CPT 80156 · 1,697 hospitals reporting

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The same procedure costs $50 at one hospital and $1,949 at another — a 39× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $106.

Cheapest published

$50

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

Median across 1,697 hospitals

$106

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

Most expensive

$1,949

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
ESSENTIA HEALTH DULUTH	MN	$144	$106	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH SANDSTONE	MN	$144	$106	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH ADA	MN	$144	$106	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH HOLY TRINITY HOSPITAL	MN	$144	$106	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH NORTHERN PINES MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$144	$106	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH MOOSE LAKE	MN	$144	$106	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH FOSSTON	MN	$144	$106	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH DEER RIVER	MN	$144	$106	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH	ND	$144	$106	—	—	5 insurers
METHODIST HOSPITALS INC	IN	$151	$106	$14.13	$130	5 insurers
BOZEMAN HEALTH DEACONESS HOSPITAL	MT	$134	$107	$12.06	$134	5 insurers
BOZEMAN HEALTH BIG SKY MEDICAL CENTER	MT	$134	$107	$12.06	$134	5 insurers
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS, INC	WV	$211	$106	—	—	5 insurers
NORTH CENTRAL SURGICAL CENTER LLP	TX	$179	$107	$0.47	$8,427	5 insurers
SIDNEY HEALTH CENTER	MT	$174	$108	—	—	5 insurers
ST MARYS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CTR	WI	$240	$108	—	—	0 insurers
ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER	CT	$210	$105	—	—	5 insurers
BROWARD HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER	FL	$210	$105	—	—	5 insurers
WEST BOCA MEDICAL CENTER	FL	$210	$105	—	—	4 insurers
ADVOCATE SHERMAN HOSPITAL	IL	$210	$105	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE ILLINOIS MASONIC MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$210	$105	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE CHRIST HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$210	$105	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE LUTHERAN GENERAL HOSPITAL	IL	$210	$105	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL	IL	$210	$105	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE GOOD SHEPHERD HOSPITAL	IL	$210	$105	—	—	5 insurers
UNION HOSPITAL CLINTON	IN	$175	$105	—	—	0 insurers
FLOYD COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$210	$105	—	—	5 insurers
ACADIA ST LANDRY	LA	$140	$105	—	—	0 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI HEALTH CARE	MO	$210	$105	—	—	5 insurers
WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER	NY	$175	$105	—	—	5 insurers
MOUNT PLEASANT HOSPITAL	SC	$210	$105	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA MEDICAL CTR MANITOWOC COUNTY	WI	$210	$105	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA MEDICAL CENTER SHEBOYGAN COUNTY	WI	$210	$105	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA MEDICAL CTR WASHINGTON COUNTY	WI	$210	$105	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL BURLINGTON	WI	$210	$105	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA LAKELAND MEDICAL CENTER	WI	$210	$105	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA ST LUKES MEDICAL CENTER	WI	$210	$105	—	—	5 insurers
WEST ALLIS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WI	$210	$105	—	—	4 insurers
AURORA MEDICAL CENTER KENOSHA	WI	$210	$105	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA BAYCARE MEDICAL CTR	WI	$210	$105	—	—	5 insurers