CPT 49999 · 1,157 hospitals reporting

Other procedure on abdomen

The same procedure costs $119 at one hospital and $31,909 at another — a 268× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,832.

Cheapest published

$119

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

Median across 1,157 hospitals

$1,832

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

Most expensive

$31,909

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

Price distribution

493 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).

Filter by state

Filter by your insurance

Sort

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
MAINEHEALTH MAINE MEDICAL CENTER	ME	$1,832	$1,832	—	—	5 insurers
MAINEHEALTH PEN BAY HOSPITAL	ME	$1,832	$1,832	—	—	5 insurers
LINCOLNHEALTH	ME	$1,832	$1,832	—	—	5 insurers
MAINEHEALTH WALDO HOSPITAL	ME	$1,832	$1,832	—	—	5 insurers
MAINEHEALTH STEPHENS HOSPITAL	ME	$1,832	$1,832	—	—	5 insurers
MAINEHEALTH FRANKLIN HOSPITAL	ME	$1,832	$1,832	—	—	5 insurers
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, THE	NH	$1,832	$1,832	—	—	5 insurers
CENTURA HEALTH-ST ANTHONY NORTH HEALTH CAMPUS	CO	$4,576	$1,830	—	—	3 insurers
SAINT ANTHONY HOSPITAL	IL	$4,576	$1,830	—	—	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH GOOD SAMARITAN	NE	$3,028	$1,847	$1,484	$2,816	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH GOOD SAMARITAN	NE	$3,028	$1,847	$636	$3,908	5 insurers
SOUTH COUNTY HOSPITAL INC	RI	$3,098	$1,859	—	—	3 insurers
WHEELING HOSPITAL, INC	WV	$3,734	$1,867	—	—	5 insurers
CENTURA HEALTH-PENROSE ST FRANCIS HEALTH SERVICES	CO	$3,028	$1,787	$1,665	$2,846	5 insurers
CENTURA HEALTH-PENROSE ST FRANCIS HEALTH SERVICES	CO	$3,028	$1,787	$696	$6,796	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH ST. FRANCIS	NE	$3,028	$1,787	$1,665	$2,846	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH ST. FRANCIS	NE	$3,028	$1,787	$696	$6,796	5 insurers
SIDNEY HEALTH CENTER	MT	$3,040	$1,882	—	—	5 insurers
USC ARCADIA HOSPITAL	CA	$5,387	$1,885	—	—	5 insurers
DOYLESTOWN HOSPITAL	PA	$1,777	$1,777	—	—	5 insurers
MAINEHEALTH MAINE MEDICAL CENTER	ME	$1,776	$1,776	—	—	2 insurers
MAINEHEALTH PEN BAY HOSPITAL	ME	$1,776	$1,776	—	—	2 insurers
LINCOLNHEALTH	ME	$1,776	$1,776	—	—	2 insurers
MAINEHEALTH WALDO HOSPITAL	ME	$1,776	$1,776	—	—	2 insurers
MAINEHEALTH STEPHENS HOSPITAL	ME	$1,776	$1,776	—	—	2 insurers
MAINEHEALTH FRANKLIN HOSPITAL	ME	$1,776	$1,776	—	—	2 insurers
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, THE	NH	$1,776	$1,776	—	—	2 insurers
ST JOSEPHS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL WEST BEND	WI	$3,228	$1,775	—	—	5 insurers
HAYWOOD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$4,757	$1,903	—	—	2 insurers
METHODIST HOSPITAL OF SACRAMENTO	CA	$6,106	$1,759	$4,580	$5,068	4 insurers
METHODIST HOSPITAL OF SACRAMENTO	CA	$6,106	$1,759	$1,162	$9,228	5 insurers
COOKEVILLE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	TN	$2,851	$1,748	—	—	2 insurers
HOULTON REGIONAL HOSPITAL	ME	$2,029	$1,928	—	—	5 insurers
CHI ST ALEXIUS HEALTH	ND	$3,392	$1,730	$2,510	$3,053	3 insurers
CHI ST ALEXIUS HEALTH	ND	$3,392	$1,730	$938	$3,053	5 insurers
UNM HOSPITAL	NM	$3,523	$1,937	—	—	5 insurers
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IL	$2,428	$1,942	—	—	0 insurers
CARLE BROMENN MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$1,944	$1,944	—	—	3 insurers
CARLE BROMENN MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$1,944	$1,944	—	—	4 insurers
CARLE EUREKA HOSPITAL	IL	$1,944	$1,944	—	—	4 insurers