CPT 61210 · 833 hospitals reporting

Burr hole implt ventr cath

The same procedure costs $160 at one hospital and $22,291 at another — a 139× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,348.

Cheapest published

$160

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

Median across 833 hospitals

$1,348

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

Most expensive

$22,291

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

Price distribution

152 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
SIDNEY HEALTH CENTER	MT	$2,173	$1,346	—	—	5 insurers
SIDNEY HEALTH CENTER	MT	$2,173	$1,346	—	—	4 insurers
JACKSON COUNTY REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER	IA	$1,351	$1,351	—	—	5 insurers
MEDICAL CENTER OF THE ROCKIES	CO	$1,886	$1,320	—	—	2 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK-ALICE HY	NY	$1,396	$1,396	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE CONDELL MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$2,860	$1,430	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE CHRIST HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$2,860	$1,430	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE GOOD SHEPHERD HOSPITAL	IL	$2,860	$1,430	—	—	5 insurers
UCH-MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM	CO	$3,552	$1,243	—	—	2 insurers
LONGS PEAK HOSPITAL	CO	$3,552	$1,243	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH BROOMFIELD HOSPITAL	CO	$3,552	$1,243	—	—	2 insurers
UCHEALTH GRANDVIEW HOSPITAL	CO	$3,552	$1,243	—	—	2 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MD ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	MD	$1,235	$1,235	—	—	1 insurers
ANTELOPE VALLEY HOSPITAL	CA	$1,200	$1,200	—	—	5 insurers
FAYETTE MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$1,500	$1,500	$1,500	$1,500	1 insurers
ALTRU HOSPITAL	ND	$1,934	$1,180	—	—	0 insurers
UCHEALTH GREELEY HOSPITAL	CO	$1,886	$1,132	—	—	5 insurers
FLUSHING HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	NY	$1,601	$1,601	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH HIGHLANDS RANCH HOSPITAL	CO	$3,552	$1,066	—	—	5 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	MN	$1,695	$949	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MD ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	MD	$926	$926	—	—	2 insurers
CENTRAL VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER	VT	$911	$911	—	—	5 insurers
PEACEHEALTH SOUTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$2,797	$1,818	—	—	5 insurers
TRINITY ROCK ISLAND	IL	$1,078	$862	—	—	4 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MARSHALLTOWN	IA	$1,078	$862	—	—	5 insurers
TRINITY MUSCATINE	IA	$1,078	$862	—	—	3 insurers
TRINITY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$1,078	$862	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	IA	$1,078	$862	—	—	3 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - DES MOINES IOWA METHODIST MEDI	IA	$1,078	$862	—	—	3 insurers
TRINITY - BETTENDORF	IA	$1,078	$862	—	—	4 insurers
ALLEN HOSPITAL	IA	$1,078	$862	—	—	4 insurers
FINLEY HOSPITAL	IA	$1,078	$862	—	—	5 insurers
ST LUKES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$1,078	$862	—	—	3 insurers
GRINNELL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$1,078	$862	—	—	5 insurers
GRUNDY COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IA	$1,078	$862	—	—	4 insurers
JONES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$1,078	$862	—	—	5 insurers
ST ELIZABETH HOSPITAL	WA	$2,753	$837	$1,982	$2,065	2 insurers
ST ELIZABETH HOSPITAL	WA	$2,753	$837	$0.7	$3,410	5 insurers
WASHINGTON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	AR	$1,063	$797	—	—	1 insurers
ST CLARE HOSPITAL	WA	$2,753	$794	$1,982	$2,065	2 insurers