CPT 80353 · 975 hospitals reporting

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The same procedure costs $50 at one hospital and $1,070 at another — a 21× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $105.

Cheapest published

$50

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

Median across 975 hospitals

$105

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

Most expensive

$1,070

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

Price distribution

353 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
HELEN KELLER HOSPITAL	AL	$105	$105	—	—	3 insurers
HUNTSVILLE HOSPITAL	AL	$105	$105	—	—	3 insurers
ATHENS LIMESTONE HOSPITAL	AL	$105	$105	—	—	3 insurers
DECATUR MORGAN HOSPITAL - DECATUR CAMPUS	AL	$105	$105	—	—	3 insurers
JOHNSON COUNTY HEALTHCARE CENTER	WY	$105	$105	—	—	0 insurers
STEPHENS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	TX	$105	$105	—	—	5 insurers
CAPE FEAR VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$174	$104	—	—	1 insurers
BETSY JOHNSON REGIONAL HOSPITAL	NC	$174	$104	—	—	1 insurers
PEACEHEALTH UNITED GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$160	$104	—	—	0 insurers
SINAI-GRACE HOSPITAL	MI	$137	$103	—	—	0 insurers
HARPER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL	MI	$137	$103	$19.3	$93	2 insurers
DETROIT RECEIVING HOSPITAL	MI	$137	$103	—	—	0 insurers
HURON VALLEY-SINAI HOSPITAL	MI	$137	$103	$9.24	$93	4 insurers
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN	MI	$137	$103	—	—	0 insurers
CHI ST ALEXIUS HEALTH	ND	$210	$107	$155	$189	3 insurers
CHI ST ALEXIUS HEALTH	ND	$210	$107	$105	$189	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL S U N Y HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER	NY	$165	$107	—	—	5 insurers
DOCTORS HOSPITAL OF MANTECA	CA	$102	$102	$13.76	$20.23	3 insurers
DOCTORS HOSPITAL OF LAREDO	TX	$102	$102	$13.76	$20.23	3 insurers
CRISP REGIONAL HOSPITAL	GA	$113	$108	—	—	0 insurers
SACRED HEART MEDICAL CENTER - RIVERBEND	OR	$157	$102	—	—	0 insurers
COOPER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL	NJ	$108	$108	—	—	2 insurers
COX MEDICAL CENTERS	MO	$403	$102	—	—	5 insurers
COX MEDICAL CENTER BRANSON	MO	$403	$102	—	—	5 insurers
POMERENE HOSPITAL	OH	$126	$101	—	—	5 insurers
PRINCETON BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$200	$100	—	—	2 insurers
UNITED MEDICAL CENTER	DC	$200	$100	—	—	0 insurers
CHOCTAW HEALTH CENTER	MS	$200	$100	—	—	1 insurers
ST LUKE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	MT	$125	$100	—	—	5 insurers
BARNESVILLE HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, INC	OH	$200	$100	—	—	2 insurers
CHOCTAW MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	OK	$200	$100	—	—	1 insurers
GARFIELD COUNTY PUBLIC HOSPITAL DISTRICT #1	WA	$125	$100	—	—	5 insurers
CASCADE MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$125	$100	—	—	5 insurers
WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS, INC	WV	$200	$100	—	—	3 insurers
BERKELEY MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$200	$100	—	—	2 insurers
CAMDEN CLARK MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$200	$100	—	—	0 insurers
HARRISON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	KY	$142	$99.58	—	—	0 insurers
PEACEHEALTH PEACE ISLAND MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$152	$98.8	—	—	0 insurers
MCKENZIE HEALTH SYSTEM	MI	$122	$97.6	—	—	0 insurers
HAVASU REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	AZ	$189	$114	—	—	0 insurers