CPT 78071 · 1,160 hospitals reporting

78071

The same procedure costs $55 at one hospital and $17,264 at another — a 314× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $940.

Cheapest published

$55

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

Median across 1,160 hospitals

$940

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

Most expensive

$17,264

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
CAPITAL HEALTH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	NJ	$2,349	$940	—	—	0 insurers
TACOMA GENERAL ALLENMORE HOSPITAL	WA	$2,349	$940	—	—	0 insurers
UCHEALTH GREELEY HOSPITAL	CO	$1,569	$941	—	—	0 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW RIDGES HOSPITAL	MN	$2,175	$924	—	—	0 insurers
JENNIE STUART MEDICAL CENTER	KY	$2,982	$924	—	—	0 insurers
NOVANT HEALTH BRUNSWICK MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$1,846	$923	$260	$1,791	0 insurers
CARILION STONEWALL JACKSON HOSPITAL	VA	$1,536	$922	$294	$1,475	0 insurers
CHRISTUS SOUTHEAST TEXAS- ST ELIZABETH	TX	$2,902	$958	$201	$2,467	0 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$1,216	$912	—	—	0 insurers
MARIAN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$2,261	$968	$1,424	$2,216	0 insurers
GRINNELL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$1,218	$975	—	—	0 insurers
BEEBE MEDICAL CENTER	DE	$1,064	$904	—	—	0 insurers
HAYWOOD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$2,463	$985	—	—	0 insurers
ST LUKE'S WARREN HOSPITAL	NJ	$1,188	$986	—	—	0 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - UPPER BUCKS CAMPUS	PA	$1,188	$986	—	—	0 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL BETHLEHEM	PA	$1,188	$986	—	—	0 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - GRAND VIEW CAMPUS	PA	$1,188	$986	—	—	0 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - EASTON CAMPUS	PA	$1,188	$986	—	—	0 insurers
ST LUKE'S MINERS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	PA	$1,188	$986	—	—	0 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - ANDERSON CAMPUS	PA	$1,188	$986	—	—	0 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - MONROE CAMPUS	PA	$1,188	$986	—	—	0 insurers
GEISINGER ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL	PA	$1,188	$986	—	—	0 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL - CARBON CAMPUS	PA	$1,188	$986	—	—	0 insurers
ST LUKE'S PATIENTS MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$2,543	$890	$1,653	$1,907	0 insurers
ST LUKE'S PATIENTS MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$2,543	$890	$310	$2,827	0 insurers
FRENCH HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$2,261	$886	$610	$2,216	0 insurers
FAIRVIEW LAKES HEALTH SERVICES	MN	$2,175	$872	—	—	0 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW SOUTHDALE HOSPITAL	MN	$2,175	$872	—	—	0 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW UNIVERSITY OF MN MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$2,175	$872	—	—	0 insurers
FAIRVIEW NORTHLAND REGIONAL HOSPITAL	MN	$2,175	$872	—	—	0 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL	MN	$2,175	$872	—	—	0 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW WOODWINDS HOSPITAL	MN	$2,175	$872	—	—	0 insurers
ADVENTHEALTH CENTRAL TEXAS	TX	$2,016	$1,008	$901	$1,815	0 insurers
ADVENTHEALTH ROLLINS BROOK	TX	$2,016	$1,008	$901	$1,815	0 insurers
ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL	IL	$1,205	$868	—	—	0 insurers
HSHS GOOD SHEPHERD HOSPITAL INC	IL	$1,205	$868	—	—	0 insurers
NOVANT HEALTH PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$2,024	$1,012	$289	$1,963	0 insurers
NOVANT HEALTH MATTHEWS MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$2,024	$1,012	$263	$1,963	0 insurers
NOVANT HEALTH HUNTERSVILLE MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$2,024	$1,012	$250	$1,963	0 insurers
NOVANT HEALTH MINT HILL MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$2,024	$1,012	$289	$1,963	0 insurers