CPT 43214 · 1,015 hospitals reporting

Esophagosc dilate balloon 30

The same procedure costs $196 at one hospital and $36,926 at another — a 189× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $2,084.

Cheapest published

$196

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

Median across 1,015 hospitals

$2,084

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

Most expensive

$36,926

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

Price distribution

188 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
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN NORTHERN CALIF	CA	$2,080	$2,080	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN	IL	$2,080	$2,080	—	—	0 insurers
THE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN - BOSTON	MA	$2,080	$2,080	—	—	1 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN	MO	$2,080	$2,080	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN	OH	$2,080	$2,080	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN - PORTLAND	OR	$2,080	$2,080	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN - PHILADELPHIA	PA	$2,080	$2,080	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN	SC	$2,080	$2,080	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN	TX	$2,080	$2,080	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN	WA	$2,080	$2,080	—	—	0 insurers
NORTH VISTA HOSPITAL	NV	$2,675	$2,087	$476	$2,675	5 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER-LITTLE ROCK	AR	$8,236	$2,059	—	—	4 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - PANORAMA CITY	CA	$6,046	$2,116	$1,635	$4,420	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - LOS ANGELES	CA	$6,046	$2,116	$1,635	$4,420	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - DOWNEY	CA	$6,046	$2,116	$1,635	$4,420	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL FONTANA/ONTARIO	CA	$6,046	$2,116	$1,635	$4,420	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN DIEGO	CA	$6,046	$2,116	$1,635	$4,420	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WEST LA	CA	$6,046	$2,116	$1,635	$4,420	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WOODLAND HILLS	CA	$6,046	$2,116	$1,635	$4,420	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL, RIVERSIDE	CA	$6,046	$2,116	$1,635	$4,420	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - BALDWIN PARK	CA	$6,046	$2,116	$1,635	$4,420	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-MORENO VALLEY	CA	$6,046	$2,116	$1,635	$4,420	3 insurers
LANDMARK MEDICAL CENTER	RI	$5,440	$2,146	$520	$5,440	5 insurers
VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$4,208	$2,146	—	—	4 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS PORTAGE MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$2,694	$2,021	—	—	1 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER NORTH LITTLE ROCK	AR	$8,026	$2,006	—	—	4 insurers
SANFORD MEDICAL CENTER FARGO	ND	$2,705	$2,164	—	—	2 insurers
RAINBOW BABIES AND CHILDRENS HOSPITAL	OH	$2,667	$2,000	—	—	1 insurers
UCH-MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM	CO	$6,251	$2,188	—	—	5 insurers
LONGS PEAK HOSPITAL	CO	$6,251	$2,188	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH BROOMFIELD HOSPITAL	CO	$6,251	$2,188	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH GRANDVIEW HOSPITAL	CO	$6,251	$2,188	—	—	5 insurers
MOUNT GRANT GENERAL HOSPITAL	NV	$3,575	$1,961	$622	$3,575	5 insurers
ROXBOROUGH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	PA	$3,575	$1,961	$622	$3,575	5 insurers
SAINT MICHAEL'S MEDICAL CENTER	NJ	$3,575	$2,225	$21.83	$3,575	5 insurers
LOWER BUCKS HOSPITAL	PA	$3,575	$1,887	$622	$3,575	5 insurers
BRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL	CT	$4,488	$2,289	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH HIGHLANDS RANCH HOSPITAL	CO	$6,251	$1,875	—	—	5 insurers
HILTON HEAD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	SC	—	$1,842	$143	$3,998	5 insurers
EAST COOPER MEDICAL CENTER	SC	—	$1,842	$143	$11,541	5 insurers