CPT 81422 · 848 hospitals reporting

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The same procedure costs $62.1 at one hospital and $4,346 at another — a 70× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $837.

Cheapest published

$62.1

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

Median across 848 hospitals

$837

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

Most expensive

$4,346

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

Price distribution

128 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
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO	CA	$2,391	$837	$364	$1,010	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-SANTA CLARA	CA	$2,391	$837	$364	$1,010	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL AND REHAB CENTER	CA	$2,391	$837	$364	$1,010	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - OAKLAND/RICHMOND	CA	$2,391	$837	$364	$1,010	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN FRANCISCO	CA	$2,391	$837	$364	$1,010	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SACRAMENTO	CA	$2,391	$837	$364	$1,010	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL	CA	$2,391	$837	$364	$1,010	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - FREMONT	CA	$2,391	$837	$364	$1,010	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-SAN JOSE	CA	$2,391	$837	$364	$1,010	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSP SO SACRAMENTO	CA	$2,391	$837	$364	$1,010	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL-SANTA ROSA	CA	$2,391	$837	$364	$1,010	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - FRESNO	CA	$2,391	$837	$364	$1,010	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - ANTIOCH	CA	$2,391	$837	$364	$1,010	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - VACAVILLE	CA	$2,391	$837	$364	$1,010	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - ROSEVILLE	CA	$2,391	$837	$364	$1,010	3 insurers
USA HEALTH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL	AL	$4,745	$873	—	—	5 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL	NJ	$4,745	$873	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM, INC	TN	$4,745	$873	—	—	5 insurers
EMANUEL MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$2,238	$895	—	—	0 insurers
DLP SWAIN COUNTY HOSPITAL LLC	NC	$2,238	$895	—	—	0 insurers
ROME MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC	NY	$2,228	$899	—	—	5 insurers
ST JOSEPHS HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER	AZ	$1,100	$770	$209	$4,070	5 insurers
CHI SAINT JOSEPH FLAGET MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	KY	$2,132	$905	$1,556	$1,940	5 insurers
CHI SAINT JOSEPH FLAGET MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	KY	$2,132	$905	$759	$2,602	5 insurers
PENOBSCOT VALLEY HOSPITAL	ME	$957	$766	—	—	5 insurers
SAINT MICHAEL'S MEDICAL CENTER	NJ	$3,150	$759	$420	$2,520	5 insurers
LOWER BUCKS HOSPITAL	PA	$1,462	$759	$439	$1,462	5 insurers
HARLINGEN MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$3,795	$759	$191	$3,036	5 insurers
ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$2,584	$759	$455	$2,584	5 insurers
ADENA PIKE MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$1,898	$949	—	—	4 insurers
HAYWOOD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$2,425	$970	—	—	2 insurers
ST ELIZABETH HOSPITAL	WA	$1,940	$590	$1,397	$1,455	2 insurers
ST ELIZABETH HOSPITAL	WA	$1,940	$590	$759	$3,340	5 insurers
CONEMAUGH MINERS MEDICAL CENTER	PA	$2,713	$1,085	—	—	3 insurers
ABBEVILLE AREA MEDICAL CENTER	SC	$820	$574	—	—	5 insurers
ST CLARE HOSPITAL	WA	$1,940	$559	$1,397	$1,455	2 insurers
ST CLARE HOSPITAL	WA	$1,940	$559	$759	$3,340	5 insurers
BAXTER HEALTH	AR	$912	$547	—	—	1 insurers
HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL - SALT LAKE	UT	$2,839	$1,135	—	—	5 insurers
HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL-DAVIS	UT	$2,839	$1,135	—	—	5 insurers