CPT 49000 · 945 hospitals reporting

Exploration of abdomen

The same procedure costs $129 at one hospital and $31,982 at another — a 248× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,694.

Cheapest published

$129

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

Median across 945 hospitals

$1,694

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

Most expensive

$31,982

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

Price distribution

210 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
CHESHIRE MEDICAL CENTER	NH	$6,136	$1,694	—	—	5 insurers
CHESHIRE MEDICAL CENTER	NH	$6,136	$1,694	—	—	5 insurers
HASKELL REGIONAL HOSPITAL, INC	OK	$1,704	$1,704	—	—	5 insurers
WHIDBEYHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$1,714	$1,714	—	—	0 insurers
DELTA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	AR	$2,169	$1,735	—	—	5 insurers
ISLAND HOSPITAL	WA	$1,642	$1,642	—	—	5 insurers
FIELD HEALTH SYSTEM	MS	$2,166	$1,625	—	—	2 insurers
FAIRVIEW NORTHLAND REGIONAL HOSPITAL	MN	$2,816	$1,766	—	—	5 insurers
GREATER BALTIMORE MEDICAL CENTER	MD	$1,620	$1,620	—	—	5 insurers
SIDNEY HEALTH CENTER	MT	$2,596	$1,607	—	—	5 insurers
SIDNEY HEALTH CENTER	MT	$2,596	$1,607	—	—	4 insurers
WALLOWA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	OR	$1,773	$1,596	$1,515	$1,720	0 insurers
RINGGOLD COUNTY HOSPITAL	IA	$1,765	$1,589	—	—	0 insurers
UNM HOSPITAL	NM	$2,872	$1,580	—	—	5 insurers
THOMAS HOSPITAL	AL	$3,657	$1,829	—	—	5 insurers
GREENE COUNTY HOSPITAL	AL	$2,775	$1,554	—	—	3 insurers
GREENE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,775	$1,554	—	—	3 insurers
FRANKLIN HOSPITAL	IL	$2,493	$1,869	—	—	5 insurers
JOHN H STROGER JR HOSPITAL	IL	$2,158	$1,511	—	—	5 insurers
PROVIDENT HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO	IL	$2,158	$1,511	—	—	5 insurers
TRINITY ROCK ISLAND	IL	$2,362	$1,890	—	—	4 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MARSHALLTOWN	IA	$2,362	$1,890	—	—	5 insurers
TRINITY MUSCATINE	IA	$2,362	$1,890	—	—	3 insurers
TRINITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,362	$1,890	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	IA	$2,362	$1,890	—	—	3 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - DES MOINES IOWA METHODIST MEDI	IA	$2,362	$1,890	—	—	3 insurers
TRINITY - BETTENDORF	IA	$2,362	$1,890	—	—	4 insurers
ALLEN HOSPITAL	IA	$2,362	$1,890	—	—	4 insurers
FINLEY HOSPITAL	IA	$2,362	$1,890	—	—	5 insurers
ST LUKES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,362	$1,890	—	—	3 insurers
GRINNELL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,362	$1,890	—	—	5 insurers
GRUNDY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IA	$2,362	$1,890	—	—	4 insurers
JONES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,362	$1,890	—	—	5 insurers
CHAMPLAIN VALLEY PHYSICIANS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CTR	NY	$1,895	$1,895	—	—	5 insurers
RANGE REGIONAL HEALTH SERVICES	MN	$3,468	$1,474	—	—	2 insurers
GRAND ITASCA CLINIC AND HOSPITAL	MN	$3,468	$1,474	—	—	2 insurers
NORTH CANYON MEDICAL CENTER	ID	$2,419	$1,935	—	—	5 insurers
MONROE HOSPITAL	IN	$1,444	$1,444	—	—	5 insurers
BEAR VALLEY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$1,984	$1,389	—	—	4 insurers
MARK TWAIN MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$2,077	$1,383	$1,124	$2,035	5 insurers