CPT 52005 · 1,238 hospitals reporting

Insertion of tube into ureter using an endoscope through bladder area

The same procedure costs $131 at one hospital and $46,024 at another — a 351× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $2,351.

Cheapest published

$131

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

Median across 1,238 hospitals

$2,351

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

Most expensive

$46,024

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

Price distribution

454 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
ST LUKE'S WARREN HOSPITAL	NJ	$2,832	$2,351	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - UPPER BUCKS CAMPUS	PA	$2,832	$2,351	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL BETHLEHEM	PA	$2,832	$2,351	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - GRAND VIEW CAMPUS	PA	$2,832	$2,351	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - EASTON CAMPUS	PA	$2,832	$2,351	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S MINERS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	PA	$2,832	$2,351	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - ANDERSON CAMPUS	PA	$2,832	$2,351	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - MONROE CAMPUS	PA	$2,832	$2,351	—	—	3 insurers
GEISINGER ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL	PA	$2,832	$2,351	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - CARBON CAMPUS	PA	$2,832	$2,351	—	—	3 insurers
LANDMARK MEDICAL CENTER	RI	$6,723	$2,338	$1,045	$6,387	5 insurers
NORTH HAWAII COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, INC	HI	$3,377	$2,364	—	—	5 insurers
UNM HOSPITAL	NM	$4,304	$2,367	—	—	5 insurers
UH REGIONAL HOSPITALS	OH	$3,073	$2,305	—	—	1 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS PORTAGE MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$3,073	$2,305	—	—	1 insurers
UH ST JOHN MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$3,073	$2,305	—	—	1 insurers
UH CLEVELAND MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$3,073	$2,305	—	—	1 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS - ELYRIA MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$3,073	$2,305	—	—	1 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS AHUJA MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$3,073	$2,305	—	—	1 insurers
RAINBOW BABIES AND CHILDRENS HOSPITAL	OH	$3,073	$2,305	—	—	1 insurers
ADVOCATE ILLINOIS MASONIC MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$4,590	$2,295	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE LUTHERAN GENERAL HOSPITAL	IL	$4,590	$2,295	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL	IL	$4,590	$2,295	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE GOOD SHEPHERD HOSPITAL	IL	$4,590	$2,295	—	—	5 insurers
THOMAS HOSPITAL	AL	$4,834	$2,417	—	—	5 insurers
JAMAICA HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	NY	$2,284	$2,284	—	—	5 insurers
CAMPBELL COUNTY HEALTH	WY	$2,250	$2,250	—	—	0 insurers
CHI HEALTH PLAINVIEW HOSPITAL	NE	$2,924	$2,456	$2,639	$2,866	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH PLAINVIEW HOSPITAL	NE	$2,924	$2,456	$1,784	$3,960	5 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER INC	MD	$12,807	$2,229	$128	$12,807	5 insurers
ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$11,222	$2,229	$128	$11,222	5 insurers
WETZEL COUNTY HOSPITAL	WV	$4,962	$2,481	—	—	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH SCHUYLER	NE	$2,924	$2,485	$2,639	$2,866	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH SCHUYLER	NE	$2,924	$2,485	$626	$3,311	5 insurers
RIVERSIDE MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$9,350	$2,489	—	—	5 insurers
O U MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$21,772	$2,177	$1,273	$17,853	5 insurers
CARILION MEDICAL CENTER	VA	$7,260	$2,541	—	—	5 insurers
CARILION NEW RIVER VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	VA	$7,260	$2,541	—	—	5 insurers
CARILION FRANKLIN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	VA	$7,260	$2,541	—	—	5 insurers
CARILION TAZEWELL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	VA	$7,260	$2,541	—	—	5 insurers