CPT 81449 · 844 hospitals reporting

81449

The same procedure costs $234 at one hospital and $12,577 at another — a 54× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,258.

Cheapest published

$234

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

Median across 844 hospitals

$1,258

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

Most expensive

$12,577

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

Price distribution

137 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
WALKER BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$2,097	$1,258	$331	$1,824	0 insurers
CITIZENS BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$2,097	$1,258	$331	$1,824	0 insurers
JOHN F KENNEDY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	CA	$2,097	$1,258	$331	$1,824	0 insurers
SIBLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	DC	$2,097	$1,258	$331	$1,824	0 insurers
ARCHBOLD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	GA	$2,097	$1,258	$331	$1,824	0 insurers
ALTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IL	$2,097	$1,258	$331	$1,824	0 insurers
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IL	$2,097	$1,258	$331	$1,824	0 insurers
ADAMS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IN	$2,097	$1,258	$331	$1,824	0 insurers
MISSOURI BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	MO	$2,097	$1,258	$331	$1,824	0 insurers
BARNES-JEWISH WEST COUNTY HOSPITAL	MO	$2,097	$1,258	$331	$1,824	0 insurers
CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL NORTHEAST	MO	$2,097	$1,258	$331	$1,824	0 insurers
BARNES-JEWISH ST PETERS HOSPITAL	MO	$2,097	$1,258	$717	$1,877	0 insurers
PROGRESS WEST HOSPITAL	MO	$2,097	$1,258	$598	$2,062	0 insurers
WESTERLY HOSPITAL	RI	$3,587	$1,291	—	—	0 insurers
SACRED HEART MEDICAL CENTER - RIVERBEND	OR	$1,989	$1,293	—	—	0 insurers
ATRIUM HEALTH FLOYD MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$2,603	$1,301	—	—	0 insurers
NAVICENT HEALTH BALDWIN	GA	$2,606	$1,303	—	—	0 insurers
ATRIUM HEALTH NAVICENT PEACH	GA	$2,606	$1,303	—	—	0 insurers
ATRIUM HEALTH NAVICENT THE MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$2,627	$1,314	—	—	0 insurers
CAPITAL HEALTH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	NJ	$2,974	$1,190	—	—	0 insurers
FLOYD CHEROKEE MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$2,683	$1,342	—	—	0 insurers
MARY BRIDGE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL	WA	$2,901	$1,160	—	—	0 insurers
PEACEHEALTH SOUTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$1,689	$1,098	—	—	0 insurers
ATRIUM HEALTH FLOYD POLK MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$2,948	$1,474	—	—	0 insurers
MULTICARE AUBURN MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$2,549	$1,020	—	—	0 insurers
MULTICARE COVINGTON MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$2,549	$1,020	—	—	0 insurers
BOZEMAN HEALTH DEACONESS HOSPITAL	MT	$1,876	$1,501	$495	$1,876	0 insurers
BOZEMAN HEALTH BIG SKY MEDICAL CENTER	MT	$1,876	$1,501	$495	$1,876	0 insurers
CLARKE COUNTY HOSPITAL	IA	$990	$990	—	—	0 insurers
ST LOUIS CHILDRENS HOSPITAL	MO	$2,577	$1,546	$598	$2,062	0 insurers
UNITED REGIONAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM	TX	$1,020	$969	—	—	0 insurers
PARKLAND HEALTH CENTER	MO	$1,505	$903	$598	$2,062	0 insurers
MISSOURI BAPTIST SULLIVAN HOSPITAL	MO	$1,505	$903	$331	$1,824	0 insurers
PARKLAND HEALTH CENTER - BONNE TERRE	MO	$1,496	$898	$598	$2,062	0 insurers
SURGICAL INSTITUTE OF READING	PA	—	$897	$478	$538	0 insurers
HCA FLORIDA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	FL	$888	$888	$478	$867	0 insurers
MULTICARE VALLEY HOSPITAL	WA	$2,215	$886	—	—	0 insurers
UNM HOSPITAL	NM	$1,495	$822	—	—	0 insurers
TACOMA GENERAL ALLENMORE HOSPITAL	WA	$2,039	$816	—	—	0 insurers
TRINITY ROCK ISLAND	IL	$990	$792	—	—	0 insurers