CPT 62326 · 1,081 hospitals reporting

Njx interlaminar lmbr/sac

The same procedure costs $50.39 at one hospital and $5,255 at another — a 104× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $995.

Cheapest published

$50.39

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

Median across 1,081 hospitals

$995

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

Most expensive

$5,255

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

Price distribution

313 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
VALLEY VIEW HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION	CO	$1,105	$995	—	—	0 insurers
CHEROKEE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$1,105	$995	—	—	0 insurers
BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE SURGICAL HOSPITAL FORTWORTH	TX	$1,655	$993	$910	$10,356	5 insurers
LANDMARK MEDICAL CENTER	RI	$2,466	$989	$613	$2,466	5 insurers
PRINCETON BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$2,003	$1,002	—	—	5 insurers
ST JOSEPHS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL WEST BEND	WI	$1,821	$1,002	—	—	5 insurers
BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE ORTHOPEDIC AND SPINE HOSPI	TX	$1,638	$983	$901	$10,356	5 insurers
NORTH CENTRAL SURGICAL CENTER LLP	TX	$1,622	$973	$892	$10,356	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL	PA	—	$1,021	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN MONTGOMERY HOSPITAL	PA	—	$1,021	—	—	5 insurers
SAINT MICHAEL'S MEDICAL CENTER	NJ	$2,466	$1,025	$21.83	$2,466	5 insurers
NORTH VISTA HOSPITAL	NV	$2,466	$962	$360	$2,466	5 insurers
WALLOWA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	OR	$1,150	$1,035	$1,093	$1,127	0 insurers
ARKANSAS SURGICAL HOSPITAL	AR	$473	$1,040	$284	$1,193	5 insurers
ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$1,683	$943	$86.95	$1,683	5 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL	KY	$1,990	$937	$1,811	$1,811	1 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL	KY	$1,990	$937	$467	$2,152	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH PLAINVIEW HOSPITAL	NE	$1,254	$1,053	$1,132	$1,229	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH PLAINVIEW HOSPITAL	NE	$1,254	$1,053	$765	$1,698	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH SCHUYLER	NE	$1,254	$1,066	$1,132	$1,229	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH SCHUYLER	NE	$1,254	$1,066	$269	$1,420	5 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER REDDING	CA	$1,817	$921	$1,635	$1,781	3 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER REDDING	CA	$1,817	$921	$280	$5,310	5 insurers
SUSAN B ALLEN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	KS	$1,411	$917	—	—	2 insurers
MAUI MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	HI	$2,334	$910	—	—	1 insurers
MARLETTE REGIONAL HOSPITAL	MI	$905	$905	—	—	5 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - PANORAMA CITY	CA	$3,147	$1,101	$829	$2,240	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - LOS ANGELES	CA	$3,147	$1,101	$829	$2,240	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - DOWNEY	CA	$3,147	$1,101	$829	$2,240	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL FONTANA/ONTARIO	CA	$3,147	$1,101	$829	$2,240	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN DIEGO	CA	$3,147	$1,101	$829	$2,240	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WEST LA	CA	$3,147	$1,101	$829	$2,240	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WOODLAND HILLS	CA	$3,147	$1,101	$829	$2,240	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL, RIVERSIDE	CA	$3,147	$1,101	$829	$2,240	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - BALDWIN PARK	CA	$3,147	$1,101	$829	$2,240	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-MORENO VALLEY	CA	$3,147	$1,101	$829	$2,240	3 insurers
MONTEFIORE ST LUKE'S CORNWALL	NY	—	$1,104	—	—	5 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH DEACONESS MADISONVILLE	KY	$6,806	$885	—	—	5 insurers
SOUTHERN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$4,669	$882	$271	$4,669	5 insurers
GARDEN CITY HOSPITAL	MI	$4,112	$877	$470	$4,112	5 insurers