CPT 74430 · 1,469 hospitals reporting

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The same procedure costs $51 at one hospital and $4,986 at another — a 98× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $460.

Cheapest published

$51

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

Median across 1,469 hospitals

$460

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

Most expensive

$4,986

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
GLENDALE ADVENTIST MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$1,412	$460	$791	$1,130	4 insurers
GLENDALE ADVENTIST MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$1,412	$460	$47.56	$1,498	5 insurers
HOSPITAL DISTRICT #6 PATTERSON HEALTH CENTER	KS	$1,412	$460	$791	$1,130	4 insurers
HOSPITAL DISTRICT #6 PATTERSON HEALTH CENTER	KS	$1,412	$460	$47.56	$1,498	5 insurers
SILVER CROSS HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTERS	IL	$1,203	$460	$722	$950	3 insurers
SILVER CROSS HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTERS	IL	$1,203	$460	$43.27	$1,132	5 insurers
SPRING VIEW HOSPITAL	KY	$1,153	$461	—	—	0 insurers
ELLIS HOSPITAL	NY	$918	$459	—	—	4 insurers
USC ARCADIA HOSPITAL	CA	$1,321	$462	—	—	5 insurers
CARILION STONEWALL JACKSON HOSPITAL	VA	$771	$463	$33.74	$740	1 insurers
ADVENTHEALTH SHAWNEE MISSION	KS	$916	$458	$33.28	$824	5 insurers
CAPE FEAR VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$773	$464	—	—	5 insurers
BETSY JOHNSON REGIONAL HOSPITAL	NC	$773	$464	—	—	5 insurers
RUSSELL REGIONAL HOSPITAL	KS	$546	$464	—	—	0 insurers
LORING HOSPITAL	IA	$567	$454	—	—	0 insurers
MAUI MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	HI	$1,200	$468	—	—	2 insurers
ST LOUIS CHILDRENS HOSPITAL	MO	$780	$468	$47	$684	5 insurers
METHODIST HOSPITALS INC	IN	$669	$468	$63	$894	5 insurers
USA HEALTH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL	AL	$748	$468	—	—	5 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL	NJ	$748	$468	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM, INC	TN	$748	$468	—	—	5 insurers
MUNSON HEALTHCARE GRAYLING HOSPITAL	MI	$552	$469	—	—	3 insurers
PENOBSCOT VALLEY HOSPITAL	ME	$564	$451	—	—	5 insurers
MERCY HOSPITAL OF FOLSOM	CA	$1,209	$470	$133	$991	5 insurers
MERCY HOSPITAL OF FOLSOM	CA	$1,209	$470	$29.35	$1,984	5 insurers
POMONA VALLEY HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	—	$450	—	—	0 insurers
SAUNDERS MEDICAL CENTER	NE	$628	$471	—	—	0 insurers
MUNSON HEALTHCARE CADILLAC HOSPITAL	MI	$528	$449	—	—	3 insurers
FAYETTE MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$473	$473	$473	$473	1 insurers
GENEVA GENERAL HOSPITAL	NY	$1,118	$447	—	—	3 insurers
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF YATES	NY	$1,118	$447	—	—	5 insurers
MARION GENERAL HOSPITAL	MS	$789	$473	—	—	5 insurers
ST ELIZABETH HOSPITAL	WA	$1,467	$446	$1,056	$1,101	2 insurers
ST ELIZABETH HOSPITAL	WA	$1,467	$446	$405	$1,781	5 insurers
PARADISE VALLEY HOSPITAL	CA	$758	$446	$28.06	$758	5 insurers
ENCINO HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$1,390	$446	$28.06	$1,390	5 insurers
GARDEN GROVE HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$532	$446	$28.06	$532	5 insurers
WEST ANAHEIM MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$1,258	$446	$28.06	$1,258	5 insurers
LA PALMA INTERCOMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$1,258	$446	$28.06	$1,258	5 insurers
CHINO VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$2,194	$446	$28.06	$2,194	5 insurers