CPT 49002 · 841 hospitals reporting

Reopening/ recent laparotomy

The same procedure costs $241 at one hospital and $37,271 at another — a 155× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $2,038.

Cheapest published

$241

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

Median across 841 hospitals

$2,038

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

Most expensive

$37,271

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

Price distribution

139 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
JOHN H STROGER JR HOSPITAL	IL	$2,911	$2,038	—	—	5 insurers
PROVIDENT HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO	IL	$2,911	$2,038	—	—	5 insurers
PENOBSCOT VALLEY HOSPITAL	ME	$2,560	$2,048	—	—	5 insurers
ALTRU HOSPITAL	ND	$3,315	$2,022	—	—	0 insurers
MIZELL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	AL	$2,306	$2,075	—	—	2 insurers
ISLAND HOSPITAL	WA	$2,102	$2,102	—	—	5 insurers
MONROE HOSPITAL	IN	$1,967	$1,967	—	—	5 insurers
SIDNEY HEALTH CENTER	MT	$3,100	$1,920	—	—	4 insurers
HOLY FAMILY MEMORIAL	WI	—	$2,162	$526	$3,931	0 insurers
BARAGA COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	MI	$2,200	$2,200	—	—	0 insurers
GREENE COUNTY HOSPITAL	AL	$3,931	$2,201	—	—	3 insurers
GREENE COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$3,931	$2,201	—	—	3 insurers
VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$2,623	$1,836	$1,046	$2,871	0 insurers
MARK TWAIN MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$2,751	$1,832	$1,489	$2,696	5 insurers
MARK TWAIN MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$2,751	$1,832	$712	$2,696	5 insurers
WELLSPAN YORK HOSPITAL	PA	$2,811	$2,249	—	—	5 insurers
STEVENS COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$2,390	$1,793	—	—	5 insurers
DESOTO REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM	LA	$2,560	$1,792	—	—	5 insurers
SIDNEY HEALTH CENTER	MT	$2,872	$1,778	—	—	5 insurers
SCHNECK MEDICAL CENTER	IN	—	$2,310	$710	$2,805	5 insurers
WHIDBEYHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$2,317	$2,317	—	—	0 insurers
WASHINGTON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	AR	$2,327	$1,745	—	—	0 insurers
SEQUOYAH COUNTY-CITY OF SALLISAW HOSPITAL AUTHORIT	OK	$2,268	$1,701	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW RIDGES HOSPITAL	MN	$3,982	$1,692	—	—	5 insurers
LADD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WI	$3,488	$2,442	—	—	5 insurers
FIELD HEALTH SYSTEM	MS	$2,177	$1,633	—	—	2 insurers
NEVADA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	MO	$1,595	$1,595	$102	$2,693	0 insurers
FAIRVIEW LAKES HEALTH SERVICES	MN	$3,982	$2,497	—	—	4 insurers
FAIRVIEW NORTHLAND REGIONAL HOSPITAL	MN	$3,982	$2,497	—	—	4 insurers
ELLIS HOSPITAL	NY	$3,116	$1,558	—	—	4 insurers
ELLIS HOSPITAL	NY	$3,116	$1,558	—	—	2 insurers
MOSAIC LIFE CARE AT ST JOSEPH	MO	$1,787	$1,519	—	—	3 insurers
MOSAIC MEDICAL CENTER ALBANY	MO	$1,787	$1,519	—	—	2 insurers
TRINITY ROCK ISLAND	IL	$3,210	$2,568	—	—	4 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MARSHALLTOWN	IA	$3,210	$2,568	—	—	5 insurers
TRINITY MUSCATINE	IA	$3,210	$2,568	—	—	3 insurers
TRINITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$3,210	$2,568	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	IA	$3,210	$2,568	—	—	3 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - DES MOINES IOWA METHODIST MEDI	IA	$3,210	$2,568	—	—	3 insurers
TRINITY - BETTENDORF	IA	$3,210	$2,568	—	—	4 insurers