CPT 61605 · 610 hospitals reporting

Resect/excise cranial lesion

The same procedure costs $529 at one hospital and $26,135 at another — a 49× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $5,923.

Cheapest published

$529

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

Median across 610 hospitals

$5,923

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

Most expensive

$26,135

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

Price distribution

31 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
BOZEMAN HEALTH DEACONESS HOSPITAL	MT	$7,404	$5,923	$2,054	$7,404	5 insurers
BOZEMAN HEALTH BIG SKY MEDICAL CENTER	MT	$7,404	$5,923	$2,054	$7,404	5 insurers
ALTRU HOSPITAL	ND	$10,220	$6,234	—	—	0 insurers
SIDNEY HEALTH CENTER	MT	$10,595	$6,560	—	—	5 insurers
CAMPBELL COUNTY HEALTH	WY	$4,975	$4,975	—	—	0 insurers
CHEYENNE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WY	$10,443	$7,310	—	—	2 insurers
VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$5,676	$3,973	$2,264	$2,871	0 insurers
DESOTO REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM	LA	$5,600	$3,920	—	—	5 insurers
JOHN H STROGER JR HOSPITAL	IL	$5,411	$3,788	—	—	5 insurers
PROVIDENT HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO	IL	$5,411	$3,788	—	—	5 insurers
WASHINGTON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	AR	$4,996	$3,747	—	—	0 insurers
FLUSHING HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	NY	$8,420	$8,420	—	—	5 insurers
SOUTHWESTERN VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER	VT	$4,875	$3,413	—	—	5 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK-ALICE HY	NY	$8,834	$8,834	—	—	5 insurers
PENOBSCOT VALLEY HOSPITAL	ME	$3,607	$2,886	—	—	5 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH DEACONESS MADISONVILLE	KY	$4,687	$2,203	—	—	4 insurers
ESKENAZI HEALTH	IN	$2,100	$2,100	—	—	5 insurers
ESKENAZI HEALTH	IN	$2,100	$2,100	—	—	5 insurers
ESKENAZI HEALTH	IN	$2,100	$2,100	—	—	5 insurers
DEACONESS ILLINOIS CROSSROADS	IL	$4,743	$1,660	—	—	2 insurers
BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE SURGICAL HOSPITAL FORTWORTH	TX	$881	$529	$485	$10,356	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S WARREN HOSPITAL	NJ	$31,488	$26,135	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - UPPER BUCKS CAMPUS	PA	$31,488	$26,135	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL BETHLEHEM	PA	$31,488	$26,135	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - GRAND VIEW CAMPUS	PA	$31,488	$26,135	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - EASTON CAMPUS	PA	$31,488	$26,135	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S MINERS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	PA	$31,488	$26,135	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - ANDERSON CAMPUS	PA	$31,488	$26,135	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - MONROE CAMPUS	PA	$31,488	$26,135	—	—	3 insurers
GEISINGER ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL	PA	$31,488	$26,135	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - CARBON CAMPUS	PA	$31,488	$26,135	—	—	3 insurers
THE EAST ALABAMA HEALTHCARE AUTHORITY	AL	—	—	—	—	5 insurers
THE EAST ALABAMA HEALTHCARE AUTHORITY	AL	—	—	—	—	5 insurers
LAWRENCE MEDICAL CENTER	AL	—	—	—	—	5 insurers
RUSSELL MEDICAL CENTER	AL	—	—	—	—	1 insurers
GROVE HILL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	AL	—	—	—	—	1 insurers
EAMC - LANIER	AL	—	—	—	—	5 insurers
EAMC - LANIER	AL	—	—	—	—	5 insurers
TANNER MEDICAL CENTER-EAST ALABAMA	AL	—	—	—	—	5 insurers
TANNER MEDICAL CENTER-EAST ALABAMA	AL	—	—	—	—	5 insurers