CPT 44005 · 912 hospitals reporting

Rel intestinal scar tissue

The same procedure costs $174 at one hospital and $61,968 at another — a 356× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $2,433.

Cheapest published

$174

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

Median across 912 hospitals

$2,433

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

Most expensive

$61,968

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

Price distribution

189 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
REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$3,041	$2,433	—	—	1 insurers
WHIDBEYHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$2,431	$2,431	—	—	0 insurers
MISSION COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$3,803	$2,472	—	—	5 insurers
WALLOWA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	OR	$2,764	$2,488	$2,148	$2,681	0 insurers
DELTA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	AR	$3,113	$2,490	—	—	5 insurers
BUENA VISTA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,491	$2,491	$583	$2,958	0 insurers
TOPS SURGICAL SPECIALTY HOSPITAL	TX	$7,135	$2,497	$1	$11,949	5 insurers
LADD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WI	$3,585	$2,509	—	—	5 insurers
RINGGOLD COUNTY HOSPITAL	IA	$2,807	$2,526	—	—	0 insurers
ISLAND HOSPITAL	WA	$2,318	$2,318	—	—	5 insurers
GREATER BALTIMORE MEDICAL CENTER	MD	$2,291	$2,291	—	—	5 insurers
HUTCHINSON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER INC	KS	$3,440	$2,580	—	—	5 insurers
SIDNEY HEALTH CENTER	MT	$3,680	$2,279	—	—	5 insurers
SIDNEY HEALTH CENTER	MT	$3,680	$2,279	—	—	4 insurers
HOLY FAMILY MEMORIAL	WI	—	$2,262	$904	$4,112	0 insurers
FAIRVIEW LAKES HEALTH SERVICES	MN	$4,166	$2,612	—	—	2 insurers
FAIRVIEW NORTHLAND REGIONAL HOSPITAL	MN	$4,166	$2,612	—	—	2 insurers
PENOBSCOT VALLEY HOSPITAL	ME	$3,273	$2,618	—	—	5 insurers
HASKELL REGIONAL HOSPITAL, INC	OK	$2,230	$2,230	—	—	5 insurers
TRINITY ROCK ISLAND	IL	$3,355	$2,684	—	—	4 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MARSHALLTOWN	IA	$3,355	$2,684	—	—	2 insurers
TRINITY MUSCATINE	IA	$3,355	$2,684	—	—	3 insurers
TRINITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$3,355	$2,684	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	IA	$3,355	$2,684	—	—	3 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - DES MOINES IOWA METHODIST MEDI	IA	$3,355	$2,684	—	—	3 insurers
TRINITY - BETTENDORF	IA	$3,355	$2,684	—	—	4 insurers
ALLEN HOSPITAL	IA	$3,355	$2,684	—	—	4 insurers
FINLEY HOSPITAL	IA	$3,355	$2,684	—	—	5 insurers
ST LUKES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$3,355	$2,684	—	—	3 insurers
GRINNELL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$3,355	$2,684	—	—	5 insurers
GRUNDY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IA	$3,355	$2,684	—	—	4 insurers
JONES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$3,355	$2,684	—	—	5 insurers
CHAMPLAIN VALLEY PHYSICIANS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CTR	NY	$2,692	$2,692	—	—	5 insurers
JOHN H STROGER JR HOSPITAL	IL	$3,056	$2,139	—	—	5 insurers
PROVIDENT HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO	IL	$3,056	$2,139	—	—	5 insurers
SEQUOYAH COUNTY-CITY OF SALLISAW HOSPITAL AUTHORIT	OK	$2,812	$2,109	—	—	5 insurers
CONEMAUGH NASON MEDICAL CENTER	PA	$5,243	$2,097	—	—	1 insurers
CONEMAUGH MEYERSDALE MEDICAL CENTER	PA	$5,243	$2,097	—	—	1 insurers
RANGE REGIONAL HEALTH SERVICES	MN	$4,913	$2,088	—	—	2 insurers
GRAND ITASCA CLINIC AND HOSPITAL	MN	$4,913	$2,088	—	—	2 insurers