CPT 78605 · 961 hospitals reporting

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The same procedure costs $55.2 at one hospital and $6,229 at another — a 113× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $659.

Cheapest published

$55.2

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

Median across 961 hospitals

$659

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

Most expensive

$6,229

Highest published price. Often a gross-charge "list price" rarely actually paid.

Price distribution

292 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
CHI HEALTH MERCY COUNCIL BLUFFS	IA	$1,570	$659	$942	$1,335	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH MERCY COUNCIL BLUFFS	IA	$1,570	$659	$236	$1,335	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH BERGAN MERCY	NE	$1,570	$659	$942	$1,335	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH BERGAN MERCY	NE	$1,570	$659	$267	$1,335	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH IMMANUEL	NE	$1,570	$659	$942	$1,335	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH IMMANUEL	NE	$1,570	$659	$220	$1,335	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH MIDLANDS	NE	$1,570	$659	$942	$1,335	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH MIDLANDS	NE	$1,570	$659	$283	$1,335	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH LAKESIDE	NE	$1,570	$659	$942	$1,335	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH LAKESIDE	NE	$1,570	$659	$251	$1,335	5 insurers
JENNIE STUART MEDICAL CENTER	KY	$2,152	$667	—	—	5 insurers
MARY BRIDGE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL	WA	$1,675	$670	—	—	1 insurers
DOYLESTOWN HOSPITAL	PA	$647	$647	—	—	5 insurers
COPPER QUEEN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	AZ	$963	$674	—	—	5 insurers
THE QUEENS MEDICAL CENTER	HI	$963	$674	—	—	5 insurers
MONTEFIORE ST LUKE'S CORNWALL	NY	—	$678	—	—	5 insurers
BROWARD HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER	FL	$1,280	$640	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI HEALTH CARE	MO	$1,280	$640	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA ST LUKES MEDICAL CENTER	WI	$1,280	$640	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA BAYCARE MEDICAL CTR	WI	$1,280	$640	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA MEDICAL CENTER	WI	$1,280	$640	—	—	5 insurers
BAXTER HEALTH	AR	$1,133	$680	—	—	2 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN PHILADELPHIA HOSPITAL	PA	—	$631	—	—	5 insurers
JEFFERSON EINSTEIN MONTGOMERY HOSPITAL	PA	—	$631	—	—	5 insurers
SAINT MICHAEL'S MEDICAL CENTER	NJ	$3,004	$629	$287	$2,403	5 insurers
GARDEN GROVE HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$2,154	$694	$169	$2,154	5 insurers
WEST ANAHEIM MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$2,154	$694	$169	$2,154	5 insurers
LA PALMA INTERCOMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$2,154	$694	$169	$2,154	5 insurers
DESERT VALLEY HOSPITAL	CA	$2,523	$694	$169	$2,523	5 insurers
SHASTA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$1,921	$694	$169	$1,921	5 insurers
FLUSHING HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	NY	$621	$621	—	—	5 insurers
USA HEALTH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL	AL	$1,538	$706	—	—	5 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL	NJ	$1,538	$706	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM, INC	TN	$1,538	$706	—	—	5 insurers
COMMUNITY HOSPITAL OF SAN BERNARDINO	CA	$1,816	$710	$1,090	$1,816	5 insurers
COMMUNITY HOSPITAL OF SAN BERNARDINO	CA	$1,816	$710	$192	$2,561	5 insurers
LANDMARK MEDICAL CENTER	RI	$2,207	$607	$265	$2,096	5 insurers
ADVENTHEALTH CENTRAL TEXAS	TX	$1,209	$605	$541	$1,088	5 insurers
ADVENTHEALTH ROLLINS BROOK	TX	$1,209	$605	$541	$1,088	5 insurers
SANFORD MEDICAL CENTER FARGO	ND	$750	$600	—	—	2 insurers