CPT 72240 · 1,098 hospitals reporting

72240

The same procedure costs $75.78 at one hospital and $22,044 at another — a 291× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,003.

Cheapest published

$75.78

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

Median across 1,098 hospitals

$1,003

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

Most expensive

$22,044

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
PARADISE VALLEY HOSPITAL	CA	$2,046	$1,003	$70.33	$2,046	0 insurers
GARDEN GROVE HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$1,597	$1,003	$70.33	$1,597	0 insurers
WEST ANAHEIM MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$1,597	$1,003	$70.33	$1,597	0 insurers
LA PALMA INTERCOMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$1,597	$1,003	$70.33	$1,597	0 insurers
CENTINELA HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$2,046	$1,003	$70.33	$2,046	0 insurers
SHERMAN OAKS HOSPITAL	CA	$725	$1,003	$70.33	$725	0 insurers
SHASTA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$2,875	$1,003	$70.33	$2,875	0 insurers
COX MONETT HOSPITAL	MO	$3,285	$1,002	—	—	0 insurers
ST CLARE HOSPITAL	WA	$3,487	$1,005	$2,511	$2,615	0 insurers
ST CLARE HOSPITAL	WA	$3,487	$1,005	$895	$3,940	0 insurers
WILSON MEDICAL CENTER	KS	$2,501	$1,000	—	—	0 insurers
WILSON MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$2,501	$1,000	—	—	0 insurers
LANAI COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	HI	$2,564	$1,000	—	—	0 insurers
KULA HOSPITAL	HI	$2,564	$1,000	—	—	0 insurers
DIGNITY HEALTH - ARIZONA GENERAL HOSPITAL	AZ	$4,394	$1,006	$2,329	$3,590	0 insurers
DIGNITY HEALTH - ARIZONA GENERAL HOSPITAL	AZ	$4,394	$1,006	$118	$3,590	0 insurers
ST MARY MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$4,394	$1,006	$2,329	$3,590	0 insurers
ST MARY MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$4,394	$1,006	$118	$3,590	0 insurers
HUNT REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$1,536	$998	—	—	0 insurers
METRO NASHVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL	TN	$1,684	$1,010	—	—	0 insurers
ST THOMAS MORE HOSPITAL	CO	$2,548	$1,019	—	—	0 insurers
ST LUKE'S PATIENTS MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$2,815	$985	$1,830	$2,111	0 insurers
ST LUKE'S PATIENTS MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$2,815	$985	$107	$2,294	0 insurers
METHODIST HOSPITAL OF SACRAMENTO	CA	$3,419	$985	$2,564	$2,838	0 insurers
METHODIST HOSPITAL OF SACRAMENTO	CA	$3,419	$985	$76.09	$3,855	0 insurers
CARILION NEW RIVER VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	VA	$2,813	$985	—	—	0 insurers
CARILION TAZEWELL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	VA	$2,813	$985	—	—	0 insurers
ST LUKE'S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	ID	$2,807	$982	$1,263	$2,807	0 insurers
ST LUKE'S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	ID	$2,807	$982	$112	$2,807	0 insurers
ST LUKE'S THE WOODLANDS HOSPITAL	TX	$2,807	$982	$1,207	$2,807	0 insurers
ST LUKE'S THE WOODLANDS HOSPITAL	TX	$2,807	$982	$112	$2,807	0 insurers
ST LUKE'S SUGAR LAND HOSPITAL	TX	$2,807	$982	$1,207	$2,807	0 insurers
ST LUKE'S SUGAR LAND HOSPITAL	TX	$2,807	$982	$112	$2,807	0 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL AT THE VINTAGE	TX	$2,807	$982	$1,207	$2,807	0 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL AT THE VINTAGE	TX	$2,807	$982	$112	$2,807	0 insurers
UCSF HEALTH ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL	CA	$1,402	$981	$126	$5,634	0 insurers
CALIFORNIA HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER LA	CA	$2,019	$979	$1,393	$1,595	0 insurers
CALIFORNIA HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER LA	CA	$2,019	$979	$113	$2,917	0 insurers
MONTEFIORE ST LUKE'S CORNWALL	NY	—	$979	—	—	0 insurers
USA HEALTH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL	AL	$1,194	$1,036	—	—	0 insurers