CPT 64517 · 1,113 hospitals reporting

N block inj hypogas plxs

The same procedure costs $77.5 at one hospital and $13,723 at another — a 177× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,135.

Cheapest published

$77.5

Lowest published price across all reporting hospitals.

Median across 1,113 hospitals

$1,135

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

404 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
ADVOCATE SHERMAN HOSPITAL	IL	$2,270	$1,135	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE CONDELL MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$2,270	$1,135	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE LUTHERAN GENERAL HOSPITAL	IL	$2,270	$1,135	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE GOOD SHEPHERD HOSPITAL	IL	$2,270	$1,135	—	—	5 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	MN	$2,030	$1,137	—	—	5 insurers
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS, INC	WV	$2,260	$1,130	—	—	5 insurers
UNM HOSPITAL	NM	$2,091	$1,150	—	—	5 insurers
MARSHALL MEDICAL CENTERS	AL	$1,157	$1,157	—	—	5 insurers
MARSHALL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$1,157	$1,157	—	—	5 insurers
MARSHALL MEDICAL CENTER	TN	$1,157	$1,157	—	—	5 insurers
OKLAHOMA SPINE HOSPITAL	OK	$2,829	$1,165	—	—	5 insurers
CARILION MEDICAL CENTER	VA	$3,155	$1,104	—	—	5 insurers
MONTEFIORE ST LUKE'S CORNWALL	NY	—	$1,104	—	—	5 insurers
USA HEALTH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL	AL	$3,352	$1,168	—	—	5 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL	NJ	$3,352	$1,168	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM, INC	TN	$3,352	$1,168	—	—	5 insurers
O U MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$11,015	$1,101	$774	$9,032	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
ST THOMAS MORE HOSPITAL	CO	$2,750	$1,100	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW RIDGES HOSPITAL	MN	$2,571	$1,093	—	—	5 insurers
ST JOSEPHS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL WEST BEND	WI	$1,966	$1,081	—	—	5 insurers
HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL - SALT LAKE	UT	$3,006	$1,202	—	—	5 insurers
HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL-DAVIS	UT	$3,006	$1,202	—	—	5 insurers
HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL-JORDAN VALLEY	UT	$3,006	$1,202	—	—	5 insurers
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL COLORADO	CO	$1,886	$1,226	—	—	5 insurers
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL COLORADO - COLORADO SPRINGS	CO	$1,886	$1,226	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL	PA	—	$1,044	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN MONTGOMERY HOSPITAL	PA	—	$1,044	—	—	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S WARREN HOSPITAL	NJ	$1,492	$1,238	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - UPPER BUCKS CAMPUS	PA	$1,492	$1,238	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL BETHLEHEM	PA	$1,492	$1,238	—	—	3 insurers