CPT 43200 · 1,218 hospitals reporting

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The same procedure costs $57.57 at one hospital and $18,317 at another — a 318× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,092.

Cheapest published

$57.57

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

Median across 1,218 hospitals

$1,092

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

Most expensive

$18,317

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

Price distribution

414 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	$3,119	$1,092	$815	$2,202	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - LOS ANGELES	CA	$3,119	$1,092	$815	$2,202	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - DOWNEY	CA	$3,119	$1,092	$815	$2,202	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL FONTANA/ONTARIO	CA	$3,119	$1,092	$815	$2,202	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN DIEGO	CA	$3,119	$1,092	$815	$2,202	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WEST LA	CA	$3,119	$1,092	$815	$2,202	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WOODLAND HILLS	CA	$3,119	$1,092	$815	$2,202	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL, RIVERSIDE	CA	$3,119	$1,092	$815	$2,202	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - BALDWIN PARK	CA	$3,119	$1,092	$815	$2,202	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-MORENO VALLEY	CA	$3,119	$1,092	$815	$2,202	3 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK-ALICE HY	NY	$1,098	$1,098	—	—	5 insurers
COLUMBUS REGIONAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM	NC	$1,548	$1,083	—	—	5 insurers
COLQUITT REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$1,101	$1,101	—	—	5 insurers
JACKSON COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AUTHORITY	OK	$1,101	$1,101	—	—	5 insurers
CARILION STONEWALL JACKSON HOSPITAL	VA	$1,852	$1,111	$222	$1,778	1 insurers
NORTH ALABAMA MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$3,181	$1,113	—	—	1 insurers
NORTH ALABAMA SHOALS HOSPITAL	AL	$3,181	$1,113	—	—	1 insurers
BUENA VISTA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$1,114	$1,114	$496	$2,264	0 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL	PA	—	$1,069	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN MONTGOMERY HOSPITAL	PA	—	$1,069	—	—	5 insurers
FIELD HEALTH SYSTEM	MS	$1,415	$1,061	—	—	2 insurers
MONTEFIORE ST LUKE'S CORNWALL	NY	—	$1,132	—	—	5 insurers
SAINT MICHAEL'S MEDICAL CENTER	NJ	$2,890	$1,051	$21.83	$2,890	5 insurers
RANDOLPH HOSPITAL	NC	$5,247	$1,049	—	—	4 insurers
CHI HEALTH MERCY COUNCIL BLUFFS	IA	$2,498	$1,049	$1,499	$2,123	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH MERCY COUNCIL BLUFFS	IA	$2,498	$1,049	$164	$3,259	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH BERGAN MERCY	NE	$2,498	$1,049	$1,499	$2,123	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH BERGAN MERCY	NE	$2,498	$1,049	$164	$3,259	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH IMMANUEL	NE	$2,498	$1,049	$1,499	$2,123	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH IMMANUEL	NE	$2,498	$1,049	$164	$3,259	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH MIDLANDS	NE	$2,498	$1,049	$1,499	$2,123	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH MIDLANDS	NE	$2,498	$1,049	$164	$3,259	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH LAKESIDE	NE	$2,498	$1,049	$1,499	$2,123	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH LAKESIDE	NE	$2,498	$1,049	$164	$3,259	5 insurers
MISSOURI BAPTIST SULLIVAN HOSPITAL	MO	$1,745	$1,047	$384	$6,771	5 insurers
CAPE FEAR VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$1,899	$1,139	—	—	5 insurers
BETSY JOHNSON REGIONAL HOSPITAL	NC	$1,899	$1,139	—	—	5 insurers
UNITED MEDICAL CENTER	DC	$2,085	$1,043	—	—	5 insurers
CAMDEN CLARK MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$2,085	$1,043	—	—	5 insurers
DALE MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$2,081	$1,040	—	—	0 insurers