CPT 44650 · 716 hospitals reporting

Repair bowel fistula

The same procedure costs $530 at one hospital and $35,276 at another — a 67× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $2,227.

Cheapest published

$530

Lowest published price across all reporting hospitals.

Median across 716 hospitals

$2,227

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

Most expensive

$35,276

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

Price distribution

88 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
FIELD HEALTH SYSTEM	MS	$3,045	$2,284	—	—	2 insurers
SOUTHWESTERN VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER	VT	$3,101	$2,170	—	—	5 insurers
ELLIS HOSPITAL	NY	$4,280	$2,140	—	—	2 insurers
ELLIS HOSPITAL	NY	$4,280	$2,140	—	—	4 insurers
YAVAPAI REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	AZ	$2,785	$2,066	$1,496	$2,701	5 insurers
BAYLOR MEDICAL CENTER AT TROPHY CLUB	TX	$3,363	$2,018	$1,483	$10,356	5 insurers
REDINGTON FAIRVIEW GENERAL HOSPITAL	ME	$3,279	$2,459	—	—	5 insurers
WASHINGTON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	AR	$3,290	$2,468	—	—	0 insurers
VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$3,640	$2,548	$1,452	$2,871	0 insurers
ALTRU HOSPITAL	ND	$4,193	$2,558	—	—	0 insurers
DESOTO REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM	LA	$3,735	$2,615	—	—	5 insurers
JOHN H STROGER JR HOSPITAL	IL	$3,922	$2,745	—	—	5 insurers
PROVIDENT HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO	IL	$3,922	$2,745	—	—	5 insurers
ESKENAZI HEALTH	IN	$1,700	$1,700	—	—	5 insurers
ESKENAZI HEALTH	IN	$1,700	$1,700	—	—	5 insurers
ESKENAZI HEALTH	IN	$1,700	$1,700	—	—	5 insurers
SEQUOYAH COUNTY-CITY OF SALLISAW HOSPITAL AUTHORIT	OK	$3,747	$2,810	—	—	5 insurers
TUG VALLEY ARH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	KY	$2,729	$1,637	—	—	5 insurers
DEACONESS ILLINOIS CROSSROADS	IL	$4,657	$1,630	—	—	5 insurers
BARNESVILLE HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, INC	OH	$3,243	$1,622	—	—	1 insurers
BERKELEY MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$3,243	$1,622	—	—	1 insurers
JACKSON GENERAL HOSPITAL	WV	$3,224	$1,612	—	—	0 insurers
BROADLAWNS MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,847	$2,847	—	—	5 insurers
BRAXTON COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC	WV	$3,116	$1,558	—	—	0 insurers
POTOMAC VALLEY HOSPITAL	WV	$3,116	$1,558	—	—	0 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH DEACONESS MADISONVILLE	KY	$3,134	$1,473	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH-SPARROW CARSON	MI	$2,865	$1,433	—	—	1 insurers
EATON RAPIDS MEDICAL CENTER	MI	$2,865	$1,433	—	—	1 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH - SPARROW EATON	MI	$2,865	$1,433	—	—	1 insurers
SIDNEY HEALTH CENTER	MT	$4,890	$3,028	—	—	5 insurers
SIDNEY HEALTH CENTER	MT	$4,890	$3,028	—	—	4 insurers
PENOBSCOT VALLEY HOSPITAL	ME	$3,919	$3,135	—	—	5 insurers
MARION GENERAL HOSPITAL	MS	$1,908	$1,145	—	—	0 insurers
RUSSELL MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$2,667	$960	—	—	5 insurers
JACKSON COUNTY REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER	IA	$3,528	$3,528	—	—	5 insurers
TRINITY ROCK ISLAND	IL	$4,456	$3,565	—	—	4 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MARSHALLTOWN	IA	$4,456	$3,565	—	—	1 insurers
TRINITY MUSCATINE	IA	$4,456	$3,565	—	—	3 insurers
TRINITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$4,456	$3,565	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	IA	$4,456	$3,565	—	—	3 insurers