CPT 62281 · 963 hospitals reporting

Tx spinal cord lesion cer/thor

The same procedure costs $155 at one hospital and $6,554 at another — a 42× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,063.

Cheapest published

$155

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

Median across 963 hospitals

$1,063

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

Most expensive

$6,554

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

Price distribution

192 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
CRENSHAW COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	AL	$2,130	$1,065	—	—	2 insurers
CRENSHAW COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	AL	$2,130	$1,065	—	—	2 insurers
MAUI MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	HI	$2,718	$1,060	—	—	3 insurers
SURGEONS CHOICE MEDICAL CENTER	MI	$4,850	$1,042	—	—	5 insurers
USC ARCADIA HOSPITAL	CA	$2,953	$1,034	—	—	5 insurers
POMERENE HOSPITAL	OH	$1,283	$1,026	—	—	5 insurers
SAINT MICHAEL'S MEDICAL CENTER	NJ	$3,195	$1,025	$21.83	$3,195	5 insurers
Adventhealth Zephyrhills	FL	$1,835	$1,101	$120	$1,962	5 insurers
ADVENTHEALTH TAMPA	FL	$1,835	$1,101	$8.07	$3,435	5 insurers
MONTEFIORE ST LUKE'S CORNWALL	NY	—	$1,104	—	—	5 insurers
NORTHWEST TEXAS HOSPITAL	TX	$2,785	$1,114	—	—	5 insurers
CHESAPEAKE GENERAL HOSPITAL	VA	$1,870	$1,122	—	—	0 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK-ALICE HY	NY	$1,002	$1,002	—	—	5 insurers
LANDMARK MEDICAL CENTER	RI	$4,111	$989	$520	$4,082	5 insurers
MANATEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	FL	$2,895	$1,158	—	—	5 insurers
LAKEWOOD RANCH MEDICAL CENTER	FL	$2,895	$1,158	—	—	5 insurers
NORTH VISTA HOSPITAL	NV	$20,102	$962	$360	$20,102	5 insurers
ADVOCATE LUTHERAN GENERAL HOSPITAL	IL	$2,340	$1,170	—	—	5 insurers
MOUNT GRANT GENERAL HOSPITAL	NV	$3,195	$904	$556	$3,195	5 insurers
ROXBOROUGH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	PA	$3,195	$904	$556	$3,195	5 insurers
DALLAS MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$4,168	$884	$270	$3,334	5 insurers
LOWER BUCKS HOSPITAL	PA	$3,195	$870	$556	$3,195	5 insurers
SURGICAL INSTITUTE OF READING	PA	$2,700	$1,276	$127	$126,360	5 insurers
PALMDALE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$3,221	$1,288	—	—	5 insurers
COQUILLE VALLEY HOSPITAL	OR	—	$830	$457	$841	5 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - PANORAMA CITY	CA	$3,776	$1,322	$829	$2,240	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - LOS ANGELES	CA	$3,776	$1,322	$829	$2,240	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - DOWNEY	CA	$3,776	$1,322	$829	$2,240	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL FONTANA/ONTARIO	CA	$3,776	$1,322	$829	$2,240	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN DIEGO	CA	$3,776	$1,322	$829	$2,240	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WEST LA	CA	$3,776	$1,322	$829	$2,240	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WOODLAND HILLS	CA	$3,776	$1,322	$829	$2,240	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL, RIVERSIDE	CA	$3,776	$1,322	$829	$2,240	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - BALDWIN PARK	CA	$3,776	$1,322	$829	$2,240	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-MORENO VALLEY	CA	$3,776	$1,322	$829	$2,240	3 insurers
University of Arkansas Medical Sciences	AR	$1,331	$799	—	—	5 insurers
UT OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL - WILLIAM P. CLEMENTS JR.	TX	$1,064	$798	—	—	5 insurers
EMANUEL MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$3,324	$1,330	—	—	0 insurers
DLP SWAIN COUNTY HOSPITAL LLC	NC	$3,324	$1,330	—	—	0 insurers
TMC- BONHAM HOSPITAL	TX	$2,633	$790	—	—	4 insurers