CPT 62267 · 1,182 hospitals reporting

Aspiration of spinal disc tissue for diagnostic purposes

The same procedure costs $60.5 at one hospital and $10,296 at another — a 170× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $851.

Cheapest published

$60.5

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

Median across 1,182 hospitals

$851

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

Most expensive

$10,296

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

Price distribution

494 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
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER OF MT SHASTA	CA	$1,093	$850	$568	$1,071	5 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER OF MT SHASTA	CA	$1,093	$850	$158	$1,071	5 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$1,093	$850	$568	$1,071	5 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$1,093	$850	$158	$1,071	5 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	MN	$1,520	$851	—	—	5 insurers
MAUI MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	HI	$2,184	$852	—	—	2 insurers
HILTON HEAD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	SC	$5,006	$853	$659	$7,993	5 insurers
EAST COOPER MEDICAL CENTER	SC	$4,204	$853	$659	$3,784	5 insurers
COASTAL CAROLINA HOSPITAL	SC	—	$853	$659	$1,340	5 insurers
HIGH POINT REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM	NC	$1,713	$857	—	—	0 insurers
NORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST HOSPITAL	NC	$1,713	$857	—	—	0 insurers
CAPITAL HEALTH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	NJ	$2,108	$843	—	—	1 insurers
FAIRVIEW LAKES HEALTH SERVICES	MN	$2,141	$859	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW SOUTHDALE HOSPITAL	MN	$2,141	$859	—	—	4 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW UNIVERSITY OF MN MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$2,141	$859	—	—	4 insurers
FAIRVIEW NORTHLAND REGIONAL HOSPITAL	MN	$2,141	$859	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL	MN	$2,141	$859	—	—	4 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW WOODWINDS HOSPITAL	MN	$2,141	$859	—	—	4 insurers
ADVOCATE LUTHERAN GENERAL HOSPITAL	IL	$1,730	$865	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE GOOD SHEPHERD HOSPITAL	IL	$1,730	$865	—	—	5 insurers
CONEMAUGH MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	PA	$2,178	$871	—	—	2 insurers
CARILION MEDICAL CENTER	VA	$2,494	$873	—	—	5 insurers
CARILION NEW RIVER VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	VA	$2,494	$873	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL	PA	—	$825	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN MONTGOMERY HOSPITAL	PA	—	$825	—	—	5 insurers
MARIA PARHAM MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$2,059	$823	—	—	0 insurers
METRO NASHVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL	TN	$1,465	$879	—	—	5 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL	HI	$2,256	$880	$554	$1,977	3 insurers
SAINT MICHAEL'S MEDICAL CENTER	NJ	$3,245	$821	$21.83	$3,245	5 insurers
ADVENTHEALTH CENTRAL TEXAS	TX	$1,764	$882	$789	$1,588	5 insurers
ADVENTHEALTH ROLLINS BROOK	TX	$1,764	$882	$789	$1,588	5 insurers
MANATEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	FL	$2,045	$818	—	—	5 insurers
LAKEWOOD RANCH MEDICAL CENTER	FL	$2,045	$818	—	—	5 insurers
MONTEFIORE ST LUKE'S CORNWALL	NY	—	$884	—	—	5 insurers
ROME MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC	NY	$2,021	$816	—	—	5 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - PANORAMA CITY	CA	$2,535	$887	$626	$1,693	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - LOS ANGELES	CA	$2,535	$887	$626	$1,693	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - DOWNEY	CA	$2,535	$887	$626	$1,693	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL FONTANA/ONTARIO	CA	$2,535	$887	$626	$1,693	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN DIEGO	CA	$2,535	$887	$626	$1,693	3 insurers