CPT 69424 · 1,075 hospitals reporting

Remove ventilating tube

The same procedure costs $70.68 at one hospital and $17,443 at another — a 247× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,456.

Cheapest published

$70.68

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

Median across 1,075 hospitals

$1,456

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

Most expensive

$17,443

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

Price distribution

251 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
BALDWIN HEALTH	AL	$2,800	$1,456	—	—	3 insurers
PIH HEALTH DOWNEY HOSPITAL	CA	$2,800	$1,456	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SOUTH BAY	CA	$2,800	$1,456	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - ORANGE COUNTY - ANAHEIM	CA	$2,800	$1,456	—	—	3 insurers
LOS ANGELES COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$2,800	$1,456	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN MARCOS	CA	$2,800	$1,456	—	—	3 insurers
WHEELING HOSPITAL, INC	WV	$2,992	$1,496	—	—	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S WARREN HOSPITAL	NJ	$1,809	$1,502	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - UPPER BUCKS CAMPUS	PA	$1,809	$1,502	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL BETHLEHEM	PA	$1,809	$1,502	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - GRAND VIEW CAMPUS	PA	$1,809	$1,502	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - EASTON CAMPUS	PA	$1,809	$1,502	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S MINERS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	PA	$1,809	$1,502	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - ANDERSON CAMPUS	PA	$1,809	$1,502	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - MONROE CAMPUS	PA	$1,809	$1,502	—	—	3 insurers
GEISINGER ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL	PA	$1,809	$1,502	—	—	3 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - CARBON CAMPUS	PA	$1,809	$1,502	—	—	3 insurers
CAPE FEAR VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$2,306	$1,384	—	—	5 insurers
KING'S DAUGHTERS MEDICAL CENTER-BROOKHAVEN	MS	$5,167	$1,550	—	—	5 insurers
MISSOURI DELTA MEDICAL CENTER	MO	$5,443	$1,361	—	—	5 insurers
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS, INC	WV	$3,212	$1,606	—	—	5 insurers
SUNY/STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL	NY	$1,633	$1,633	—	—	3 insurers
FORT DUNCAN MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$3,170	$1,268	—	—	5 insurers
TERREBONNE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER - PARISH	LA	$1,650	$1,650	$135	$1,650	5 insurers
PHYSICIANS MEDICAL CENTER	LA	$1,650	$1,650	$135	$1,650	5 insurers
AIKEN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	SC	$3,145	$1,258	—	—	5 insurers
SWEETWATER HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION	TN	$3,145	$1,258	—	—	5 insurers
SPRING VIEW HOSPITAL	KY	$4,339	$1,736	—	—	0 insurers
UNIONTOWN HOSPITAL	PA	$2,330	$1,165	—	—	5 insurers
ST MARY'S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$2,833	$1,133	—	—	4 insurers
RIVERSIDE MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$4,240	$1,129	—	—	5 insurers
THOMAS HOSPITAL	AL	$2,230	$1,115	—	—	5 insurers
OTTUMWA REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER	IA	$4,509	$1,803	—	—	1 insurers
HIGHPOINT HEALTH-TROUSDALE WITH ASCENSION SAINT	TN	$7,817	$1,821	—	—	5 insurers
HIGHPOINT HEALTH-RIVERVIEW WITH ASCENSION SAINT TH	TN	$7,817	$1,821	—	—	5 insurers
O U MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$18,351	$1,835	$2,574	$15,048	5 insurers
WILLS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	GA	$2,485	$1,863	—	—	0 insurers
CONEMAUGH NASON MEDICAL CENTER	PA	$2,566	$1,026	—	—	1 insurers
CONEMAUGH MEYERSDALE MEDICAL CENTER	PA	$2,566	$1,026	—	—	1 insurers
PRINCETON BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$2,037	$1,018	—	—	5 insurers