CPT 46500 · 989 hospitals reporting

46500

The same procedure costs $58.5 at one hospital and $17,440 at another — a 298× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,073.

Cheapest published

$58.5

Lowest published price across all reporting hospitals.

Median across 989 hospitals

$1,073

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

Most expensive

$17,440

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

Price distribution

194 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
SAINT MICHAEL'S MEDICAL CENTER	NJ	$3,338	$1,078	$21.83	$3,338	0 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL	PA	—	$1,069	—	—	0 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN MONTGOMERY HOSPITAL	PA	—	$1,069	—	—	0 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - PANORAMA CITY	CA	$3,034	$1,062	$799	$2,160	0 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - LOS ANGELES	CA	$3,034	$1,062	$799	$2,160	0 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - DOWNEY	CA	$3,034	$1,062	$799	$2,160	0 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL FONTANA/ONTARIO	CA	$3,034	$1,062	$799	$2,160	0 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN DIEGO	CA	$3,034	$1,062	$799	$2,160	0 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WEST LA	CA	$3,034	$1,062	$799	$2,160	0 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WOODLAND HILLS	CA	$3,034	$1,062	$799	$2,160	0 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL, RIVERSIDE	CA	$3,034	$1,062	$799	$2,160	0 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - BALDWIN PARK	CA	$3,034	$1,062	$799	$2,160	0 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-MORENO VALLEY	CA	$3,034	$1,062	$799	$2,160	0 insurers
LANDMARK MEDICAL CENTER	RI	$2,462	$1,040	$520	$2,462	0 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MD ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	MD	$1,116	$1,116	—	—	0 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS PORTAGE MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$1,357	$1,018	—	—	0 insurers
NORTH VISTA HOSPITAL	NV	$1,574	$1,011	$123	$1,574	0 insurers
CHOCTAW HEALTH CENTER	MS	$2,004	$1,002	—	—	0 insurers
CHOCTAW MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	OK	$2,004	$1,002	—	—	0 insurers
MONTEFIORE ST LUKE'S CORNWALL	NY	—	$1,161	—	—	0 insurers
GARDEN GROVE HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$2,462	$1,190	$105	$2,462	0 insurers
WEST ANAHEIM MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$2,462	$1,190	$105	$2,462	0 insurers
LA PALMA INTERCOMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$2,462	$1,190	$105	$2,462	0 insurers
MOUNT GRANT GENERAL HOSPITAL	NV	$3,338	$950	$581	$3,338	0 insurers
ROXBOROUGH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	PA	$3,338	$950	$581	$3,338	0 insurers
UNM HOSPITAL	NM	$2,177	$1,197	—	—	0 insurers
LOWER BUCKS HOSPITAL	PA	$3,338	$914	$581	$3,338	0 insurers
WARM SPRINGS MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$2,474	$1,237	—	—	0 insurers
WARM SPRINGS MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$2,474	$1,237	—	—	0 insurers
ATRIUM HEALTH NAVICENT THE MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$2,554	$1,277	—	—	0 insurers
ATRIUM HEALTH FLOYD MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$2,574	$1,287	—	—	0 insurers
NAVICENT HEALTH BALDWIN	GA	$2,577	$1,289	—	—	0 insurers
ATRIUM HEALTH NAVICENT PEACH	GA	$2,577	$1,289	—	—	0 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK-ALICE HY	NY	$1,304	$1,304	—	—	0 insurers
CHI-ST VINCENT INFIRMARY	AR	$3,285	$843	—	—	0 insurers
CHI-ST VINCENT INFIRMARY	AR	$3,285	$843	$116	$6,955	0 insurers
ST VINCENT MEDICAL CENTER/NORTH	AR	$3,285	$835	—	—	0 insurers
ST VINCENT MEDICAL CENTER/NORTH	AR	$3,285	$835	$116	$2,699	0 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HOSPITAL AUTHORITY	CO	$2,374	$831	—	—	0 insurers
BAYLOR MEDICAL CENTER AT TROPHY CLUB	TX	$1,346	$808	$740	$8,427	0 insurers