CPT 76831 · 1,189 hospitals reporting

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The same procedure costs $56.5 at one hospital and $5,020 at another — a 89× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $465.

Cheapest published

$56.5

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

Median across 1,189 hospitals

$465

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

Most expensive

$5,020

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
ST ELIZABETH HOSPITAL	WA	$1,527	$465	$1,100	$1,146	2 insurers
ST ELIZABETH HOSPITAL	WA	$1,527	$465	$274	$1,206	5 insurers
ADVENTHEALTH SHAWNEE MISSION	KS	$933	$466	$121	$839	5 insurers
BOCA RATON REGIONAL HOSPITAL	FL	$719	$467	—	—	5 insurers
KELL WEST REGIONAL HOSPITAL	TX	$529	$468	—	—	5 insurers
SIDNEY HEALTH CENTER	MT	$758	$469	—	—	5 insurers
BATON ROUGE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER	LA	$657	$460	—	—	5 insurers
THE GENERAL	LA	$657	$460	—	—	5 insurers
SANFORD MEDICAL CENTER BISMARCK	ND	$573	$458	—	—	3 insurers
RANGE REGIONAL HEALTH SERVICES	MN	$1,111	$472	—	—	3 insurers
GRAND ITASCA CLINIC AND HOSPITAL	MN	$1,111	$472	—	—	3 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW RIDGES HOSPITAL	MN	$1,111	$472	—	—	5 insurers
DOYLESTOWN HOSPITAL	PA	$455	$455	—	—	3 insurers
NORTHERN INYO HOSPITAL	CA	—	$475	$292	$671	5 insurers
BROWARD HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER	FL	$950	$475	—	—	5 insurers
FLOYD COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$950	$475	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI HEALTH CARE	MO	$950	$475	—	—	5 insurers
MOUNT PLEASANT HOSPITAL	SC	$950	$475	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA MEDICAL CENTER SHEBOYGAN COUNTY	WI	$950	$475	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA MEDICAL CENTER BAY AREA	WI	$950	$475	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA ST LUKES MEDICAL CENTER	WI	$950	$475	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA MEDICAL CENTER KENOSHA	WI	$950	$475	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA BAYCARE MEDICAL CTR	WI	$950	$475	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA MEDICAL CTR OSHKOSH	WI	$950	$475	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA MEDICAL CENTER - SUMMIT	WI	$950	$475	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA MEDICAL CENTER	WI	$950	$475	—	—	5 insurers
ANIMAS SURGICAL HOSPITAL, LLC	CO	—	$452	$0	$452	2 insurers
MARGARETVILLE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	NY	$723	$477	—	—	5 insurers
CHI ST JOSEPH HEALTH REGIONAL HOSPITAL	TX	$1,291	$452	$114	$1,097	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	ID	$1,287	$450	$579	$1,287	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	ID	$1,287	$450	$117	$1,287	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S THE WOODLANDS HOSPITAL	TX	$1,287	$450	$553	$1,287	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S THE WOODLANDS HOSPITAL	TX	$1,287	$450	$117	$1,287	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S SUGAR LAND HOSPITAL	TX	$1,287	$450	$553	$1,287	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S SUGAR LAND HOSPITAL	TX	$1,287	$450	$103	$1,287	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL AT THE VINTAGE	TX	$1,287	$450	$553	$1,287	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL AT THE VINTAGE	TX	$1,287	$450	$103	$1,287	5 insurers
POMONA VALLEY HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	—	$450	—	—	0 insurers
SOUTH CENTRAL REG MED CTR	MS	$1,142	$480	—	—	4 insurers
SOUTH CENTRAL HEALTH	ND	$1,142	$480	—	—	4 insurers