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The same procedure costs $170 at one hospital and $22,314 at another — a 131× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $2,953.

Cheapest published

$170

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

Median across 1,060 hospitals

$2,953

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

Most expensive

$22,314

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

Price distribution

234 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
PARADISE VALLEY HOSPITAL	CA	$16,216	$2,953	$1,009	$16,216	5 insurers
WEST ANAHEIM MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$8,452	$2,953	$1,009	$8,452	5 insurers
LA PALMA INTERCOMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$8,452	$2,953	$1,009	$18,375	5 insurers
CENTINELA HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$11,711	$2,953	$200	$11,711	5 insurers
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS, INC	WV	$5,895	$2,948	—	—	5 insurers
MAGEE GENERAL HOSPITAL	MS	$8,544	$2,965	—	—	5 insurers
SOUTHERN TENNESSEE REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM PULASKI	TN	$10,134	$2,969	—	—	1 insurers
PEACEHEALTH SOUTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$4,608	$2,995	—	—	5 insurers
BRADLEY COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER	AR	$6,004	$3,002	—	—	5 insurers
CHEYENNE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WY	$4,148	$2,903	—	—	2 insurers
UNM HOSPITAL	NM	$5,465	$3,006	—	—	5 insurers
WILLS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	GA	$3,850	$2,887	—	—	0 insurers
MONTEFIORE ST LUKE'S CORNWALL	NY	—	$2,881	—	—	5 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK-ALICE HY	NY	$3,068	$3,068	—	—	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S PATIENTS MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$8,048	$2,817	$5,231	$6,036	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S PATIENTS MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$8,048	$2,817	$807	$12,381	5 insurers
PHYSICIANS CENTRE,THE	TX	$2,791	$2,791	—	—	5 insurers
HENDERSON COUNTY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	TN	$6,972	$2,789	—	—	2 insurers
HAYWOOD COUNTY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	TN	$6,972	$2,789	—	—	2 insurers
RANDOLPH HOSPITAL	NC	$13,823	$2,765	—	—	4 insurers
CHESHIRE MEDICAL CENTER	NH	$9,925	$2,739	—	—	5 insurers
ELMORE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	AL	$6,842	$2,737	—	—	5 insurers
VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$6,228	$3,176	—	—	4 insurers
BETSY JOHNSON REGIONAL HOSPITAL	NC	$4,520	$2,712	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MD ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	MD	$2,700	$2,700	—	—	1 insurers
FAYETTE MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$2,679	$2,679	$878	$3,067	1 insurers
SAINT MICHAEL'S MEDICAL CENTER	NJ	$17,313	$2,676	$21.83	$13,851	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL	PA	—	$2,674	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN MONTGOMERY HOSPITAL	PA	—	$2,674	—	—	5 insurers
University of Arkansas Medical Sciences	AR	$5,390	$3,234	—	—	5 insurers
SURGEONS CHOICE MEDICAL CENTER	MI	$6,850	$2,664	—	—	5 insurers
MADISON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	ID	$3,876	$3,295	—	—	5 insurers
MADISON HOSPITAL	MN	$3,876	$3,295	—	—	5 insurers
METRO NASHVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL	TN	$5,500	$3,300	—	—	5 insurers
LUCAS COUNTY HEALTH CENTER	IA	$3,316	$3,316	$681	$3,600	0 insurers
SURGICAL INSTITUTE OF READING	PA	$13,206	$3,329	$1,021	$618,041	5 insurers
BAPTIST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER-DREW COUNTY	AR	$10,231	$2,558	—	—	5 insurers
PEACEHEALTH ST JOHN MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$5,156	$3,351	—	—	5 insurers
GENEVA GENERAL HOSPITAL	NY	$6,363	$2,545	—	—	0 insurers
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF YATES	NY	$6,363	$2,545	—	—	5 insurers