICH HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION -	CT	$3,748	$1,949	—	—	5 insurers
MAUI MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	HI	$3,838	$1,497	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - PANORAMA CITY	CA	$5,627	$1,969	$1,362	$3,681	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - LOS ANGELES	CA	$5,627	$1,969	$1,362	$3,681	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - DOWNEY	CA	$5,627	$1,969	$1,362	$3,681	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL FONTANA/ONTARIO	CA	$5,627	$1,969	$1,362	$3,681	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN DIEGO	CA	$5,627	$1,969	$1,362	$3,681	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WEST LA	CA	$5,627	$1,969	$1,362	$3,681	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WOODLAND HILLS	CA	$5,627	$1,969	$1,362	$3,681	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL, RIVERSIDE	CA	$5,627	$1,969	$1,362	$3,681	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - BALDWIN PARK	CA	$5,627	$1,969	$1,362	$3,681	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-MORENO VALLEY	CA	$5,627	$1,969	$1,362	$3,681	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S WARREN HOSPITAL	NJ	$1,748	$1,451	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - UPPER BUCKS CAMPUS	PA	$1,748	$1,451	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL BETHLEHEM	PA	$1,748	$1,451	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - GRAND VIEW CAMPUS	PA	$1,748	$1,451	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - EASTON CAMPUS	PA	$1,748	$1,451	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S MINERS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	PA	$1,748	$1,451	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - ANDERSON CAMPUS	PA	$1,748	$1,451	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - MONROE CAMPUS	PA	$1,748	$1,451	—	—	3 insurers
GEISINGER ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL	PA	$1,748	$1,451	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - CARBON CAMPUS	PA	$1,748	$1,451	—	—	3 insurers
ALTRU HOSPITAL	ND	$3,378	$2,061	—	—	0 insurers
VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$4,043	$2,062	—	—	4 insurers
UCH-MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM	CO	$3,929	$1,375	—	—	5 insurers