CPT 78072 · 1,084 hospitals reporting

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The same procedure costs $63.47 at one hospital and $17,264 at another — a 272× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,120.

Cheapest published

$63.47

Lowest published price across all reporting hospitals.

Median across 1,084 hospitals

$1,120

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

476 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
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW RIDGES HOSPITAL	MN	$2,646	$1,125	—	—	5 insurers
STORY COUNTY HOSPITAL	IA	$1,395	$1,116	—	—	5 insurers
STORY COUNTY HOSPITAL	IA	$1,395	$1,116	—	—	5 insurers
GATEWAY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IL	—	$1,131	—	—	0 insurers
UNITED MEDICAL CENTER	DC	$2,268	$1,134	—	—	5 insurers
CAMDEN CLARK MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$2,268	$1,134	—	—	5 insurers
TUCSON MEDICAL CENTER	AZ	$3,932	$1,101	—	—	2 insurers
REYNOLDS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WV	$2,180	$1,090	—	—	5 insurers
CHEYENNE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WY	$1,550	$1,085	—	—	2 insurers
ADVENTHEALTH CENTRAL TEXAS	TX	$2,316	$1,158	$1,035	$2,085	5 insurers
ADVENTHEALTH ROLLINS BROOK	TX	$2,316	$1,158	$1,035	$2,085	5 insurers
PARKLAND HEALTH CENTER	MO	$1,931	$1,159	$534	$1,824	5 insurers
ST MARY'S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$2,704	$1,082	—	—	4 insurers
TWIN COUNTY REGIONAL HOSPITAL	VA	$2,915	$1,166	—	—	0 insurers
SANFORD CANBY MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$1,464	$1,171	—	—	5 insurers
CONEMAUGH NASON MEDICAL CENTER	PA	$2,662	$1,065	—	—	1 insurers
CONEMAUGH MEYERSDALE MEDICAL CENTER	PA	$2,662	$1,065	—	—	1 insurers
CARILION STONEWALL JACKSON HOSPITAL	VA	$1,771	$1,063	$370	$1,700	1 insurers
FAIRVIEW LAKES HEALTH SERVICES	MN	$2,646	$1,061	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW SOUTHDALE HOSPITAL	MN	$2,646	$1,061	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW UNIVERSITY OF MN MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$2,646	$1,061	—	—	5 insurers
FAIRVIEW NORTHLAND REGIONAL HOSPITAL	MN	$2,646	$1,061	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL	MN	$2,646	$1,061	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW WOODWINDS HOSPITAL	MN	$2,646	$1,061	—	—	5 insurers
CALIFORNIA HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER LA	CA	$2,176	$1,055	$1,501	$1,719	4 insurers
CALIFORNIA HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER LA	CA	$2,176	$1,055	$328	$2,917	5 insurers
ATHOL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	MA	$1,187	$1,187	$651	$1,530	4 insurers
FRYE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$2,980	$1,192	—	—	1 insurers
ST JOSEPHS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL WEST BEND	WI	$2,179	$1,198	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$1,375	$1,031	—	—	0 insurers
HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL - SALT LAKE	UT	$2,559	$1,024	—	—	5 insurers
HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL-DAVIS	UT	$2,559	$1,024	—	—	5 insurers
NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH	CO	$1,460	$1,022	—	—	5 insurers
HEYWOOD HOSPITAL -	MA	$1,229	$1,229	$376	$1,530	5 insurers
ST TAMMANY PARISH HOSPITAL	LA	$2,050	$1,230	—	—	0 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	MN	$1,800	$1,008	—	—	5 insurers
ATRIUM HEALTH FLOYD MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$1,997	$998	—	—	2 insurers
CAPITAL HEALTH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	NJ	$3,107	$1,243	—	—	1 insurers
TACOMA GENERAL ALLENMORE HOSPITAL	WA	$3,107	$1,243	—	—	2 insurers
TRINITY ROCK ISLAND	IL	$1,247	$998	—	—	5 insurers