CPT 42405 · 1,009 hospitals reporting

Biopsy of salivary gland

The same procedure costs $161 at one hospital and $10,921 at another — a 68× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $2,472.

Cheapest published

$161

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

Median across 1,009 hospitals

$2,472

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

Most expensive

$10,921

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

Price distribution

199 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
MISSION COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$3,803	$2,472	—	—	5 insurers
NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH	CO	$3,544	$2,481	—	—	5 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER - JACKSONVILLE	FL	$12,491	$2,373	—	—	5 insurers
THOMAS HOSPITAL	AL	$5,174	$2,587	—	—	5 insurers
KALKASKA MEMORIAL HEALTH CENTER	MI	$3,045	$2,588	—	—	4 insurers
REYNOLDS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WV	$5,247	$2,624	—	—	5 insurers
CARTERET GENERAL HOSPITAL	NC	$2,316	$2,316	—	—	5 insurers
MOUNTAIN VIEW HOSPITAL	ID	$3,296	$2,307	$2,228	$6,033	5 insurers
IDAHO FALLS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, LLC	ID	$3,296	$2,307	$1,249	$6,136	4 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MERITER	WI	$2,877	$2,302	—	—	5 insurers
ANIMAS SURGICAL HOSPITAL, LLC	CO	—	$2,659	$1,345	$3,000	3 insurers
SURGICAL INSTITUTE OF READING	PA	$2,741	$2,238	$73.5	$128,279	5 insurers
NOVANT HEALTH PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$4,401	$2,201	$767	$4,269	5 insurers
JOHN H STROGER JR HOSPITAL	IL	$3,963	$2,774	—	—	5 insurers
PROVIDENT HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO	IL	$3,963	$2,774	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW RIDGES HOSPITAL	MN	$5,067	$2,153	—	—	5 insurers
COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WI	$3,708	$2,039	—	—	4 insurers
FROEDTERT MEMORIAL LUTHERAN HOSPITAL	WI	$3,708	$2,039	—	—	4 insurers
FAIRVIEW LAKES HEALTH SERVICES	MN	$5,067	$2,032	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW SOUTHDALE HOSPITAL	MN	$5,067	$2,032	—	—	4 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW UNIVERSITY OF MN MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$5,067	$2,032	—	—	4 insurers
FAIRVIEW NORTHLAND REGIONAL HOSPITAL	MN	$5,067	$2,032	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL	MN	$5,067	$2,032	—	—	4 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW WOODWINDS HOSPITAL	MN	$5,067	$2,032	—	—	4 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - PANORAMA CITY	CA	$8,387	$2,935	$1,362	$3,681	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - LOS ANGELES	CA	$8,387	$2,935	$1,362	$3,681	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - DOWNEY	CA	$8,387	$2,935	$1,362	$3,681	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL FONTANA/ONTARIO	CA	$8,387	$2,935	$1,362	$3,681	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN DIEGO	CA	$8,387	$2,935	$1,362	$3,681	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WEST LA	CA	$8,387	$2,935	$1,362	$3,681	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WOODLAND HILLS	CA	$8,387	$2,935	$1,362	$3,681	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL, RIVERSIDE	CA	$8,387	$2,935	$1,362	$3,681	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - BALDWIN PARK	CA	$8,387	$2,935	$1,362	$3,681	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-MORENO VALLEY	CA	$8,387	$2,935	$1,362	$3,681	3 insurers
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS, INC	WV	$3,963	$1,982	—	—	5 insurers
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL COLORADO	CO	$4,615	$3,000	—	—	5 insurers
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL COLORADO - COLORADO SPRINGS	CO	$4,615	$3,000	—	—	5 insurers
MONTEFIORE ST LUKE'S CORNWALL	NY	—	$1,937	—	—	5 insurers
UNM HOSPITAL	NM	$5,498	$3,024	—	—	5 insurers
WETZEL COUNTY HOSPITAL	WV	$3,644	$1,822	—	—	5 insurers