CPT 61684 · 606 hospitals reporting

Intracranial vessel surgery

The same procedure costs $2,261 at one hospital and $12,323 at another — a 5× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $5,075.

Cheapest published

$2,261

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

Median across 606 hospitals

$5,075

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

Most expensive

$12,323

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

Price distribution

13 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
DESOTO REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM	LA	$7,250	$5,075	—	—	5 insurers
VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$7,025	$4,918	$2,802	$2,871	0 insurers
CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$8,681	$5,643	$13,031	$29,009	1 insurers
SIDNEY HEALTH CENTER	MT	$9,261	$5,734	—	—	5 insurers
WASHINGTON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	AR	$5,709	$4,282	—	—	0 insurers
SOUTHWESTERN VERMONT MEDICAL CENTER	VT	$6,059	$4,241	—	—	5 insurers
JOHN H STROGER JR HOSPITAL	IL	$8,715	$6,101	—	—	5 insurers
PROVIDENT HOSPITAL OF CHICAGO	IL	$8,715	$6,101	—	—	5 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH DEACONESS MADISONVILLE	KY	$6,079	$2,857	—	—	5 insurers
CHESHIRE MEDICAL CENTER	NH	$8,603	$2,374	—	—	5 insurers
DEACONESS ILLINOIS CROSSROADS	IL	$6,460	$2,261	—	—	2 insurers
CHEYENNE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WY	$13,863	$9,704	—	—	2 insurers
FLUSHING HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	NY	$12,323	$12,323	—	—	5 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
ALASKA REGIONAL HOSPITAL	AK	—	—	$9,660	$12,002	3 insurers
TUCSON MEDICAL CENTER	AZ	—	—	—	—	2 insurers
ST JOSEPH'S HOSPITAL	AZ	—	—	—	—	5 insurers
YAVAPAI REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	AZ	—	—	$2,972	$3,120	5 insurers
HONOR HEALTH JOHN C. LINCOLN MEDICAL CENTER	AZ	—	—	—	—	5 insurers
ST JOSEPHS HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER	AZ	—	—	$1,570	$14,320	5 insurers
CHANDLER REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	AZ	—	—	$2,700	$14,438	5 insurers
HONORHEALTH TEMPE MEDICAL CENTER	AZ	—	—	—	—	5 insurers
HONORHEALTH SCOTTSDALE OSBORN MEDICAL CENTER	AZ	—	—	—	—	5 insurers
HONORHEALTH SCOTTSDALE SHEA MEDICAL CENTER	AZ	—	—	—	—	5 insurers
HONORHEALTH DEER VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	AZ	—	—	—	—	5 insurers
MERCY GILBERT MEDICAL CENTER	AZ	—	—	$2,972	$14,438	5 insurers
HONORHEALTH MOUNTAIN VISTA MEDICAL CENTER	AZ	—	—	—	—	5 insurers
DIGNITY HEALTH - ARIZONA GENERAL HOSPITAL	AZ	—	—	$2,972	$8,205	5 insurers
HONORHEALTH SONORAN CROSSING MEDICAL CENTER	AZ	—	—	—	—	5 insurers
BENSON HOSPITAL	AZ	—	—	—	—	1 insurers
CHI-ST VINCENT INFIRMARY	AR	—	—	$2,280	$6,955	5 insurers
ST VINCENT MEDICAL CENTER/NORTH	AR	—	—	$2,280	$4,105	5 insurers