CPT 57421 · 1,115 hospitals reporting

Tvgo-exam/biopsy vag w/scope

The same procedure costs $63.5 at one hospital and $12,309 at another — a 194× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $553.

Cheapest published

$63.5

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

Median across 1,115 hospitals

$553

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

Most expensive

$12,309

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

Price distribution

331 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).

Filter by state

Filter by your insurance

Sort

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
MARSHALL MEDICAL CENTERS	AL	$553	$553	—	—	5 insurers
MARSHALL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$553	$553	—	—	5 insurers
MARSHALL MEDICAL CENTER	TN	$553	$553	—	—	5 insurers
LADD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WI	$790	$553	—	—	5 insurers
NEOSHO MEMORIAL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	KS	$736	$552	—	—	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
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
UNIVERSITY OF MD ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	MD	$529	$529	—	—	1 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	$76.7	$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	$62.53	$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	$62.53	$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	$62.53	$5,160	5 insurers
Baylor St Lukes Medical Center	TX	$1,678	$587	$58.27	$2,700	5 insurers
CHI ST LUKES LAKESIDE HOSPITAL	TX	$1,678	$587	$53.35	$2,468	5 insurers
HIGH POINT REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM	NC	$1,034	$517	—	—	0 insurers
NORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST HOSPITAL	NC	$1,034	$517	—	—	0 insurers
CONEMAUGH MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	PA	$1,284	$514	—	—	2 insurers
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL COLORADO	CO	$769	$500	—	—	5 insurers
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL COLORADO - COLORADO SPRINGS	CO	$769	$500	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HOSPITAL AUTHORITY	CO	$1,746	$611	—	—	5 insurers
GIBSON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	IL	$612	$612	—	—	5 insurers
GIBSON GENERAL HOSPITAL	IN	$612	$612	—	—	5 insurers
ATRIUM HEALTH FLOYD MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$1,238	$619	—	—	2 insurers
JACKSON COUNTY REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER	IA	$480	$480	—	—	5 insurers
WILKES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$1,256	$628	—	—	0 insurers
GLENCOE REGIONAL HEALTH	MN	$458	$458	—	—	1 insurers
CODY REGIONAL HEALTH	WY	$777	$660	—	—	5 insurers
CHEYENNE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WY	$630	$441	—	—	4 insurers
SLEEPY EYE MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$675	$427	—	—	5 insurers
SAUK PRAIRIE HOSPITAL	WI	$777	$425	—	—	5 insurers
TRINITY ROCK ISLAND	IL	$523	$418	—	—	4 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MARSHALLTOWN	IA	$523	$418	—	—	5 insurers
TRINITY MUSCATINE	IA	$523	$418	—	—	3 insurers