CPT 56605 · 1,257 hospitals reporting

Biopsy of growth of external female genitals; first growth

The same procedure costs $54.87 at one hospital and $11,890 at another — a 217× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $616.

Cheapest published

$54.87

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

Median across 1,257 hospitals

$616

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

Most expensive

$11,890

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

Price distribution

499 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
MAUI MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	HI	$1,579	$616	—	—	2 insurers
HIGH POINT REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM	NC	$1,231	$616	—	—	0 insurers
NORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST HOSPITAL	NC	$1,231	$616	—	—	0 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HOSPITAL AUTHORITY	CO	$1,746	$611	—	—	5 insurers
WAYNE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	PA	$779	$624	$312	$624	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HEALTH LAKEWOOD MEDICAL CENTER	MO	$1,103	$607	—	—	5 insurers
WILKES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$1,258	$629	—	—	0 insurers
SILVER CROSS HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTERS	IL	$1,578	$603	$947	$1,247	3 insurers
SILVER CROSS HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTERS	IL	$1,578	$603	$61.87	$4,815	5 insurers
SPRINGHILL MEDICAL CENTER	LA	$1,737	$590	—	—	5 insurers
OCHSNER CHOCTAW GENERAL	AL	$773	$588	—	—	5 insurers
Baylor St Lukes Medical Center	TX	$1,678	$587	$32.57	$2,060	5 insurers
CHI ST LUKES LAKESIDE HOSPITAL	TX	$1,678	$587	$29.82	$2,468	5 insurers
DAVIS MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$931	$652	—	—	5 insurers
BROADDUS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, INC	WV	$931	$652	—	—	5 insurers
WEBSTER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WV	$931	$652	—	—	5 insurers
HILTON HEAD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	SC	—	$573	$560	$1,919	5 insurers
EAST COOPER MEDICAL CENTER	SC	—	$573	$462	$2,843	5 insurers
COASTAL CAROLINA HOSPITAL	SC	—	$573	$468	$1,636	5 insurers
UCHEALTH GREELEY HOSPITAL	CO	$1,108	$665	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MED CENTER	MS	$1,400	$560	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER- GRENADA	MS	$1,400	$560	—	—	5 insurers
SUNY/DOWNSTATE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BROOKLYN	NY	$679	$679	—	—	5 insurers
NEVADA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	MO	$541	$541	$162	$919	0 insurers
ADVOCATE ILLINOIS MASONIC MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$1,080	$540	—	—	5 insurers
BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER SOUTH	AL	$2,796	$531	—	—	5 insurers
ADAMS COUNTY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$662	$530	$126	$629	4 insurers
ST LUKE'S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	ID	$1,510	$529	$680	$1,510	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	ID	$1,510	$529	$43.83	$5,160	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S THE WOODLANDS HOSPITAL	TX	$1,510	$529	$649	$1,510	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S THE WOODLANDS HOSPITAL	TX	$1,510	$529	$35.73	$5,160	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S SUGAR LAND HOSPITAL	TX	$1,510	$529	$649	$1,510	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S SUGAR LAND HOSPITAL	TX	$1,510	$529	$35.73	$5,160	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL AT THE VINTAGE	TX	$1,510	$529	$649	$1,510	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL AT THE VINTAGE	TX	$1,510	$529	$35.73	$5,160	5 insurers
MOUNTAIN VIEW HOSPITAL	ID	$750	$525	$563	$1,510	5 insurers
IDAHO FALLS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, LLC	ID	$750	$525	$563	$1,535	4 insurers
CHI HEALTH MERCY COUNCIL BLUFFS	IA	$1,226	$515	$736	$1,042	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH MERCY COUNCIL BLUFFS	IA	$1,226	$515	$110	$3,259	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH BERGAN MERCY	NE	$1,226	$515	$736	$1,042	3 insurers