CPT 81001 · 1,743 hospitals reporting

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The same procedure costs $50 at one hospital and $819 at another — a 16× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $80.67.

Cheapest published

$50

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

Median across 1,743 hospitals

$80.67

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

Most expensive

$819

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

Price distribution

420 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
CLARKE COUNTY HOSPITAL	IA	$80.55	$80.55	—	—	5 insurers
SANFORD CHAMBERLAIN MEDICAL CENTER	SD	$101	$80.8	—	—	5 insurers
NORTHERN INYO HOSPITAL	CA	—	$80.5	$49.45	$421	5 insurers
ADVENTHEALTH FISH MEMORIAL	FL	$146	$80.48	$1.98	$132	5 insurers
ST BERNARDINE MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$241	$80.26	$72.3	$198	4 insurers
LONGMONT UNITED HOSPITAL	CO	$201	$80.24	—	—	5 insurers
CENTURA HEALTH-ST ANTHONY NORTH HEALTH CAMPUS	CO	$201	$80.24	—	—	3 insurers
ORTHOCOLORADO HOSP AT ST ANTHONY MED CAMPUS	CO	$201	$80.24	—	—	3 insurers
ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL - INTERQUEST	CO	$201	$80.24	—	—	3 insurers
SAINT ANTHONY HOSPITAL	IL	$201	$80.24	—	—	3 insurers
HUGGINS HOSPITAL	NH	$160	$80	—	—	5 insurers
MISSION COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$122	$79.59	—	—	2 insurers
MISSION COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	CA	$122	$79.59	—	—	4 insurers
BENNETT COUNTY HOSPITAL AND NURSING HOME - CAH	SD	$82	$82	—	—	0 insurers
SLEEPY EYE MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$130	$82.25	—	—	5 insurers
HAXTUN HOSPITAL DISTRICT	CO	$81	$78.98	—	—	0 insurers
SANFORD WESTBROOK MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$103	$82.4	—	—	5 insurers
SANFORD TRACY MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$103	$82.4	—	—	5 insurers
HIGHPOINT HEALTH-SUMNER WITH ASCENSION SAINT THOMA	TN	$242	$78.78	—	—	2 insurers
TRIOS HEALTH	WA	$197	$78.62	—	—	5 insurers
NORTHWEST TEXAS HOSPITAL	TX	$207	$82.8	—	—	5 insurers
FLOYD CHEROKEE MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$157	$78.5	—	—	1 insurers
MERCY GILBERT MEDICAL CENTER	AZ	$319	$78.48	$172	$246	2 insurers
MERCY GILBERT MEDICAL CENTER	AZ	$319	$78.48	$3.17	$246	5 insurers
NORTHEASTERN NEVADA REGIONAL HOSPITAL	NV	$112	$78.48	—	—	0 insurers
RED BAY HOSPITAL	AL	$148	$82.88	—	—	3 insurers
SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$148	$82.88	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WALNUT CREEK	CA	$148	$82.88	—	—	3 insurers
SUTTER MEDICAL CENTER, SACRAMENTO	CA	$148	$82.88	—	—	3 insurers
SUTTER ROSEVILLE MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$148	$82.88	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - REDWOOD CITY	CA	$148	$82.88	—	—	3 insurers
FRESNO SURGICAL HOSPITAL	CA	$148	$82.88	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL MANTECA	CA	$148	$82.88	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN LEANDRO	CA	$148	$82.88	—	—	3 insurers
MT SAN RAFAEL HOSPITAL	CO	$148	$82.88	—	—	3 insurers
SANTA ROSA MEDICAL CENTER	FL	$148	$82.88	—	—	3 insurers
COMMUNITY HOSPITAL SOUTH, INC.	IN	$148	$82.88	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL WESTSIDE	OR	$148	$82.88	—	—	3 insurers
MADISON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	ID	$92	$78.2	—	—	5 insurers
MADISON HOSPITAL	MN	$92	$78.2	—	—	5 insurers