CPT 64772 · 1,034 hospitals reporting

Incision or removal of spinal nerve

The same procedure costs $143 at one hospital and $27,349 at another — a 191× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $2,452.

Cheapest published

$143

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

Median across 1,034 hospitals

$2,452

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

Most expensive

$27,349

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

Price distribution

191 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
SACRED HEART MEDICAL CENTER - RIVERBEND	OR	$3,772	$2,452	—	—	5 insurers
MONTEFIORE ST LUKE'S CORNWALL	NY	—	$2,438	—	—	5 insurers
NEBRASKA SPINE HOSPITAL, LLC	NE	$12,617	$2,535	—	—	1 insurers
NORTH CANYON MEDICAL CENTER	ID	$3,196	$2,557	—	—	5 insurers
BARAGA COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	MI	$2,610	$2,610	—	—	0 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL	PA	—	$2,290	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN MONTGOMERY HOSPITAL	PA	—	$2,290	—	—	5 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK-ALICE HY	NY	$2,288	$2,288	—	—	5 insurers
HOLY FAMILY MEMORIAL	WI	—	$2,281	$525	$4,064	0 insurers
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS, INC	WV	$5,249	$2,625	—	—	5 insurers
RICHMOND UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	NY	$1,960	$2,653	$642	$2,162	5 insurers
FLUSHING HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	NY	$2,205	$2,205	—	—	5 insurers
SUMMIT SURGICAL, LLC	KS	$2,743	$2,194	—	—	5 insurers
COLQUITT REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$2,722	$2,722	—	—	5 insurers
JACKSON COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AUTHORITY	OK	$2,722	$2,722	—	—	5 insurers
MARSHFIELD MEDICAL CENTER - RICE LAKE	WI	$2,295	$2,180	—	—	5 insurers
MARSHFIELD MEDICAL CENTER	WI	$2,295	$2,180	—	—	5 insurers
MARSHFIELD MEDICAL CENTER - BEAVER DAM (MMC-BD)	WI	$2,295	$2,180	—	—	5 insurers
MARSHFIELD MEDICAL CENTER - WESTON	WI	$2,295	$2,180	—	—	5 insurers
MARSHFIELD MEDICAL CENTER - EAU CLAIRE	WI	$2,295	$2,180	—	—	5 insurers
MARSHFIELD MEDICAL CENTER - MINOCQUA	WI	$2,295	$2,180	—	—	5 insurers
MARSHFIELD MEDICAL CENTER - RIVER REGION	WI	$2,295	$2,180	—	—	5 insurers
MARSHFIELD MEDICAL CENTER - NEILLSVILLE	WI	$2,295	$2,180	—	—	5 insurers
FLAMBEAU HOSPITAL	WI	$2,295	$2,180	—	—	5 insurers
MARSHFIELD MEDICAL CENTER - LADYSMITH	WI	$2,295	$2,180	—	—	5 insurers
MOUNTAIN VIEW HOSPITAL	ID	$3,090	$2,163	$1,702	$4,291	5 insurers
IDAHO FALLS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, LLC	ID	$3,090	$2,163	$1,591	$4,487	4 insurers
BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER - NASSAU	FL	$11,326	$2,152	—	—	5 insurers
SOUTH TEXAS SPINE AND SURGICAL HOSPITAL	TX	$2,770	$2,770	—	—	5 insurers
BELL HOSPITAL	MI	$3,796	$2,121	—	—	0 insurers
SURGICAL INSTITUTE OF READING	PA	$9,444	$2,817	$567	$441,979	5 insurers
ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$7,346	$2,082	$488	$7,346	5 insurers
UNM HOSPITAL	NM	$3,760	$2,068	—	—	5 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MERITER	WI	$3,556	$2,845	—	—	5 insurers
LEGENT SURGICAL HOSPITAL PLANO	TX	$7,639	$2,942	—	—	4 insurers
JAMAICA HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	NY	$1,947	$1,947	—	—	5 insurers
CHEYENNE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WY	$2,755	$1,929	—	—	2 insurers
RIVER'S EDGE HOSPITAL & CLINIC	MN	$2,406	$1,924	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MD ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	MD	$1,914	$1,914	—	—	1 insurers
BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER BEACHES	FL	$10,061	$1,912	—	—	5 insurers