CPT 44385 · 1,070 hospitals reporting

Endoscopy of bowel pouch

The same procedure costs $75 at one hospital and $29,042 at another — a 387× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,231.

Cheapest published

$75

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

Median across 1,070 hospitals

$1,231

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

Most expensive

$29,042

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

Price distribution

248 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 LOUIS CHILDRENS HOSPITAL	MO	$1,991	$1,195	$959	$4,587	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$1,691	$1,268	—	—	0 insurers
YAVAPAI REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	AZ	$1,712	$1,270	$1,455	$1,661	5 insurers
YAVAPAI REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	AZ	$1,712	$1,270	$76.17	$1,661	5 insurers
GARDEN GROVE HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$3,764	$1,190	$172	$3,764	5 insurers
WEST ANAHEIM MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$3,764	$1,190	$172	$3,764	5 insurers
LA PALMA INTERCOMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$3,764	$1,190	$172	$3,764	5 insurers
MOSAIC LIFE CARE AT ST JOSEPH	MO	$1,500	$1,275	—	—	5 insurers
MONTEFIORE ST LUKE'S CORNWALL	NY	—	$1,161	—	—	5 insurers
BAXTER HEALTH	AR	$2,178	$1,307	—	—	3 insurers
CARILION MEDICAL CENTER	VA	$3,231	$1,131	—	—	5 insurers
CARILION NEW RIVER VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	VA	$3,231	$1,131	—	—	5 insurers
CARILION FRANKLIN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	VA	$3,231	$1,131	—	—	5 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - PANORAMA CITY	CA	$3,808	$1,333	$799	$2,160	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - LOS ANGELES	CA	$3,808	$1,333	$799	$2,160	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - DOWNEY	CA	$3,808	$1,333	$799	$2,160	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL FONTANA/ONTARIO	CA	$3,808	$1,333	$799	$2,160	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN DIEGO	CA	$3,808	$1,333	$799	$2,160	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WEST LA	CA	$3,808	$1,333	$799	$2,160	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WOODLAND HILLS	CA	$3,808	$1,333	$799	$2,160	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL, RIVERSIDE	CA	$3,808	$1,333	$799	$2,160	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - BALDWIN PARK	CA	$3,808	$1,333	$799	$2,160	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-MORENO VALLEY	CA	$3,808	$1,333	$799	$2,160	3 insurers
TERREBONNE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER - PARISH	LA	$2,028	$1,337	$135	$1,927	5 insurers
PHYSICIANS MEDICAL CENTER	LA	$2,028	$1,337	$135	$1,927	5 insurers
SURGICAL INSTITUTE OF READING	PA	$2,206	$1,342	$93.72	$103,241	5 insurers
COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WI	$2,026	$1,114	—	—	3 insurers
FROEDTERT MEMORIAL LUTHERAN HOSPITAL	WI	$2,026	$1,114	—	—	3 insurers
UCH-MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM	CO	$3,156	$1,105	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH BROOMFIELD HOSPITAL	CO	$3,156	$1,105	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH GRANDVIEW HOSPITAL	CO	$3,156	$1,105	—	—	5 insurers
HOLY FAMILY MEMORIAL	WI	—	$1,094	$149	$1,989	0 insurers
SAINT MICHAEL'S MEDICAL CENTER	NJ	$2,905	$1,078	$21.83	$2,905	5 insurers
PARKLAND HEALTH CENTER	MO	$1,744	$1,046	$959	$4,587	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL	PA	—	$1,044	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN MONTGOMERY HOSPITAL	PA	—	$1,044	—	—	5 insurers
LANDMARK MEDICAL CENTER	RI	$3,764	$1,040	$520	$3,764	5 insurers
CARLE BROMENN MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$1,037	$1,037	—	—	5 insurers
UNM HOSPITAL	NM	$1,866	$1,026	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS CONNEAUT MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$1,924	$1,443	—	—	1 insurers