CPT 81301 · 1,140 hospitals reporting

Microsatellite instability

The same procedure costs $62.2 at one hospital and $5,914 at another — a 95× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $523.

Cheapest published

$62.2

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

Median across 1,140 hospitals

$523

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

Most expensive

$5,914

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

Price distribution

489 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
CAPE FEAR VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$871	$523	—	—	5 insurers
BETSY JOHNSON REGIONAL HOSPITAL	NC	$871	$523	—	—	5 insurers
SURGICAL INSTITUTE OF READING	PA	—	$523	$314	$316	2 insurers
HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL - SALT LAKE	UT	$1,304	$521	—	—	5 insurers
HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL-DAVIS	UT	$1,304	$521	—	—	5 insurers
HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL-JORDAN VALLEY	UT	$1,304	$521	—	—	5 insurers
Adventhealth Zephyrhills	FL	$874	$524	$64.64	$832	5 insurers
ADVENTHEALTH TAMPA	FL	$874	$524	$1.49	$1,456	5 insurers
ADVENTHEALTH OCALA	FL	$865	$519	—	—	5 insurers
MULTICARE AUBURN MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$1,296	$518	—	—	0 insurers
MULTICARE COVINGTON MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$1,296	$518	—	—	1 insurers
CLINCH VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	VA	$1,291	$516	—	—	0 insurers
UCHEALTH HIGHLANDS RANCH HOSPITAL	CO	$1,769	$531	—	—	5 insurers
COLUMBUS REGIONAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM	NC	$730	$511	—	—	5 insurers
BRISTOL HOSPITAL	CT	$3,380	$507	—	—	5 insurers
JOHNSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IN	$3,380	$507	—	—	5 insurers
RUSSELL COUNTY HOSPITAL	KY	$3,380	$507	—	—	5 insurers
JOHNSTON HEALTH	NC	$3,380	$507	—	—	5 insurers
WELLMONT BRISTOL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	TN	$3,380	$507	—	—	5 insurers
WELLMONT HOLSTON VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	TN	$3,380	$507	—	—	5 insurers
SYCAMORE SHOALS HOSPITAL	TN	$3,380	$507	—	—	5 insurers
HAWKINS COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	TN	$3,380	$507	—	—	5 insurers
GREENEVILLE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	TN	$3,380	$507	—	—	5 insurers
JOHNSON CITY MEDICAL CENTER	TN	$3,380	$507	—	—	5 insurers
INDIAN PATH COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	TN	$3,380	$507	—	—	5 insurers
FRANKLIN WOODS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	TN	$3,380	$507	—	—	5 insurers
HANCOCK COUNTY HOSPITAL	TN	$3,380	$507	—	—	5 insurers
RUSSELL COUNTY HOSPITAL	VA	$3,380	$507	—	—	5 insurers
SMYTH COUNTY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	VA	$3,380	$507	—	—	5 insurers
JOHNSTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	VA	$3,380	$507	—	—	5 insurers
LONESOME PINE HOSPITAL	VA	$3,380	$507	—	—	5 insurers
CALDWELL MEDICAL CENTER	KY	$720	$540	—	—	5 insurers
WAYNE COUNTY HOSPITAL	IA	$833	$541	—	—	5 insurers
FROEDTERT SOUTH INC.	WI	$916	$504	—	—	5 insurers
COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WI	$916	$504	—	—	4 insurers
FROEDTERT MEMORIAL LUTHERAN HOSPITAL	WI	$916	$504	—	—	4 insurers
HANCOCK COUNTY HEALTH SYSTEM	IA	$2,163	$497	—	—	5 insurers
UPHS MARQUETTE DLP HOSPITAL	MI	$824	$494	—	—	0 insurers
COLQUITT REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$494	$494	—	—	5 insurers
JACKSON COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AUTHORITY	OK	$494	$494	—	—	5 insurers