CPT 43496 · 567 hospitals reporting

Free jejunum flap microvasc

The same procedure costs $659 at one hospital and $51,845 at another — a 79× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $4,731.

Cheapest published

$659

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

Median across 567 hospitals

$4,731

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

Most expensive

$51,845

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

Price distribution

19 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	$5,700	$4,731	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - UPPER BUCKS CAMPUS	PA	$5,700	$4,731	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL BETHLEHEM	PA	$5,700	$4,731	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - GRAND VIEW CAMPUS	PA	$5,700	$4,731	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - EASTON CAMPUS	PA	$5,700	$4,731	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S MINERS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	PA	$5,700	$4,731	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - ANDERSON CAMPUS	PA	$5,700	$4,731	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - MONROE CAMPUS	PA	$5,700	$4,731	—	—	3 insurers
GEISINGER ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL	PA	$5,700	$4,731	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - CARBON CAMPUS	PA	$5,700	$4,731	—	—	3 insurers
JOHN H STROGER JR HOSPITAL	IL	$5,866	$4,106	—	—	5 insurers
PROVIDENT HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO	IL	$5,866	$4,106	—	—	5 insurers
CHEYENNE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WY	$10,159	$7,111	—	—	2 insurers
CHESAPEAKE GENERAL HOSPITAL	VA	$1,098	$659	—	—	0 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK-ALICE HY	NY	$9,135	$9,135	—	—	3 insurers
MEDICAL WEST, AN AFFILIATE OF UAB HEALTH SYSTEM	AL	$59,122	$14,781	—	—	5 insurers
ROME MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC	NY	$60,703	$24,506	—	—	0 insurers
GOSHEN HOSPITAL	IN	$69,166	$48,416	—	—	0 insurers
WAYNE HOSPITAL	OH	$69,127	$51,845	—	—	0 insurers
THE EAST ALABAMA HEALTHCARE AUTHORITY	AL	—	—	—	—	5 insurers
THE EAST ALABAMA HEALTHCARE AUTHORITY	AL	—	—	—	—	5 insurers
RUSSELL MEDICAL CENTER	AL	—	—	—	—	1 insurers
GROVE HILL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	AL	—	—	—	—	1 insurers
EAMC - LANIER	AL	—	—	—	—	5 insurers
EAMC - LANIER	AL	—	—	—	—	5 insurers
TANNER MEDICAL CENTER-EAST ALABAMA	AL	—	—	—	—	5 insurers
TANNER MEDICAL CENTER-EAST ALABAMA	AL	—	—	—	—	5 insurers
ALASKA REGIONAL HOSPITAL	AK	—	—	$9,660	$12,002	3 insurers
ST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL	AZ	—	—	—	—	5 insurers
YAVAPAI REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	AZ	—	—	$949	$997	5 insurers
HONOR HEALTH JOHN C. LINCOLN MEDICAL CENTER	AZ	—	—	—	—	5 insurers
ST JOSEPHS HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER	AZ	—	—	$949	$14,320	5 insurers
CHANDLER REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	AZ	—	—	$949	$14,438	5 insurers
HONORHEALTH TEMPE MEDICAL CENTER	AZ	—	—	—	—	5 insurers
HONORHEALTH SCOTTSDALE OSBORN MEDICAL CENTER	AZ	—	—	—	—	5 insurers
HONORHEALTH SCOTTSDALE SHEA MEDICAL CENTER	AZ	—	—	—	—	5 insurers
HONORHEALTH DEER VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	AZ	—	—	—	—	5 insurers
MERCY GILBERT MEDICAL CENTER	AZ	—	—	$949	$14,438	5 insurers
HONORHEALTH MOUNTAIN VISTA MEDICAL CENTER	AZ	—	—	—	—	5 insurers
DIGNITY HEALTH - ARIZONA GENERAL HOSPITAL	AZ	—	—	$949	$8,205	5 insurers