CPT 45005 · 1,101 hospitals reporting

Drainage of rectal abscess

The same procedure costs $72.5 at one hospital and $22,515 at another — a 311× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,280.

Cheapest published

$72.5

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

Median across 1,101 hospitals

$1,280

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

Most expensive

$22,515

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

Price distribution

320 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
NAVICENT HEALTH BALDWIN	GA	$2,560	$1,280	—	—	1 insurers
ATRIUM HEALTH NAVICENT PEACH	GA	$2,560	$1,280	—	—	1 insurers
GENEVA GENERAL HOSPITAL	NY	$3,177	$1,271	—	—	0 insurers
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF YATES	NY	$3,177	$1,271	—	—	5 insurers
ATRIUM HEALTH NAVICENT THE MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$2,538	$1,269	—	—	1 insurers
DESERT VIEW HOSPITAL	NV	$3,168	$1,267	—	—	5 insurers
CHRISTUS SOUTHEAST TEXAS- ST ELIZABETH	TX	$3,922	$1,294	$398	$7,171	5 insurers
USC ARCADIA HOSPITAL	CA	$3,720	$1,302	—	—	5 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK-ALICE HY	NY	$1,302	$1,302	—	—	5 insurers
ELLIS HOSPITAL	NY	$2,694	$1,347	—	—	4 insurers
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL SWEETWATER COUNTY	WY	$1,209	$1,209	—	—	5 insurers
BAYLOR MEDICAL CENTER AT TROPHY CLUB	TX	$2,014	$1,208	$1,108	$8,427	5 insurers
DALLAS MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$3,238	$1,196	$210	$3,238	5 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER - JACKSONVILLE	FL	$6,161	$1,171	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL	PA	—	$1,136	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN MONTGOMERY HOSPITAL	PA	—	$1,136	—	—	5 insurers
ELITE HOSPITAL KINGWOOD	TX	$2,260	$1,130	—	—	0 insurers
COSHOCTON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$2,939	$1,126	$585	$2,881	5 insurers
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL COLORADO	CO	$2,224	$1,446	—	—	5 insurers
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL COLORADO - COLORADO SPRINGS	CO	$2,224	$1,446	—	—	5 insurers
MONTEFIORE ST LUKE'S CORNWALL	NY	—	$1,494	—	—	5 insurers
DAVIS MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$1,523	$1,066	—	—	5 insurers
BROADDUS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, INC	WV	$1,523	$1,066	—	—	5 insurers
WEBSTER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WV	$1,523	$1,066	—	—	5 insurers
KALKASKA MEMORIAL HEALTH CENTER	MI	$1,233	$1,048	—	—	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH MERCY COUNCIL BLUFFS	IA	$2,495	$1,048	$1,497	$2,121	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH MERCY COUNCIL BLUFFS	IA	$2,495	$1,048	$305	$3,489	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH BERGAN MERCY	NE	$2,495	$1,048	$1,497	$2,121	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH BERGAN MERCY	NE	$2,495	$1,048	$305	$3,489	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH IMMANUEL	NE	$2,495	$1,048	$1,497	$2,121	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH IMMANUEL	NE	$2,495	$1,048	$305	$3,489	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH MIDLANDS	NE	$2,495	$1,048	$1,497	$2,121	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH MIDLANDS	NE	$2,495	$1,048	$305	$3,489	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH LAKESIDE	NE	$2,495	$1,048	$1,497	$2,121	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH LAKESIDE	NE	$2,495	$1,048	$305	$3,489	5 insurers
AIKEN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	SC	$3,785	$1,514	—	—	5 insurers
SWEETWATER HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION	TN	$3,785	$1,514	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE ILLINOIS MASONIC MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$3,040	$1,520	—	—	5 insurers
TEXAS HEALTH HOSPITAL FRISCO	TX	$1,700	$1,020	—	—	2 insurers
CEDAR-SINAI MARINA DEL REY HOSPITAL	CA	$2,386	$1,551	—	—	5 insurers