CPT 42408 · 960 hospitals reporting

Excision of salivary cyst

The same procedure costs $264 at one hospital and $10,614 at another — a 40× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $2,935.

Cheapest published

$264

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

Median across 960 hospitals

$2,935

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

Most expensive

$10,614

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

Price distribution

137 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
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - PANORAMA CITY	CA	$8,387	$2,935	$2,754	$7,444	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - LOS ANGELES	CA	$8,387	$2,935	$2,754	$7,444	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - DOWNEY	CA	$8,387	$2,935	$2,754	$7,444	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL FONTANA/ONTARIO	CA	$8,387	$2,935	$2,754	$7,444	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN DIEGO	CA	$8,387	$2,935	$2,754	$7,444	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WEST LA	CA	$8,387	$2,935	$2,754	$7,444	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WOODLAND HILLS	CA	$8,387	$2,935	$2,754	$7,444	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL, RIVERSIDE	CA	$8,387	$2,935	$2,754	$7,444	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - BALDWIN PARK	CA	$8,387	$2,935	$2,754	$7,444	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-MORENO VALLEY	CA	$8,387	$2,935	$2,754	$7,444	3 insurers
O U MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$29,106	$2,911	$2,574	$23,867	5 insurers
LUCAS COUNTY HEALTH CENTER	IA	$3,006	$3,006	$618	$3,674	0 insurers
University of Arkansas Medical Sciences	AR	$5,070	$3,042	—	—	5 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN NORTHERN CALIF	CA	$2,795	$2,795	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN	IL	$2,795	$2,795	—	—	0 insurers
THE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN - BOSTON	MA	$2,795	$2,795	—	—	1 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN	MO	$2,795	$2,795	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN	OH	$2,795	$2,795	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN - PORTLAND	OR	$2,795	$2,795	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN - PHILADELPHIA	PA	$2,795	$2,795	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN	SC	$2,795	$2,795	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN	TX	$2,795	$2,795	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN	WA	$2,795	$2,795	—	—	0 insurers
MAUI MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	HI	$8,033	$3,133	—	—	3 insurers
WAYNE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	PA	$4,000	$3,200	$1,600	$3,200	5 insurers
ANN & ROBERT H LURIE CHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO	IL	$3,800	$2,660	—	—	5 insurers
VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$6,483	$3,306	—	—	4 insurers
SPRINGHILL MEDICAL CENTER	LA	$7,356	$2,501	—	—	5 insurers
MISSION COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$3,803	$2,472	—	—	5 insurers
CAMPBELL COUNTY HEALTH	WY	$3,414	$3,414	—	—	0 insurers
WAYNE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	GA	$5,107	$3,575	—	—	0 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK-ALICE HY	NY	$2,264	$2,264	—	—	5 insurers
HILTON HEAD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	SC	—	$3,670	$822	$6,907	5 insurers
EAST COOPER MEDICAL CENTER	SC	—	$3,670	$822	$11,043	5 insurers
COASTAL CAROLINA HOSPITAL	SC	—	$3,670	$822	$5,890	5 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER - JACKSONVILLE	FL	$11,120	$2,113	—	—	5 insurers
MOUNTAIN VIEW HOSPITAL	ID	$3,000	$2,100	$2,224	$6,033	5 insurers
IDAHO FALLS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, LLC	ID	$3,000	$2,100	$2,117	$6,136	4 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL	PA	—	$3,802	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN MONTGOMERY HOSPITAL	PA	—	$3,802	—	—	5 insurers