CPT 49442 · 983 hospitals reporting

Xr-angio-ceco/colonic tube pla

The same procedure costs $141 at one hospital and $8,988 at another — a 64× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,741.

Cheapest published

$141

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

Median across 983 hospitals

$1,741

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

Most expensive

$8,988

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
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - PANORAMA CITY	CA	$4,937	$1,728	$1,044	$2,822	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - LOS ANGELES	CA	$4,937	$1,728	$1,044	$2,822	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - DOWNEY	CA	$4,937	$1,728	$1,044	$2,822	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL FONTANA/ONTARIO	CA	$4,937	$1,728	$1,044	$2,822	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN DIEGO	CA	$4,937	$1,728	$1,044	$2,822	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WEST LA	CA	$4,937	$1,728	$1,044	$2,822	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WOODLAND HILLS	CA	$4,937	$1,728	$1,044	$2,822	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL, RIVERSIDE	CA	$4,937	$1,728	$1,044	$2,822	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - BALDWIN PARK	CA	$4,937	$1,728	$1,044	$2,822	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-MORENO VALLEY	CA	$4,937	$1,728	$1,044	$2,822	3 insurers
MARY BRIDGE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL	WA	$4,384	$1,754	—	—	1 insurers
WALKER BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$2,923	$1,754	$1,315	$6,771	5 insurers
CITIZENS BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$2,923	$1,754	$1,315	$6,771	5 insurers
MISSOURI BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	MO	$2,923	$1,754	$1,315	$6,771	5 insurers
SURGICAL INSTITUTE OF READING	PA	—	$1,726	$2,728	$2,728	1 insurers
WASHINGTON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	AR	$2,269	$1,702	—	—	0 insurers
FRENCH HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$4,271	$1,674	$1,153	$4,186	5 insurers
FRENCH HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$4,271	$1,674	$891	$8,190	5 insurers
ADVOCATE LUTHERAN GENERAL HOSPITAL	IL	$3,330	$1,665	—	—	5 insurers
GIBSON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	IL	$1,843	$1,843	—	—	5 insurers
GIBSON GENERAL HOSPITAL	IN	$1,843	$1,843	—	—	5 insurers
DESOTO REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM	LA	$2,670	$1,869	—	—	5 insurers
SOUTHWESTERN VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER	VT	$2,674	$1,872	—	—	5 insurers
MULTICARE AUBURN MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$4,681	$1,872	—	—	1 insurers
TACOMA GENERAL ALLENMORE HOSPITAL	WA	$4,681	$1,872	—	—	2 insurers
MULTICARE COVINGTON MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$4,681	$1,872	—	—	1 insurers
FAYETTE MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$1,893	$1,893	$1,893	$1,893	1 insurers
TRINITY MUSCATINE	IA	$2,385	$1,908	—	—	4 insurers
TRINITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,385	$1,908	—	—	4 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	IA	$2,385	$1,908	—	—	4 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - DES MOINES IOWA METHODIST MEDI	IA	$2,385	$1,908	—	—	4 insurers
ST LUKES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$2,385	$1,908	—	—	4 insurers
MARIAN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$4,476	$1,916	$2,820	$4,386	4 insurers
MARIAN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$4,476	$1,916	$891	$9,715	5 insurers
CEDAR-SINAI MARINA DEL REY HOSPITAL	CA	$2,386	$1,551	—	—	5 insurers
University of Arkansas Medical Sciences	AR	$2,583	$1,550	—	—	5 insurers
GARDEN GROVE HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$7,276	$1,531	$891	$7,276	5 insurers
WEST ANAHEIM MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$7,276	$1,531	$891	$7,276	5 insurers
LA PALMA INTERCOMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$7,276	$1,531	$891	$7,276	5 insurers
HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL - SALT LAKE	UT	$3,774	$1,510	—	—	5 insurers