CPT 53060 · 1,016 hospitals reporting

Drainage of urethra abscess

The same procedure costs $109 at one hospital and $9,337 at another — a 86× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,992.

Cheapest published

$109

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

Median across 1,016 hospitals

$1,992

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

Most expensive

$9,337

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

Price distribution

225 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
BALDWIN HEALTH	AL	$3,830	$1,992	—	—	3 insurers
PIH HEALTH DOWNEY HOSPITAL	CA	$3,830	$1,992	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SOUTH BAY	CA	$3,830	$1,992	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - ORANGE COUNTY - ANAHEIM	CA	$3,830	$1,992	—	—	3 insurers
LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$3,830	$1,992	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN MARCOS	CA	$3,830	$1,992	—	—	3 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH EAST	KY	$5,032	$2,021	$4,579	$4,579	1 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH EAST	KY	$5,032	$2,021	$1,230	$4,579	5 insurers
SAINT CLARE'S HOSPITAL/ DENVILLE CAMPUS	NJ	$5,032	$2,021	$4,579	$4,579	1 insurers
SAINT CLARE'S HOSPITAL/ DENVILLE CAMPUS	NJ	$5,032	$2,021	$1,230	$4,579	5 insurers
CENTRAL MAINE MEDICAL CENTER	ME	$9,449	$2,062	$2,063	$9,449	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HEALTH LAKEWOOD MEDICAL CENTER	MO	$3,838	$2,111	—	—	5 insurers
CHI SAINT JOSEPH FLAGET MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	KY	$5,032	$2,135	$3,673	$4,579	5 insurers
CHI SAINT JOSEPH FLAGET MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	KY	$5,032	$2,135	$888	$4,579	5 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH MOUNT STERLING	KY	$5,032	$1,844	$4,579	$4,579	1 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH MOUNT STERLING	KY	$5,032	$1,844	$1,053	$4,579	5 insurers
UNITED HOSPITAL CENTER, INC	WV	$4,303	$2,152	—	—	5 insurers
SISTERSVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL	WV	$4,303	$2,152	—	—	5 insurers
SUMMERSVILLE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$4,303	$2,152	—	—	5 insurers
RANDOLPH HOSPITAL	NC	$9,000	$1,800	—	—	4 insurers
SANFORD BEMIDJI MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$2,733	$2,186	—	—	3 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH LONDON	KY	$5,032	$1,796	$4,579	$4,579	1 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH LONDON	KY	$5,032	$1,796	$719	$4,579	5 insurers
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS, INC	WV	$4,626	$2,313	—	—	5 insurers
LANDMARK MEDICAL CENTER	RI	$8,699	$2,338	$1,045	$8,264	5 insurers
ST NICHOLAS HOSPITAL	WI	$3,585	$2,366	—	—	5 insurers
HSHS ST CLARE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WI	$3,585	$2,366	—	—	5 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL	KY	$5,032	$2,370	$4,579	$4,579	1 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL	KY	$5,032	$2,370	$1,182	$4,579	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL	PA	—	$2,402	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN MONTGOMERY HOSPITAL	PA	—	$2,402	—	—	5 insurers
CHI SAINT JOSEPH BEREA NF	KY	$5,032	$2,426	$2,315	$4,579	5 insurers
CHI SAINT JOSEPH BEREA NF	KY	$5,032	$2,426	$1,388	$4,579	5 insurers
CENTRAL VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER	VT	$2,433	$2,433	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MED CENTER	MS	$3,800	$1,520	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER- GRENADA	MS	$3,800	$1,520	—	—	5 insurers
UNM HOSPITAL	NM	$4,480	$2,464	—	—	5 insurers
CHI-ST VINCENT INFIRMARY	AR	$5,817	$1,493	—	—	0 insurers
CHI-ST VINCENT INFIRMARY	AR	$5,817	$1,493	$116	$6,955	5 insurers
CONEMAUGH MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	PA	$6,254	$2,502	—	—	2 insurers