CPT 69433 · 1,053 hospitals reporting

Create eardrum opening

The same procedure costs $54.25 at one hospital and $5,874 at another — a 108× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $661.

Cheapest published

$54.25

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

Median across 1,053 hospitals

$661

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

Most expensive

$5,874

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

Price distribution

269 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
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - PANORAMA CITY	CA	$1,888	$661	$455	$1,231	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - LOS ANGELES	CA	$1,888	$661	$455	$1,231	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - DOWNEY	CA	$1,888	$661	$455	$1,231	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL FONTANA/ONTARIO	CA	$1,888	$661	$455	$1,231	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN DIEGO	CA	$1,888	$661	$455	$1,231	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WEST LA	CA	$1,888	$661	$455	$1,231	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WOODLAND HILLS	CA	$1,888	$661	$455	$1,231	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL, RIVERSIDE	CA	$1,888	$661	$455	$1,231	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - BALDWIN PARK	CA	$1,888	$661	$455	$1,231	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-MORENO VALLEY	CA	$1,888	$661	$455	$1,231	3 insurers
USA HEALTH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL	AL	$1,699	$668	—	—	5 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL	NJ	$1,699	$668	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM, INC	TN	$1,699	$668	—	—	5 insurers
CAPE FEAR VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$1,084	$650	—	—	5 insurers
BETSY JOHNSON REGIONAL HOSPITAL	NC	$1,084	$650	—	—	5 insurers
MOUNTAIN VIEW HOSPITAL	ID	$927	$649	$522	$1,126	5 insurers
IDAHO FALLS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, LLC	ID	$927	$649	$409	$1,340	4 insurers
CRITTENDEN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	KY	$1,160	$673	—	—	5 insurers
MONTEFIORE ST LUKE'S CORNWALL	NY	—	$673	—	—	5 insurers
BUCHANAN COUNTY HEALTH CENTER	IA	$760	$646	—	—	4 insurers
WINDOM AREA HEALTH	MN	$940	$639	—	—	5 insurers
UNM HOSPITAL	NM	$1,153	$634	—	—	5 insurers
DESERT VALLEY HOSPITAL	CA	$1,380	$690	$85.98	$1,380	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MD ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	MD	$696	$696	—	—	1 insurers
UNITED MEDICAL CENTER	DC	$1,240	$620	—	—	5 insurers
UNITED HOSPITAL CENTER, INC	WV	$1,240	$620	—	—	5 insurers
CAMDEN CLARK MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$1,240	$620	—	—	5 insurers
SISTERSVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL	WV	$1,240	$620	—	—	5 insurers
SUMMERSVILLE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$1,240	$620	—	—	5 insurers
SANFORD BEMIDJI MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$890	$712	—	—	3 insurers
COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$750	$600	—	—	0 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL	PA	—	$597	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN MONTGOMERY HOSPITAL	PA	—	$597	—	—	5 insurers
SAINT PETER'S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL	NJ	$2,050	$595	—	—	5 insurers
GLENCOE REGIONAL HEALTH	MN	$587	$587	—	—	1 insurers
COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WI	$1,338	$736	—	—	0 insurers
FROEDTERT MEMORIAL LUTHERAN HOSPITAL	WI	$1,338	$736	—	—	0 insurers
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL SWEETWATER COUNTY	WY	$737	$737	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL S U N Y HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER	NY	$1,143	$743	—	—	5 insurers
HIGH POINT REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM	NC	$1,502	$751	—	—	0 insurers