CPT 65235 · 1,012 hospitals reporting

Remove foreign body from eye

The same procedure costs $176 at one hospital and $45,719 at another — a 260× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $2,513.

Cheapest published

$176

Lowest published price across all reporting hospitals.

Median across 1,012 hospitals

$2,513

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

Most expensive

$45,719

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

Price distribution

271 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	$7,179	$2,513	$2,091	$5,651	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - LOS ANGELES	CA	$7,179	$2,513	$2,091	$5,651	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - DOWNEY	CA	$7,179	$2,513	$2,091	$5,651	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL FONTANA/ONTARIO	CA	$7,179	$2,513	$2,091	$5,651	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN DIEGO	CA	$7,179	$2,513	$2,091	$5,651	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WEST LA	CA	$7,179	$2,513	$2,091	$5,651	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WOODLAND HILLS	CA	$7,179	$2,513	$2,091	$5,651	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL, RIVERSIDE	CA	$7,179	$2,513	$2,091	$5,651	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - BALDWIN PARK	CA	$7,179	$2,513	$2,091	$5,651	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-MORENO VALLEY	CA	$7,179	$2,513	$2,091	$5,651	3 insurers
HEYWOOD HOSPITAL -	MA	$2,542	$2,542	$1,400	$5,368	5 insurers
ATRIUM HEALTH FLOYD MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$4,952	$2,476	—	—	2 insurers
MISSION COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$3,803	$2,472	—	—	5 insurers
UCH-MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM	CO	$6,972	$2,440	—	—	5 insurers
LONGS PEAK HOSPITAL	CO	$6,972	$2,440	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH BROOMFIELD HOSPITAL	CO	$6,972	$2,440	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH GRANDVIEW HOSPITAL	CO	$6,972	$2,440	—	—	5 insurers
USC ARCADIA HOSPITAL	CA	$7,448	$2,607	—	—	5 insurers
JACKSON GENERAL HOSPITAL	WV	$4,788	$2,394	—	—	0 insurers
ST NICHOLAS HOSPITAL	WI	$3,991	$2,634	—	—	5 insurers
WEIRTON MEDICAL CENTER, INC	WV	$5,305	$2,653	—	—	5 insurers
DARDANELLE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	AR	$6,824	$2,661	—	—	1 insurers
University of Arkansas Medical Sciences	AR	$3,927	$2,356	—	—	5 insurers
ELLIS HOSPITAL	NY	$5,371	$2,686	—	—	4 insurers
DOYLESTOWN HOSPITAL	PA	$2,324	$2,324	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HOSPITAL AUTHORITY	CO	$6,559	$2,296	—	—	5 insurers
WALLOWA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	OR	$2,451	$2,206	$2,328	$2,402	0 insurers
COSHOCTON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$5,731	$2,172	$502	$5,616	5 insurers
O U MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$21,639	$2,164	$1,408	$17,744	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HEALTH LAKEWOOD MEDICAL CENTER	MO	$3,910	$2,151	—	—	5 insurers
MONTEFIORE ST LUKE'S CORNWALL	NY	—	$2,881	—	—	5 insurers
VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$5,664	$2,889	—	—	4 insurers
BRAXTON COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC	WV	$5,830	$2,915	—	—	0 insurers
FLUSHING HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	NY	$2,107	$2,107	—	—	5 insurers
METRO NASHVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL	TN	$4,889	$2,933	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH HIGHLANDS RANCH HOSPITAL	CO	$6,972	$2,092	—	—	5 insurers
NORTHWEST TEXAS HOSPITAL	TX	$7,352	$2,941	—	—	5 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER-LITTLE ROCK	AR	$8,256	$2,064	—	—	5 insurers
USA HEALTH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL	AL	$8,017	$2,992	—	—	5 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL	NJ	$8,017	$2,992	—	—	5 insurers