CPT 50300 · 515 hospitals reporting

Remove cadaver donor kidney

The same procedure costs $540 at one hospital and $64,053 at another — a 119× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $2,817.

Cheapest published

$540

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

Median across 515 hospitals

$2,817

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

Most expensive

$64,053

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

Price distribution

53 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
RED BAY HOSPITAL	AL	$5,030	$2,817	—	—	3 insurers
SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$5,030	$2,817	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WALNUT CREEK	CA	$5,030	$2,817	—	—	3 insurers
SUTTER MEDICAL CENTER, SACRAMENTO	CA	$5,030	$2,817	—	—	3 insurers
SUTTER ROSEVILLE MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$5,030	$2,817	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - REDWOOD CITY	CA	$5,030	$2,817	—	—	3 insurers
FRESNO SURGICAL HOSPITAL	CA	$5,030	$2,817	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL MANTECA	CA	$5,030	$2,817	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN LEANDRO	CA	$5,030	$2,817	—	—	3 insurers
MT SAN RAFAEL HOSPITAL	CO	$5,030	$2,817	—	—	3 insurers
SANTA ROSA MEDICAL CENTER	FL	$5,030	$2,817	—	—	3 insurers
COMMUNITY HOSPITAL SOUTH, INC.	IN	$5,030	$2,817	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL WESTSIDE	OR	$5,030	$2,817	—	—	3 insurers
CHEYENNE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WY	$3,989	$2,793	—	—	2 insurers
MISSION COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$3,803	$2,472	—	—	5 insurers
TRINITY ROCK ISLAND	IL	$3,004	$2,403	—	—	2 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO	CA	$4,004	$1,401	$1,297	$3,604	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-SANTA CLARA	CA	$4,004	$1,401	$1,297	$3,604	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL AND REHAB CENTER	CA	$4,004	$1,401	$1,297	$3,604	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - OAKLAND/RICHMOND	CA	$4,004	$1,401	$1,297	$3,604	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN FRANCISCO	CA	$4,004	$1,401	$1,297	$3,604	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SACRAMENTO	CA	$4,004	$1,401	$1,297	$3,604	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL	CA	$4,004	$1,401	$1,297	$3,604	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - FREMONT	CA	$4,004	$1,401	$1,297	$3,604	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-SAN JOSE	CA	$4,004	$1,401	$1,297	$3,604	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSP SO SACRAMENTO	CA	$4,004	$1,401	$1,297	$3,604	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-SANTA ROSA	CA	$4,004	$1,401	$1,297	$3,604	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - FRESNO	CA	$4,004	$1,401	$1,297	$3,604	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - ANTIOCH	CA	$4,004	$1,401	$1,297	$3,604	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - VACAVILLE	CA	$4,004	$1,401	$1,297	$3,604	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - ROSEVILLE	CA	$4,004	$1,401	$1,297	$3,604	3 insurers
ESKENAZI HEALTH	IN	$602	$602	—	—	5 insurers
ESKENAZI HEALTH	IN	$602	$602	—	—	5 insurers
ESKENAZI HEALTH	IN	$602	$602	—	—	5 insurers
WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER	NY	$587	$587	—	—	5 insurers
ANTELOPE VALLEY HOSPITAL	CA	$540	$540	—	—	2 insurers
CARILION MEDICAL CENTER	VA	$17,299	$6,055	—	—	5 insurers
SUNY/DOWNSTATE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BROOKLYN	NY	$22,415	$22,415	—	—	5 insurers
GOSHEN HOSPITAL	IN	$47,864	$33,505	—	—	0 insurers
ST LUKE'S WARREN HOSPITAL	NJ	$52,448	$43,532	—	—	3 insurers