CPT 69005 · 1,148 hospitals reporting

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The same procedure costs $123 at one hospital and $25,108 at another — a 204× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,764.

Cheapest published

$123

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

Median across 1,148 hospitals

$1,764

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

Most expensive

$25,108

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

Price distribution

408 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
CHI SAINT JOSEPH BEREA NF	KY	$3,659	$1,764	$1,683	$3,330	5 insurers
CHI SAINT JOSEPH BEREA NF	KY	$3,659	$1,764	$1,010	$3,330	5 insurers
USC ARCADIA HOSPITAL	CA	$5,047	$1,766	—	—	5 insurers
ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$6,791	$1,761	$157	$6,791	5 insurers
DESERT VIEW HOSPITAL	NV	$4,353	$1,741	—	—	5 insurers
NAVICENT HEALTH BALDWIN	GA	$3,473	$1,737	—	—	1 insurers
ATRIUM HEALTH NAVICENT PEACH	GA	$3,473	$1,737	—	—	1 insurers
FAIRVIEW LAKES HEALTH SERVICES	MN	$4,326	$1,735	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW SOUTHDALE HOSPITAL	MN	$4,326	$1,735	—	—	4 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW UNIVERSITY OF MN MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$4,326	$1,735	—	—	4 insurers
FAIRVIEW NORTHLAND REGIONAL HOSPITAL	MN	$4,326	$1,735	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL	MN	$4,326	$1,735	—	—	4 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW WOODWINDS HOSPITAL	MN	$4,326	$1,735	—	—	4 insurers
CAMPBELL COUNTY HEALTH	WY	$1,799	$1,799	—	—	0 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL	KY	$3,659	$1,724	$3,330	$3,330	1 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL	KY	$3,659	$1,724	$860	$3,330	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW RIDGES HOSPITAL	MN	$4,326	$1,839	—	—	5 insurers
LANDMARK MEDICAL CENTER	RI	$7,724	$1,847	$520	$7,338	5 insurers
GREENWICH HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION -	CT	$3,203	$1,666	—	—	5 insurers
KNAPP MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$13,513	$1,650	$149	$13,242	5 insurers
MISSION REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$6,878	$1,650	$166	$5,502	5 insurers
HARLINGEN MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$4,127	$1,650	$173	$3,302	5 insurers
CRISP REGIONAL HOSPITAL	GA	$1,982	$1,883	—	—	0 insurers
UCHEALTH GREELEY HOSPITAL	CO	$3,140	$1,884	—	—	5 insurers
YALE-NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL	CT	$3,203	$1,890	—	—	5 insurers
BRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL	CT	$3,203	$1,634	—	—	5 insurers
UNITED MEDICAL CENTER	DC	$3,797	$1,899	—	—	5 insurers
UNIONTOWN HOSPITAL	PA	$3,797	$1,899	—	—	5 insurers
UNITED HOSPITAL CENTER, INC	WV	$3,797	$1,899	—	—	5 insurers
CAMDEN CLARK MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$3,797	$1,899	—	—	5 insurers
SISTERSVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL	WV	$3,797	$1,899	—	—	5 insurers
SUMMERSVILLE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$3,797	$1,899	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL	PA	—	$1,900	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN MONTGOMERY HOSPITAL	PA	—	$1,900	—	—	5 insurers
SAINT MICHAEL'S MEDICAL CENTER	NJ	$7,185	$1,915	$21.83	$5,748	5 insurers
UCH-MEMORIAL HEALTH SYSTEM	CO	$4,598	$1,609	—	—	5 insurers
LONGS PEAK HOSPITAL	CO	$4,598	$1,609	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH BROOMFIELD HOSPITAL	CO	$4,598	$1,609	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH GRANDVIEW HOSPITAL	CO	$4,598	$1,609	—	—	5 insurers
CHRISTUS ST FRANCES CABRINI HOSPITAL	LA	$7,507	$1,952	$361	$7,561	5 insurers