CPT 69000 · 1,497 hospitals reporting

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The same procedure costs $55.89 at one hospital and $10,169 at another — a 182× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $612.

Cheapest published

$55.89

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

Median across 1,497 hospitals

$612

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

Most expensive

$10,169

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

Price distribution

500 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
SIGNATURE HEALTHCARE BROCKTON HOSPITAL	MA	$873	$611	—	—	5 insurers
RIVER'S EDGE HOSPITAL & CLINIC	MN	$766	$612	—	—	5 insurers
FAIRVIEW LAKES HEALTH SERVICES	MN	$1,532	$614	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW SOUTHDALE HOSPITAL	MN	$1,532	$614	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW UNIVERSITY OF MN MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$1,532	$614	—	—	5 insurers
FAIRVIEW NORTHLAND REGIONAL HOSPITAL	MN	$1,532	$614	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL	MN	$1,532	$614	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW WOODWINDS HOSPITAL	MN	$1,532	$614	—	—	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	ID	$1,739	$609	$783	$1,739	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	ID	$1,739	$609	$99.79	$2,700	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S THE WOODLANDS HOSPITAL	TX	$1,739	$609	$748	$1,739	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S THE WOODLANDS HOSPITAL	TX	$1,739	$609	$97.71	$2,749	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S SUGAR LAND HOSPITAL	TX	$1,739	$609	$748	$1,739	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S SUGAR LAND HOSPITAL	TX	$1,739	$609	$97.71	$2,749	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL AT THE VINTAGE	TX	$1,739	$609	$748	$1,739	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL AT THE VINTAGE	TX	$1,739	$609	$97.71	$2,749	5 insurers
JACKSON HEALTH SYSTEM	FL	$3,734	$616	$1,067	$1,067	1 insurers
SANFORD MAYVILLE	ND	$770	$616	—	—	5 insurers
SANFORD HILLSBORO	ND	$770	$616	—	—	5 insurers
UT OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL - WILLIAM P. CLEMENTS JR.	TX	$823	$617	—	—	3 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MED CENTER	MS	$1,500	$600	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER- GRENADA	MS	$1,500	$600	—	—	5 insurers
ANNIE JEFFREY MEMORIAL COUNTY HEALTH CENTER	NE	$650	$624	—	—	0 insurers
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL SWEETWATER COUNTY	WY	$599	$599	—	—	5 insurers
BOCA RATON REGIONAL HOSPITAL	FL	$921	$599	—	—	5 insurers
FRANKLIN HOSPITAL	IL	$798	$599	—	—	5 insurers
KELL WEST REGIONAL HOSPITAL	TX	$414	$626	—	—	5 insurers
HOULTON REGIONAL HOSPITAL	ME	$664	$631	—	—	5 insurers
TEXAS HEALTH HOSPITAL FRISCO	TX	$1,053	$632	—	—	2 insurers
SANFORD WHEATON MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$792	$634	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH GREELEY HOSPITAL	CO	$979	$587	—	—	5 insurers
JACKSON GENERAL HOSPITAL	WV	$1,169	$585	—	—	0 insurers
SUSAN B ALLEN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	KS	$899	$584	—	—	2 insurers
DAVIS MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$914	$640	—	—	5 insurers
BROADDUS HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, INC	WV	$914	$640	—	—	5 insurers
WEBSTER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WV	$914	$640	—	—	5 insurers
PAMPA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$3,050	$579	$92.5	$2,440	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MD ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	MD	$648	$648	—	—	1 insurers
GUTHRIE COUNTY HOSPITAL	IA	$575	$575	—	—	5 insurers
SAINT PETER'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL	NJ	$1,230	$574	—	—	5 insurers