CPT 55000 · 1,143 hospitals reporting

Drainage of hydrocele

The same procedure costs $52.5 at one hospital and $16,177 at another — a 308× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $731.

Cheapest published

$52.5

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

Median across 1,143 hospitals

$731

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

Most expensive

$16,177

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

Price distribution

348 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
FAIRVIEW LAKES HEALTH SERVICES	MN	$1,824	$731	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW SOUTHDALE HOSPITAL	MN	$1,824	$731	—	—	4 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW UNIVERSITY OF MN MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$1,824	$731	—	—	4 insurers
FAIRVIEW NORTHLAND REGIONAL HOSPITAL	MN	$1,824	$731	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL	MN	$1,824	$731	—	—	4 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW WOODWINDS HOSPITAL	MN	$1,824	$731	—	—	4 insurers
WALKER BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$1,223	$734	$550	$6,771	5 insurers
CITIZENS BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$1,223	$734	$550	$6,771	5 insurers
MISSOURI BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	MO	$1,223	$734	$550	$6,771	5 insurers
MIDDLESBORO ARH HOSPITAL	KY	$1,194	$716	—	—	5 insurers
WESTERLY HOSPITAL	RI	$1,967	$708	—	—	5 insurers
DOYLESTOWN HOSPITAL	PA	$696	$696	—	—	4 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW RIDGES HOSPITAL	MN	$1,824	$775	—	—	5 insurers
POTOMAC VALLEY HOSPITAL	WV	$1,357	$679	—	—	0 insurers
UCH-MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM	CO	$1,928	$675	—	—	5 insurers
LONGS PEAK HOSPITAL	CO	$1,928	$675	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH BROOMFIELD HOSPITAL	CO	$1,928	$675	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH GRANDVIEW HOSPITAL	CO	$1,928	$675	—	—	5 insurers
LORING HOSPITAL	IA	$839	$671	—	—	0 insurers
LANDMARK MEDICAL CENTER	RI	$2,897	$792	$256	$2,897	5 insurers
University of Arkansas Medical Sciences	AR	$1,325	$795	—	—	5 insurers
COSHOCTON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$1,719	$666	$65.38	$1,684	5 insurers
MANATEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	FL	$1,658	$663	—	—	5 insurers
LAKEWOOD RANCH MEDICAL CENTER	FL	$1,658	$663	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HEALTH LAKEWOOD MEDICAL CENTER	MO	$1,191	$655	—	—	5 insurers
UNITED MEDICAL CENTER	DC	$1,628	$814	—	—	5 insurers
UNIONTOWN HOSPITAL	PA	$1,628	$814	—	—	5 insurers
CAMDEN CLARK MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$1,628	$814	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL	PA	—	$825	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN MONTGOMERY HOSPITAL	PA	—	$825	—	—	5 insurers
CHRISTUS SOUTHEAST TEXAS- ST ELIZABETH	TX	$1,919	$633	$50.47	$4,989	5 insurers
HILTON HEAD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	SC	—	$853	$659	$1,512	5 insurers
EAST COOPER MEDICAL CENTER	SC	—	$853	$80	$1,295	5 insurers
COASTAL CAROLINA HOSPITAL	SC	—	$853	$659	$1,340	5 insurers
OCHSNER CHOCTAW GENERAL	AL	$1,123	$854	—	—	5 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	MN	$1,080	$605	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE CONDELL MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$1,720	$860	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MED CENTER	MS	$1,500	$600	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER- GRENADA	MS	$1,500	$600	—	—	5 insurers
METRO NASHVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL	TN	$1,000	$600	—	—	5 insurers