CPT 45915 · 1,263 hospitals reporting

Removal of impacted stool or foreign body in rectum under anesthesia

The same procedure costs $82 at one hospital and $32,845 at another — a 401× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,346.

Cheapest published

$82

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

Median across 1,263 hospitals

$1,346

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

Most expensive

$32,845

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

Price distribution

489 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
WALKER BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$2,243	$1,346	$1,009	$6,771	5 insurers
CITIZENS BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$2,243	$1,346	$1,009	$6,771	5 insurers
ALTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IL	$2,243	$1,346	$1,009	$6,771	5 insurers
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IL	$2,243	$1,346	$1,009	$6,771	5 insurers
MISSOURI BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	MO	$2,243	$1,346	$1,009	$6,771	5 insurers
BARNES-JEWISH WEST COUNTY HOSPITAL	MO	$2,243	$1,346	$1,009	$6,771	5 insurers
PROGRESS WEST HOSPITAL	MO	$2,243	$1,346	$1,009	$6,771	5 insurers
MAUI MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	HI	$3,456	$1,348	—	—	3 insurers
NEVADA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	MO	$1,350	$1,350	$405	$2,293	0 insurers
ST MARYS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CTR	WI	$3,002	$1,351	—	—	0 insurers
EAST VALLEY ER & HOSPITAL	AZ	$3,002	$1,351	—	—	0 insurers
ALEXANDRIA EMERGENCY HOSPITAL	LA	$3,002	$1,351	—	—	0 insurers
LANDMARK MEDICAL CENTER	RI	$8,308	$1,338	$520	$7,892	5 insurers
JOHN H STROGER JR HOSPITAL	IL	$1,896	$1,327	—	—	4 insurers
PROVIDENT HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO	IL	$1,896	$1,327	—	—	4 insurers
CAPE FEAR VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$2,302	$1,381	—	—	5 insurers
BETSY JOHNSON REGIONAL HOSPITAL	NC	$2,302	$1,381	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL	PA	—	$1,382	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN MONTGOMERY HOSPITAL	PA	—	$1,382	—	—	5 insurers
BAPTIST NEIGHBORHOOD HOSPITAL THOUSAND OAKS	TX	$1,632	$1,306	—	—	5 insurers
WESTOVER HILLS BAPTIST HOSPITAL	TX	$1,632	$1,306	—	—	5 insurers
BEAR VALLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$1,865	$1,306	—	—	4 insurers
SAINT MICHAEL'S MEDICAL CENTER	NJ	$4,388	$1,387	$21.83	$4,388	5 insurers
NORTH VISTA HOSPITAL	NV	$2,308	$1,301	$585	$2,308	5 insurers
SEQUOYAH COUNTY-CITY OF SALLISAW HOSPITAL AUTHORIT	OK	$1,714	$1,286	—	—	5 insurers
PROGRESS WEST HOSPITAL	MO	$2,345	$1,407	$1,137	$8,198	5 insurers
UCHEALTH GREELEY HOSPITAL	CO	$2,357	$1,414	—	—	5 insurers
SOUTH TEXAS HEALTH SYSTEM	TX	$3,591	$1,436	—	—	5 insurers
NAVICENT HEALTH BALDWIN	GA	$2,482	$1,241	—	—	1 insurers
ATRIUM HEALTH NAVICENT PEACH	GA	$2,482	$1,241	—	—	1 insurers
DELTA COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	CO	$2,067	$1,240	—	—	5 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK-ALICE HY	NY	$1,459	$1,459	—	—	5 insurers
ATRIUM HEALTH NAVICENT THE MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$2,460	$1,230	—	—	1 insurers
CARILION MEDICAL CENTER	VA	$4,179	$1,463	—	—	5 insurers
CARILION NEW RIVER VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	VA	$4,179	$1,463	—	—	5 insurers
CARILION FRANKLIN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	VA	$4,179	$1,463	—	—	5 insurers
OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER-HANCOCK	MS	$3,228	$1,227	—	—	5 insurers
CORONA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$3,066	$1,226	—	—	5 insurers
SOUTHWEST HEALTHCARE SERVICES	ND	$3,066	$1,226	—	—	5 insurers
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL SWEETWATER COUNTY	WY	$1,224	$1,224	—	—	5 insurers