CPT 61026 · 953 hospitals reporting

Injection into brain canal

The same procedure costs $108 at one hospital and $3,870 at another — a 36× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,071.

Cheapest published

$108

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

Median across 953 hospitals

$1,071

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

Most expensive

$3,870

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

Price distribution

145 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
TRINITY MUSCATINE	IA	$1,339	$1,071	—	—	4 insurers
TRINITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$1,339	$1,071	—	—	4 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	IA	$1,339	$1,071	—	—	4 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - DES MOINES IOWA METHODIST MEDI	IA	$1,339	$1,071	—	—	4 insurers
ST LUKES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$1,339	$1,071	—	—	4 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - PANORAMA CITY	CA	$3,136	$1,098	$639	$1,728	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - LOS ANGELES	CA	$3,136	$1,098	$639	$1,728	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - DOWNEY	CA	$3,136	$1,098	$639	$1,728	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL FONTANA/ONTARIO	CA	$3,136	$1,098	$639	$1,728	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN DIEGO	CA	$3,136	$1,098	$639	$1,728	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WEST LA	CA	$3,136	$1,098	$639	$1,728	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WOODLAND HILLS	CA	$3,136	$1,098	$639	$1,728	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL, RIVERSIDE	CA	$3,136	$1,098	$639	$1,728	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - BALDWIN PARK	CA	$3,136	$1,098	$639	$1,728	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-MORENO VALLEY	CA	$3,136	$1,098	$639	$1,728	3 insurers
WESTERLY HOSPITAL	RI	$2,898	$1,043	—	—	5 insurers
SURGICAL INSTITUTE OF READING	PA	—	$1,018	$1,890	$1,890	1 insurers
MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, INC	TN	$2,340	$990	$1,521	$1,521	1 insurers
MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, INC	TN	$2,340	$990	$0.65	$2,317	5 insurers
VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$2,391	$1,219	—	—	4 insurers
ANIMAS SURGICAL HOSPITAL, LLC	CO	—	$1,248	$471	$1,500	3 insurers
MONTEFIORE ST LUKE'S CORNWALL	NY	—	$881	—	—	5 insurers
MAUI MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	HI	$2,256	$880	—	—	3 insurers
NORTH HAWAII COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, INC	HI	$1,830	$1,281	—	—	5 insurers
SANFORD MEDICAL CENTER FARGO	ND	$1,612	$1,290	—	—	2 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO	CA	$3,689	$1,291	$755	$2,096	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-SANTA CLARA	CA	$3,689	$1,291	$755	$2,096	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL AND REHAB CENTER	CA	$3,689	$1,291	$755	$2,096	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - OAKLAND/RICHMOND	CA	$3,689	$1,291	$755	$2,096	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN FRANCISCO	CA	$3,689	$1,291	$755	$2,096	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SACRAMENTO	CA	$3,689	$1,291	$755	$2,096	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL	CA	$3,689	$1,291	$755	$2,096	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - FREMONT	CA	$3,689	$1,291	$755	$2,096	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-SAN JOSE	CA	$3,689	$1,291	$755	$2,096	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSP SO SACRAMENTO	CA	$3,689	$1,291	$755	$2,096	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-SANTA ROSA	CA	$3,689	$1,291	$755	$2,096	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - FRESNO	CA	$3,689	$1,291	$755	$2,096	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - ANTIOCH	CA	$3,689	$1,291	$755	$2,096	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - VACAVILLE	CA	$3,689	$1,291	$755	$2,096	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - ROSEVILLE	CA	$3,689	$1,291	$755	$2,096	3 insurers