CPT 69110 · 1,055 hospitals reporting

Partial removal of external ear with simple repair

The same procedure costs $109 at one hospital and $14,280 at another — a 131× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,856.

Cheapest published

$109

Lowest published price across all reporting hospitals.

Median across 1,055 hospitals

$1,856

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

Most expensive

$14,280

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

Price distribution

231 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
CHESAPEAKE GENERAL HOSPITAL	VA	$3,093	$1,856	—	—	0 insurers
ACADIA ST LANDRY	LA	$2,426	$1,819	—	—	1 insurers
WHEELING HOSPITAL, INC	WV	$3,548	$1,774	—	—	5 insurers
O U MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$19,550	$1,955	$2,229	$16,031	5 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT HEALTH NETWORK-ALICE HY	NY	$1,963	$1,963	—	—	5 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MERITER	WI	$2,486	$1,989	—	—	5 insurers
FRANKLIN HOSPITAL	IL	$2,661	$1,995	—	—	5 insurers
MONROE COUNTY HOSPITAL	AL	$5,167	$2,067	—	—	5 insurers
MONROE COUNTY HOSPITAL	IA	$5,167	$2,067	—	—	5 insurers
RIVERSIDE MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$6,159	$1,640	—	—	5 insurers
SCHOOLCRAFT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	MI	$2,033	$1,626	—	—	5 insurers
LALLIE KEMP MEDICAL CENTER	LA	$3,487	$2,092	—	—	2 insurers
TERREBONNE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER - PARISH	LA	$1,613	$1,613	$135	$1,613	5 insurers
PHYSICIANS MEDICAL CENTER	LA	$1,613	$1,613	$135	$1,613	5 insurers
OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$16,019	$1,602	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MD ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	MD	$1,588	$1,588	—	—	1 insurers
OAKLEAF SURGICAL HOSPITAL	WI	$2,362	$2,126	$713	$2,362	5 insurers
CAPE FEAR VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$2,594	$1,556	—	—	5 insurers
CEDAR-SINAI MARINA DEL REY HOSPITAL	CA	$2,386	$1,551	—	—	5 insurers
SPRINGHILL MEDICAL CENTER	LA	$6,371	$2,166	—	—	5 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO	CA	$4,389	$1,536	$2,818	$7,828	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-SANTA CLARA	CA	$4,389	$1,536	$2,818	$7,828	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL AND REHAB CENTER	CA	$4,389	$1,536	$2,818	$7,828	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - OAKLAND/RICHMOND	CA	$4,389	$1,536	$2,818	$7,828	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN FRANCISCO	CA	$4,389	$1,536	$2,818	$7,828	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SACRAMENTO	CA	$4,389	$1,536	$2,818	$7,828	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL	CA	$4,389	$1,536	$2,818	$7,828	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - FREMONT	CA	$4,389	$1,536	$2,818	$7,828	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-SAN JOSE	CA	$4,389	$1,536	$2,818	$7,828	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSP SO SACRAMENTO	CA	$4,389	$1,536	$2,818	$7,828	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-SANTA ROSA	CA	$4,389	$1,536	$2,818	$7,828	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - FRESNO	CA	$4,389	$1,536	$2,818	$7,828	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - ANTIOCH	CA	$4,389	$1,536	$2,818	$7,828	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - VACAVILLE	CA	$4,389	$1,536	$2,818	$7,828	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - ROSEVILLE	CA	$4,389	$1,536	$2,818	$7,828	3 insurers
BAXTER HEALTH	AR	$2,464	$1,478	—	—	3 insurers
BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER - NASSAU	FL	$7,777	$1,478	—	—	5 insurers
TRINITY ROCK ISLAND	IL	$2,824	$2,259	—	—	4 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MARSHALLTOWN	IA	$2,824	$2,259	—	—	5 insurers
TRINITY MUSCATINE	IA	$2,824	$2,259	—	—	3 insurers