CPT 46020 · 1,135 hospitals reporting

Insertion of drain (seton) into anus

The same procedure costs $118 at one hospital and $20,614 at another — a 175× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $2,115.

Cheapest published

$118

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

Median across 1,135 hospitals

$2,115

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

Most expensive

$20,614

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

Price distribution

292 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
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN NORTHERN CALIF	CA	$2,115	$2,115	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN	IL	$2,115	$2,115	—	—	0 insurers
THE SHRINERS' HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN - BOSTON	MA	$2,115	$2,115	—	—	1 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN	MO	$2,115	$2,115	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN	OH	$2,115	$2,115	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN - PORTLAND	OR	$2,115	$2,115	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN - PHILADELPHIA	PA	$2,115	$2,115	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN	SC	$2,115	$2,115	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN	TX	$2,115	$2,115	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN	WA	$2,115	$2,115	—	—	0 insurers
University of Arkansas Medical Sciences	AR	$3,411	$2,047	—	—	5 insurers
PEACEHEALTH SOUTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$2,994	$1,946	—	—	5 insurers
HIGHPOINT HEALTH-SUMNER WITH ASCENSION SAINT THOMA	TN	$7,110	$2,318	—	—	3 insurers
MAGNOLIA REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER	MS	$6,859	$2,332	—	—	5 insurers
CITIZENS MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$4,704	$2,352	—	—	5 insurers
VILLAGES REGIONAL HOSPITAL, THE	FL	$3,940	$2,364	$41.06	$10,429	5 insurers
BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER BEACHES	FL	$9,613	$1,826	—	—	5 insurers
MISSION COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$3,803	$2,472	—	—	5 insurers
JACKSON HEALTH SYSTEM	FL	$11,161	$2,481	$2,958	$2,958	1 insurers
THOMAS HOSPITAL	AL	$4,980	$2,490	—	—	5 insurers
MAUI MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	HI	$6,401	$2,496	—	—	3 insurers
MEDICAL WEST, AN AFFILIATE OF UAB HEALTH SYSTEM	AL	$9,988	$2,497	—	—	5 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - PANORAMA CITY	CA	$7,145	$2,501	$2,459	$6,647	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - LOS ANGELES	CA	$7,145	$2,501	$2,459	$6,647	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - DOWNEY	CA	$7,145	$2,501	$2,459	$6,647	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL FONTANA/ONTARIO	CA	$7,145	$2,501	$2,459	$6,647	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN DIEGO	CA	$7,145	$2,501	$2,459	$6,647	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WEST LA	CA	$7,145	$2,501	$2,459	$6,647	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WOODLAND HILLS	CA	$7,145	$2,501	$2,459	$6,647	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL, RIVERSIDE	CA	$7,145	$2,501	$2,459	$6,647	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - BALDWIN PARK	CA	$7,145	$2,501	$2,459	$6,647	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-MORENO VALLEY	CA	$7,145	$2,501	$2,459	$6,647	3 insurers
ALAMEDA HOSPITAL	CA	$5,117	$2,558	$2,047	$3,838	4 insurers
HIGHLAND HOSPITAL	CA	$5,117	$2,558	$2,047	$3,838	4 insurers
STEVENS COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$2,195	$1,646	—	—	5 insurers
CARLE RICHLAND MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IL	$1,638	$1,638	—	—	4 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MERITER	WI	$3,244	$2,595	—	—	5 insurers
SALINE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	AR	$5,417	$1,625	—	—	1 insurers
MOUNTAIN VIEW HOSPITAL	ID	$2,318	$1,623	$1,739	$6,018	5 insurers
IDAHO FALLS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, LLC	ID	$2,318	$1,623	$1,739	$6,420	4 insurers