CPT 43450 · 1,220 hospitals reporting

Dilation of esophagus

The same procedure costs $82.5 at one hospital and $20,233 at another — a 245× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,025.

Cheapest published

$82.5

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

Median across 1,220 hospitals

$1,025

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

Most expensive

$20,233

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

Price distribution

429 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
ST LUKE'S WARREN HOSPITAL	NJ	$1,235	$1,025	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - UPPER BUCKS CAMPUS	PA	$1,235	$1,025	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL BETHLEHEM	PA	$1,235	$1,025	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - GRAND VIEW CAMPUS	PA	$1,235	$1,025	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - EASTON CAMPUS	PA	$1,235	$1,025	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S MINERS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	PA	$1,235	$1,025	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - ANDERSON CAMPUS	PA	$1,235	$1,025	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - MONROE CAMPUS	PA	$1,235	$1,025	—	—	3 insurers
GEISINGER ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL	PA	$1,235	$1,025	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - CARBON CAMPUS	PA	$1,235	$1,025	—	—	3 insurers
MAUI MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	HI	$2,633	$1,027	—	—	3 insurers
SACRED HEART MEDICAL CENTER - RIVERBEND	OR	$1,593	$1,035	—	—	5 insurers
LANDMARK MEDICAL CENTER	RI	$4,044	$1,014	$520	$4,044	5 insurers
ST MARY'S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$2,596	$1,038	—	—	4 insurers
JOHN F KENNEDY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	CA	$1,745	$1,047	$785	$6,771	5 insurers
SIBLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	DC	$1,745	$1,047	$785	$6,771	5 insurers
ARCHBOLD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	GA	$1,745	$1,047	$785	$6,771	5 insurers
ALTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IL	$1,745	$1,047	$785	$6,771	5 insurers
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IL	$1,745	$1,047	$785	$6,771	5 insurers
ADAMS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IN	$1,745	$1,047	$785	$6,771	5 insurers
BARNES-JEWISH WEST COUNTY HOSPITAL	MO	$1,745	$1,047	$785	$6,771	5 insurers
CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL NORTHEAST	MO	$1,745	$1,047	$785	$6,771	5 insurers
BARNES-JEWISH ST PETERS HOSPITAL	MO	$1,745	$1,047	$785	$6,771	5 insurers
PROGRESS WEST HOSPITAL	MO	$1,745	$1,047	$785	$6,771	5 insurers
SAINT MICHAEL'S MEDICAL CENTER	NJ	$2,890	$1,051	$21.83	$2,890	5 insurers
CLINCH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	GA	$2,105	$1,053	—	—	5 insurers
CLINCH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	GA	$2,105	$1,053	—	—	5 insurers
CAMPBELL COUNTY HEALTH	WY	$991	$991	—	—	0 insurers
NORTH VISTA HOSPITAL	NV	$1,802	$986	$326	$1,802	5 insurers
NORTH ALABAMA MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$3,044	$1,065	—	—	4 insurers
NORTH ALABAMA SHOALS HOSPITAL	AL	$3,044	$1,065	—	—	4 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL	PA	—	$1,069	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN MONTGOMERY HOSPITAL	PA	—	$1,069	—	—	5 insurers
NORTH CENTRAL SURGICAL CENTER LLP	TX	$1,622	$973	$892	$8,427	5 insurers
NORTHERN COCHISE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, INC.	AZ	$1,621	$973	—	—	5 insurers
NORTHERN COCHISE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, INC.	AZ	$1,621	$973	—	—	2 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - PANORAMA CITY	CA	$3,093	$1,083	$815	$2,202	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - LOS ANGELES	CA	$3,093	$1,083	$815	$2,202	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - DOWNEY	CA	$3,093	$1,083	$815	$2,202	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL FONTANA/ONTARIO	CA	$3,093	$1,083	$815	$2,202	3 insurers