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The same procedure costs $136 at one hospital and $19,399 at another — a 143× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $2,587.

Cheapest published

$136

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

Median across 1,188 hospitals

$2,587

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

Most expensive

$19,399

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

Price distribution

350 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
SUMMIT SURGICAL, LLC	KS	$3,151	$2,521	—	—	5 insurers
RICHMOND UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	NY	$3,485	$2,653	$197	$3,485	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MED CENTER	MS	$6,300	$2,520	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER- GRENADA	MS	$6,300	$2,520	—	—	5 insurers
JACKSON HEALTH SYSTEM	FL	$7,638	$2,509	$3,038	$3,038	1 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER-STUTTGART	AR	$10,804	$2,701	—	—	5 insurers
Baylor St Lukes Medical Center	TX	$7,055	$2,469	$423	$8,531	5 insurers
CHI ST LUKES LAKESIDE HOSPITAL	TX	$7,055	$2,469	$447	$6,199	5 insurers
WESTERLY HOSPITAL	RI	$7,600	$2,736	—	—	5 insurers
LALLIE KEMP MEDICAL CENTER	LA	$3,987	$2,392	—	—	2 insurers
SALINE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	AR	$7,949	$2,385	—	—	2 insurers
SOUTHEAST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$5,952	$2,381	—	—	5 insurers
MAGNOLIA REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER	MS	$6,934	$2,357	—	—	5 insurers
CHI ST JOSEPH HEALTH REGIONAL HOSPITAL	TX	$6,650	$2,328	$877	$8,788	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HEALTH LAKEWOOD MEDICAL CENTER	MO	$5,193	$2,856	—	—	5 insurers
WHEELING HOSPITAL, INC	WV	$5,780	$2,890	—	—	5 insurers
TERREBONNE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER - PARISH	LA	$2,237	$2,237	$181	$2,237	5 insurers
PHYSICIANS MEDICAL CENTER	LA	$2,237	$2,237	$181	$2,237	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	ID	$6,350	$2,223	$2,858	$6,350	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	ID	$6,350	$2,223	$1,119	$10,350	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S THE WOODLANDS HOSPITAL	TX	$6,350	$2,223	$2,731	$6,350	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S THE WOODLANDS HOSPITAL	TX	$6,350	$2,223	$1,076	$10,350	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S SUGAR LAND HOSPITAL	TX	$6,350	$2,223	$2,731	$6,350	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S SUGAR LAND HOSPITAL	TX	$6,350	$2,223	$1,064	$10,350	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL AT THE VINTAGE	TX	$6,350	$2,223	$2,731	$6,350	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL AT THE VINTAGE	TX	$6,350	$2,223	$1,064	$10,350	5 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - PANORAMA CITY	CA	$8,495	$2,973	$2,641	$7,139	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - LOS ANGELES	CA	$8,495	$2,973	$2,641	$7,139	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - DOWNEY	CA	$8,495	$2,973	$2,641	$7,139	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL FONTANA/ONTARIO	CA	$8,495	$2,973	$2,641	$7,139	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN DIEGO	CA	$8,495	$2,973	$2,641	$7,139	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WEST LA	CA	$8,495	$2,973	$2,641	$7,139	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WOODLAND HILLS	CA	$8,495	$2,973	$2,641	$7,139	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL, RIVERSIDE	CA	$8,495	$2,973	$2,641	$7,139	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - BALDWIN PARK	CA	$8,495	$2,973	$2,641	$7,139	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-MORENO VALLEY	CA	$8,495	$2,973	$2,641	$7,139	3 insurers
SANFORD BEMIDJI MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$3,792	$3,034	—	—	3 insurers
COOPER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL	NJ	$2,091	$2,091	—	—	5 insurers
COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WI	$5,645	$3,105	—	—	5 insurers
FROEDTERT MEMORIAL LUTHERAN HOSPITAL	WI	$5,645	$3,105	—	—	5 insurers