CPT 73020 · 1,659 hospitals reporting

X-ray exam of shoulder

The same procedure costs $50.4 at one hospital and $2,966 at another — a 59× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $191.

Cheapest published

$50.4

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

Median across 1,659 hospitals

$191

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

Most expensive

$2,966

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
MAINEHEALTH MAINE MEDICAL CENTER	ME	$191	$191	—	—	5 insurers
MAINEHEALTH PEN BAY HOSPITAL	ME	$191	$191	—	—	5 insurers
LINCOLNHEALTH	ME	$191	$191	—	—	5 insurers
MAINEHEALTH WALDO HOSPITAL	ME	$191	$191	—	—	5 insurers
MAINEHEALTH STEPHENS HOSPITAL	ME	$191	$191	—	—	5 insurers
MAINEHEALTH FRANKLIN HOSPITAL	ME	$191	$191	—	—	5 insurers
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, THE	NH	$191	$191	—	—	5 insurers
GROVE HILL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	AL	$319	$191	—	—	5 insurers
HARPER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL	MI	$255	$191	$5.33	$93	5 insurers
ROUND ROCK MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$255	$191	—	—	3 insurers
TACOMA GENERAL ALLENMORE HOSPITAL	WA	$478	$191	—	—	2 insurers
GRINNELL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$239	$192	—	—	5 insurers
FAUQUIER HOSPITAL	VA	$479	$192	—	—	1 insurers
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS, INC	WV	$382	$191	—	—	5 insurers
SIOUX FALLS SPECIALTY HOSPITAL	SD	$254	$191	$49.95	$382	5 insurers
PEACEHEALTH UNITED GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$293	$190	—	—	1 insurers
MARY BRECKINRIDGE ARH HOSPITAL	KY	$317	$190	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE CONDELL MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$385	$193	—	—	5 insurers
UNITED HOSPITAL CENTER, INC	WV	$385	$193	—	—	5 insurers
SISTERSVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL	WV	$385	$193	—	—	5 insurers
SUMMERSVILLE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$385	$193	—	—	5 insurers
ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL	IL	$264	$190	—	—	5 insurers
HSHS GOOD SHEPHERD HOSPITAL INC	IL	$264	$190	—	—	5 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH LONDON	KY	$540	$193	$491	$491	1 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH LONDON	KY	$540	$193	$42.74	$491	5 insurers
NOVANT HEALTH BRUNSWICK MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$386	$193	$20.56	$374	5 insurers
GOSHEN HOSPITAL	IN	$276	$193	—	—	5 insurers
METHODIST HOSPITAL UNION COUNTY	KY	$291	$189	—	—	5 insurers
AUBURN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	NY	$243	$189	—	—	5 insurers
ACADIA ST LANDRY	LA	$260	$195	—	—	0 insurers
SACRED HEART MEDICAL CENTER - RIVERBEND	OR	$289	$188	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL BURLINGTON	WI	$390	$195	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA LAKELAND MEDICAL CENTER	WI	$390	$195	—	—	5 insurers
MARION GENERAL HOSPITAL	MS	$312	$187	—	—	5 insurers
THOMAS HOSPITAL	AL	$392	$196	—	—	5 insurers
SHERIDAN COUNTY HOSPITAL	KS	$196	$196	—	—	0 insurers
NOVANT HEALTH PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$392	$196	$20.56	$380	5 insurers
NOVANT HEALTH MATTHEWS MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$392	$196	$20.56	$380	5 insurers
NOVANT HEALTH HUNTERSVILLE MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$392	$196	$20.56	$380	5 insurers
NOVANT HEALTH MINT HILL MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$392	$196	$20.56	$380	5 insurers