CPT 64449 · 978 hospitals reporting

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The same procedure costs $65.78 at one hospital and $13,723 at another — a 209× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,101.

Cheapest published

$65.78

Lowest published price across all reporting hospitals.

Median across 978 hospitals

$1,101

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

Most expensive

$13,723

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

Price distribution

238 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
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
NOVANT HEALTH THOMASVILLE MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$1,857	$1,114	$337	$1,801	5 insurers
POMERENE HOSPITAL	OH	$1,350	$1,080	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE LUTHERAN GENERAL HOSPITAL	IL	$2,260	$1,130	—	—	5 insurers
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS, INC	WV	$2,260	$1,130	—	—	5 insurers
GARDEN GROVE HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$3,360	$1,132	$91.59	$3,360	5 insurers
WEST ANAHEIM MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$3,360	$1,132	$91.59	$3,360	5 insurers
LA PALMA INTERCOMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$3,360	$1,132	$91.59	$3,360	5 insurers
POTOMAC VALLEY HOSPITAL	WV	$2,280	$1,140	—	—	0 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL	PA	—	$1,044	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN MONTGOMERY HOSPITAL	PA	—	$1,044	—	—	5 insurers
OKLAHOMA SPINE HOSPITAL	OK	$1,471	$1,165	—	—	5 insurers
BAYLOR MEDICAL CENTER AT TROPHY CLUB	TX	$1,955	$1,173	$1,075	$8,427	5 insurers
HSHS ST CLARE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WI	$1,558	$1,028	—	—	5 insurers
SAINT MICHAEL'S MEDICAL CENTER	NJ	$3,195	$1,025	$426	$3,195	5 insurers
THOMAS HOSPITAL	AL	$2,362	$1,181	—	—	5 insurers
PRINCETON BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$2,003	$1,002	—	—	5 insurers
LANDMARK MEDICAL CENTER	RI	$4,111	$989	$520	$4,082	5 insurers
ST MARY'S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$3,037	$1,215	—	—	4 insurers
BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE ORTHOPEDIC AND SPINE HOSPI	TX	$1,636	$982	$900	$8,427	5 insurers
NORTH CENTRAL SURGICAL CENTER LLP	TX	$1,635	$981	$899	$8,427	5 insurers
NOVANT HEALTH MEDICAL PARK HOSPITAL	NC	$2,059	$1,235	$488	$1,997	5 insurers
CHI SAINT JOSEPH BEREA NF	KY	$2,005	$967	$922	$1,825	5 insurers
CHI SAINT JOSEPH BEREA NF	KY	$2,005	$967	$553	$1,825	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HEALTH LAKEWOOD MEDICAL CENTER	MO	$2,251	$1,238	—	—	5 insurers
NORTH VISTA HOSPITAL	NV	$3,360	$962	$76.9	$3,360	5 insurers
UNM HOSPITAL	NM	$1,731	$952	—	—	5 insurers
BAKERSFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	CA	$2,590	$951	$1,813	$2,046	3 insurers
BAKERSFIELD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	CA	$2,590	$951	$105	$6,300	5 insurers
OAKLEAF SURGICAL HOSPITAL	WI	$1,392	$1,253	$308	$1,392	5 insurers