CPT 49255 · 936 hospitals reporting

49255

The same procedure costs $152 at one hospital and $40,789 at another — a 269× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,942.

Cheapest published

$152

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

Median across 936 hospitals

$1,942

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

Most expensive

$40,789

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

Price distribution

144 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
TRINITY ROCK ISLAND	IL	$2,427	$1,942	—	—	0 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MARSHALLTOWN	IA	$2,427	$1,942	—	—	0 insurers
TRINITY MUSCATINE	IA	$2,427	$1,942	—	—	0 insurers
TRINITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,427	$1,942	—	—	0 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	IA	$2,427	$1,942	—	—	0 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - DES MOINES IOWA METHODIST MEDI	IA	$2,427	$1,942	—	—	0 insurers
TRINITY - BETTENDORF	IA	$2,427	$1,942	—	—	0 insurers
ALLEN HOSPITAL	IA	$2,427	$1,942	—	—	0 insurers
FINLEY HOSPITAL	IA	$2,427	$1,942	—	—	0 insurers
ST LUKES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,427	$1,942	—	—	0 insurers
GRINNELL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,427	$1,942	—	—	0 insurers
GRUNDY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IA	$2,427	$1,942	—	—	0 insurers
JONES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,427	$1,942	—	—	0 insurers
CHAMPLAIN VALLEY PHYSICIANS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CTR	NY	$1,953	$1,953	—	—	0 insurers
FIELD HEALTH SYSTEM	MS	$2,534	$1,901	—	—	0 insurers
NORTH CENTRAL SURGICAL CENTER LLP	TX	$3,157	$1,894	$1,483	$10,356	0 insurers
CENTRAL VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER	VT	$2,006	$2,006	—	—	0 insurers
WARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	TX	$2,669	$1,868	—	—	0 insurers
HUTCHINSON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER INC	KS	$2,469	$1,852	—	—	0 insurers
CEDAR-SINAI MARINA DEL REY HOSPITAL	CA	$2,780	$1,807	—	—	0 insurers
ALTRU HOSPITAL	ND	$3,428	$2,091	—	—	0 insurers
MID VALLEY HOSPITAL & CLINIC	WA	$3,013	$2,109	—	—	0 insurers
BARAGA COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	MI	$2,120	$2,120	—	—	0 insurers
WHIDBEYHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$1,760	$1,760	—	—	0 insurers
MADISON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	ID	$2,040	$1,734	—	—	0 insurers
MADISON HOSPITAL	MN	$2,040	$1,734	—	—	0 insurers
BROADLAWNS MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,208	$2,208	—	—	0 insurers
FRANKLIN HOSPITAL	IL	$2,958	$2,218	—	—	0 insurers
SIDNEY HEALTH CENTER	MT	$2,678	$1,658	—	—	0 insurers
SIDNEY HEALTH CENTER	MT	$2,678	$1,658	—	—	0 insurers
THREE RIVERS HOSPITAL	WA	$1,640	$1,640	—	—	0 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER - JACKSONVILLE	FL	$8,329	$1,583	—	—	0 insurers
BARNES-KASSON COUNTY HOSPITAL	PA	$2,230	$1,561	—	—	0 insurers
HOLY FAMILY MEMORIAL	WI	—	$2,330	$722	$4,151	0 insurers
GLENCOE REGIONAL HEALTH	MN	$2,340	$2,340	—	—	0 insurers
JOHN H STROGER JR HOSPITAL	IL	$2,200	$1,540	—	—	0 insurers
PROVIDENT HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO	IL	$2,200	$1,540	—	—	0 insurers
RINGGOLD COUNTY HOSPITAL	IA	$1,692	$1,523	—	—	0 insurers
JACKSON COUNTY REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER	IA	$2,369	$2,369	—	—	0 insurers
BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER BEACHES	FL	$7,942	$1,509	—	—	0 insurers