CPT 78013 · 1,267 hospitals reporting

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The same procedure costs $51 at one hospital and $14,047 at another — a 275× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $589.

Cheapest published

$51

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

Median across 1,267 hospitals

$589

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

Most expensive

$14,047

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
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER	OR	$1,104	$589	$828	$1,049	5 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER	OR	$1,104	$589	$342	$1,651	5 insurers
Adventhealth Zephyrhills	FL	$978	$587	$55.79	$900	5 insurers
ADVENTHEALTH TAMPA	FL	$978	$587	$14.94	$1,575	5 insurers
ST ELIZABETH HOSPITAL	WA	$1,943	$591	$1,399	$1,457	2 insurers
ST ELIZABETH HOSPITAL	WA	$1,943	$591	$455	$2,004	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH GOOD SAMARITAN	NE	$960	$586	$470	$893	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH GOOD SAMARITAN	NE	$960	$586	$202	$960	5 insurers
CHEYENNE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WY	$847	$593	—	—	4 insurers
GLENDALE MEM HOSPITAL & HLTH CENTER	CA	$834	$584	$208	$1,411	5 insurers
HOLY FAMILY MEMORIAL	WI	—	$594	$56.27	$1,080	0 insurers
POCAHONTAS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	IA	$660	$594	—	—	0 insurers
CHI HEALTH SCHUYLER	NE	$686	$583	$619	$672	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH SCHUYLER	NE	$686	$583	$147	$777	5 insurers
FLUSHING HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	NY	$595	$595	—	—	5 insurers
NOVANT HEALTH PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$1,191	$596	$168	$1,155	5 insurers
NOVANT HEALTH MATTHEWS MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$1,191	$596	$155	$1,155	5 insurers
NOVANT HEALTH HUNTERSVILLE MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$1,191	$596	$147	$1,155	5 insurers
NOVANT HEALTH MINT HILL MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$1,191	$596	$168	$1,155	5 insurers
NOVANT HEALTH BALLANTYNE MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$1,191	$596	$168	$1,155	5 insurers
NOVANT PRINCE WILLIAM MEDICAL CENTER	VA	$1,191	$596	$168	$1,155	5 insurers
PENOBSCOT VALLEY HOSPITAL	ME	$726	$581	—	—	5 insurers
SUSAN B ALLEN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	KS	$918	$597	—	—	2 insurers
NOVANT HEALTH FORSYTH MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$963	$578	$168	$934	5 insurers
BEEBE MEDICAL CENTER	DE	$679	$577	—	—	0 insurers
SURGICAL INSTITUTE OF READING	PA	—	$577	$141	$377	2 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH EAST	KY	$1,496	$601	$1,361	$1,361	1 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH EAST	KY	$1,496	$601	$366	$1,361	5 insurers
SAINT CLARE'S HOSPITAL/ DENVILLE CAMPUS	NJ	$1,496	$601	$1,361	$1,361	1 insurers
SAINT CLARE'S HOSPITAL/ DENVILLE CAMPUS	NJ	$1,496	$601	$366	$1,361	5 insurers
BATON ROUGE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER	LA	$858	$601	—	—	5 insurers
THE GENERAL	LA	$858	$601	—	—	5 insurers
CENTURA HEALTH-PENROSE ST FRANCIS HEALTH SERVICES	CO	$977	$576	$537	$918	5 insurers
CENTURA HEALTH-PENROSE ST FRANCIS HEALTH SERVICES	CO	$977	$576	$225	$977	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH ST. FRANCIS	NE	$977	$576	$537	$918	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH ST. FRANCIS	NE	$977	$576	$225	$977	5 insurers
MORGAN COUNTY ARH HOSPITAL	KY	$1,002	$601	—	—	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH PLAINVIEW HOSPITAL	NE	$686	$576	$619	$672	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH PLAINVIEW HOSPITAL	NE	$686	$576	$418	$929	5 insurers
UCHEALTH HIGHLANDS RANCH HOSPITAL	CO	$2,009	$603	—	—	5 insurers