CPT 44382 · 1,065 hospitals reporting

Small bowel endoscopy

The same procedure costs $68.5 at one hospital and $24,726 at another — a 361× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,220.

Cheapest published

$68.5

Lowest published price across all reporting hospitals.

Median across 1,065 hospitals

$1,220

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

Most expensive

$24,726

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

Price distribution

263 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
RANDOLPH HOSPITAL	NC	$6,099	$1,220	—	—	4 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK-ALICE HY	NY	$1,248	$1,248	—	—	5 insurers
CARILION MEDICAL CENTER	VA	$3,323	$1,163	—	—	5 insurers
CARILION NEW RIVER VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	VA	$3,323	$1,163	—	—	5 insurers
CARILION GILES COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	VA	$3,323	$1,163	—	—	5 insurers
GARDEN GROVE HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$3,727	$1,160	$156	$3,727	5 insurers
WEST ANAHEIM MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$3,727	$1,160	$156	$3,727	5 insurers
LA PALMA INTERCOMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$3,727	$1,160	$156	$3,727	5 insurers
SHASTA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$3,727	$1,160	$156	$3,727	5 insurers
BRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL	CT	$2,522	$1,286	—	—	5 insurers
COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WI	$2,369	$1,303	—	—	4 insurers
FROEDTERT MEMORIAL LUTHERAN HOSPITAL	WI	$2,369	$1,303	—	—	4 insurers
YAVAPAI REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	AZ	$1,762	$1,307	$1,498	$1,709	5 insurers
YAVAPAI REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	AZ	$1,762	$1,307	$77.25	$1,709	5 insurers
MONTEFIORE ST LUKE'S CORNWALL	NY	—	$1,132	—	—	5 insurers
SURGICAL INSTITUTE OF READING	PA	$2,206	$1,308	$69.76	$103,241	5 insurers
GREENWICH HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION -	CT	$2,522	$1,312	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH HIGHLANDS RANCH HOSPITAL	CO	$3,757	$1,127	—	—	5 insurers
UCH-MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM	CO	$3,757	$1,315	—	—	5 insurers
LONGS PEAK HOSPITAL	CO	$3,757	$1,315	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH BROOMFIELD HOSPITAL	CO	$3,757	$1,315	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH GRANDVIEW HOSPITAL	CO	$3,757	$1,315	—	—	5 insurers
METRO NASHVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL	TN	$1,869	$1,121	—	—	5 insurers
CITIZENS MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$2,235	$1,118	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL	PA	—	$1,099	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN MONTGOMERY HOSPITAL	PA	—	$1,099	—	—	5 insurers
BAXTER HEALTH	AR	$2,247	$1,348	—	—	3 insurers
UCHEALTH PIKES PEAK REGIONAL HOSPITAL	CO	$1,712	$1,370	—	—	5 insurers
WALKER BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$1,771	$1,063	$389	$6,771	5 insurers
CITIZENS BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$1,771	$1,063	$389	$6,771	5 insurers
JOHN F KENNEDY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	CA	$1,771	$1,063	$389	$6,771	5 insurers
SIBLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	DC	$1,771	$1,063	$389	$6,771	5 insurers
ARCHBOLD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	GA	$1,771	$1,063	$389	$6,771	5 insurers
ADAMS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IN	$1,771	$1,063	$389	$6,771	5 insurers
MISSOURI BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	MO	$1,771	$1,063	$389	$6,771	5 insurers
BARNES-JEWISH WEST COUNTY HOSPITAL	MO	$1,771	$1,063	$389	$6,771	5 insurers
BARNES-JEWISH ST PETERS HOSPITAL	MO	$1,771	$1,063	$797	$6,771	5 insurers
PARKLAND HEALTH CENTER	MO	$1,768	$1,061	$972	$4,587	5 insurers
MISSOURI BAPTIST SULLIVAN HOSPITAL	MO	$1,768	$1,061	$389	$6,771	5 insurers
FAIRVIEW LAKES HEALTH SERVICES	MN	$3,446	$1,382	—	—	5 insurers