CPT 45171 · 1,130 hospitals reporting

Removal of growth of rectum through anus

The same procedure costs $143 at one hospital and $43,499 at another — a 304× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $2,684.

Cheapest published

$143

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

Median across 1,130 hospitals

$2,684

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

Most expensive

$43,499

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

Price distribution

281 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
CHEYENNE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WY	$3,834	$2,684	—	—	2 insurers
RICHMOND UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	NY	$1,572	$2,653	$685	$3,011	5 insurers
MAGNOLIA REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER	MS	$7,781	$2,645	—	—	5 insurers
WARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	TX	$3,900	$2,730	—	—	0 insurers
GARDEN CITY HOSPITAL	MI	$12,183	$2,753	$1,476	$12,183	5 insurers
SOUTHERN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$14,673	$2,770	$1,229	$14,673	5 insurers
UNM HOSPITAL	NM	$5,088	$2,799	—	—	5 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK-ALICE HY	NY	$2,520	$2,520	—	—	5 insurers
MEDICAL WEST, AN AFFILIATE OF UAB HEALTH SYSTEM	AL	$11,439	$2,860	—	—	5 insurers
PHYSICIANS CENTRE,THE	TX	$2,505	$2,505	—	—	5 insurers
JACKSON HEALTH SYSTEM	FL	$10,418	$2,481	$1,224	$1,249	1 insurers
MISSION COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$3,803	$2,472	—	—	5 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - PANORAMA CITY	CA	$8,372	$2,930	$2,459	$6,647	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - LOS ANGELES	CA	$8,372	$2,930	$2,459	$6,647	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - DOWNEY	CA	$8,372	$2,930	$2,459	$6,647	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL FONTANA/ONTARIO	CA	$8,372	$2,930	$2,459	$6,647	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN DIEGO	CA	$8,372	$2,930	$2,459	$6,647	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WEST LA	CA	$8,372	$2,930	$2,459	$6,647	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WOODLAND HILLS	CA	$8,372	$2,930	$2,459	$6,647	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL, RIVERSIDE	CA	$8,372	$2,930	$2,459	$6,647	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - BALDWIN PARK	CA	$8,372	$2,930	$2,459	$6,647	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-MORENO VALLEY	CA	$8,372	$2,930	$2,459	$6,647	3 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER INC	MD	$17,883	$2,959	$662	$17,883	5 insurers
ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$9,234	$2,959	$662	$9,234	5 insurers
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS, INC	WV	$4,776	$2,388	—	—	5 insurers
COLQUITT REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$2,377	$2,377	—	—	5 insurers
JACKSON COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AUTHORITY	OK	$2,377	$2,377	—	—	5 insurers
HILTON HEAD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	SC	—	$3,004	$822	$5,783	5 insurers
EAST COOPER MEDICAL CENTER	SC	—	$3,004	$822	$11,541	5 insurers
COASTAL CAROLINA HOSPITAL	SC	—	$3,004	$822	$4,931	5 insurers
CRITTENDEN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	KY	$3,994	$2,317	—	—	5 insurers
PRINCETON BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$6,110	$3,055	—	—	5 insurers
THREE RIVERS HOSPITAL	WA	$2,308	$2,308	—	—	4 insurers
LANDMARK MEDICAL CENTER	RI	$6,938	$3,105	$1,045	$6,591	5 insurers
MAUI MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	HI	$8,010	$3,124	—	—	2 insurers
SPRINGHILL MEDICAL CENTER	LA	$6,568	$2,233	—	—	5 insurers
UNITY HOSPITAL	NY	$2,756	$2,205	—	—	1 insurers
UNITY MEDICAL CENTER	TN	$2,756	$2,205	—	—	1 insurers
BELL HOSPITAL	MI	$3,647	$2,188	—	—	0 insurers
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL SWEETWATER COUNTY	WY	$2,152	$2,152	—	—	5 insurers