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The same procedure costs $81.6 at one hospital and $5,255 at another — a 64× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $886.

Cheapest published

$81.6

Lowest published price across all reporting hospitals.

Median across 1,155 hospitals

$886

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

441 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
SAINT JOSEPH EAST	KY	$2,206	$886	$2,007	$2,007	1 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH EAST	KY	$2,206	$886	$539	$2,007	5 insurers
SAINT CLARE'S HOSPITAL/ DENVILLE CAMPUS	NJ	$2,206	$886	$2,007	$2,007	1 insurers
SAINT CLARE'S HOSPITAL/ DENVILLE CAMPUS	NJ	$2,206	$886	$539	$2,007	5 insurers
CAPE FEAR VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$1,478	$887	—	—	5 insurers
BETSY JOHNSON REGIONAL HOSPITAL	NC	$1,478	$887	—	—	5 insurers
UNM HOSPITAL	NM	$1,609	$885	—	—	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH SCHUYLER	NE	$1,041	$885	$940	$1,020	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH SCHUYLER	NE	$1,041	$885	$223	$1,179	5 insurers
MONTEFIORE ST LUKE'S CORNWALL	NY	—	$881	—	—	5 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER	OR	$1,642	$876	$1,232	$1,560	5 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER	OR	$1,642	$876	$589	$2,736	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HEALTH LAKEWOOD MEDICAL CENTER	MO	$1,590	$875	—	—	5 insurers
WETZEL COUNTY HOSPITAL	WV	$1,749	$875	—	—	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH PLAINVIEW HOSPITAL	NE	$1,041	$874	$940	$1,020	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH PLAINVIEW HOSPITAL	NE	$1,041	$874	$635	$1,410	5 insurers
CITIZENS MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$1,746	$873	—	—	5 insurers
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS, INC	WV	$1,803	$902	—	—	5 insurers
CARILION MEDICAL CENTER	VA	$2,455	$859	—	—	5 insurers
CARILION NEW RIVER VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	VA	$2,455	$859	—	—	5 insurers
CARILION FRANKLIN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	VA	$2,455	$859	—	—	5 insurers
CARILION TAZEWELL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	VA	$2,455	$859	—	—	5 insurers
CARILION GILES COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	VA	$2,455	$859	—	—	5 insurers
ST JOSEPHS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL WEST BEND	WI	$1,678	$923	—	—	5 insurers
ST MARY-CORWIN HOSPITAL	CO	$2,111	$845	—	—	5 insurers
ST. CATHERINE HOSPITAL - GARDEN CITY	KS	$2,111	$845	—	—	4 insurers
BOB WILSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	KS	$2,111	$845	—	—	5 insurers
OKLAHOMA SPINE HOSPITAL	OK	$1,875	$930	—	—	5 insurers
TRI-CITY MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$1,397	$838	—	—	0 insurers
TRI-CITY MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$1,397	$838	—	—	5 insurers
BAXTER HEALTH	AR	$1,563	$938	—	—	3 insurers
JOHNSON COUNTY HEALTHCARE CENTER	WY	$938	$938	—	—	0 insurers
HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL - SALT LAKE	UT	$2,353	$941	—	—	5 insurers
VALLEY VIEW HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION	CO	$1,060	$954	—	—	5 insurers
VALLEY VIEW HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION	CO	$1,060	$954	—	—	5 insurers
CHEROKEE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$1,060	$954	—	—	5 insurers
CHEROKEE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$1,060	$954	—	—	5 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK-ALICE HY	NY	$955	$955	—	—	5 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH MOUNT STERLING	KY	$2,227	$816	$2,027	$2,027	1 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH MOUNT STERLING	KY	$2,227	$816	$466	$2,027	5 insurers