CPT 81490 · 926 hospitals reporting

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The same procedure costs $121 at one hospital and $13,759 at another — a 114× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $1,261.

Cheapest published

$121

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

Median across 926 hospitals

$1,261

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

Most expensive

$13,759

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

Price distribution

211 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
SURGICAL INSTITUTE OF READING	PA	—	$1,261	$757	$757	1 insurers
JOHN F KENNEDY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	CA	$2,103	$1,262	$1,009	$2,007	5 insurers
SIBLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	DC	$2,103	$1,262	$1,009	$2,007	5 insurers
ARCHBOLD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	GA	$2,103	$1,262	$1,009	$2,007	5 insurers
ADAMS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IN	$2,103	$1,262	$1,009	$2,007	5 insurers
BARNES-JEWISH WEST COUNTY HOSPITAL	MO	$2,103	$1,262	$1,009	$2,007	5 insurers
BARNES-JEWISH ST PETERS HOSPITAL	MO	$2,103	$1,262	$1,009	$2,007	5 insurers
PROGRESS WEST HOSPITAL	MO	$2,103	$1,262	$1,009	$2,007	5 insurers
CONEMAUGH MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	PA	$3,191	$1,276	—	—	4 insurers
ROME MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INC	NY	$3,085	$1,245	—	—	5 insurers
VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$2,509	$1,280	—	—	4 insurers
CAPITAL HEALTH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	NJ	$3,213	$1,285	—	—	1 insurers
COOKEVILLE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	TN	$1,970	$1,208	—	—	2 insurers
TACOMA GENERAL ALLENMORE HOSPITAL	WA	$2,956	$1,182	—	—	2 insurers
MOUNTAIN VIEW HOSPITAL	ID	$1,978	$1,385	$0	$1,780	3 insurers
IDAHO FALLS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL, LLC	ID	$1,978	$1,385	$0	$2,312	2 insurers
MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER OF FLORIDA, INC	FL	$1,100	$1,100	—	—	5 insurers
MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER OF FLORIDA, INC	FL	$1,100	$1,100	—	—	5 insurers
FAUQUIER HOSPITAL	VA	$2,742	$1,097	—	—	1 insurers
CITIZENS MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$2,950	$1,475	—	—	4 insurers
MULTICARE AUBURN MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$3,695	$1,478	—	—	0 insurers
MULTICARE COVINGTON MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$3,695	$1,478	—	—	1 insurers
MARGARETVILLE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	NY	$2,246	$1,482	—	—	5 insurers
THOMAS HOSPITAL	AL	$2,967	$1,484	—	—	5 insurers
CAPE FEAR VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$2,473	$1,484	—	—	5 insurers
BETSY JOHNSON REGIONAL HOSPITAL	NC	$2,473	$1,484	—	—	5 insurers
JACKSON GENERAL HOSPITAL	WV	$2,992	$1,496	—	—	0 insurers
USA HEALTH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL	AL	$2,730	$967	—	—	5 insurers
THE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL	NJ	$2,730	$967	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM, INC	TN	$2,730	$967	—	—	5 insurers
WHITESBURG ARH HOSPITAL	KY	$2,597	$1,558	—	—	5 insurers
HIGHLANDS ARH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	KY	$2,597	$1,558	—	—	5 insurers
MIDDLESBORO ARH HOSPITAL	KY	$2,597	$1,558	—	—	5 insurers
HAZARD ARH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	KY	$2,597	$1,558	—	—	5 insurers
HARLAN ARH HOSPITAL	KY	$2,597	$1,558	—	—	5 insurers
TUG VALLEY ARH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	KY	$2,597	$1,558	—	—	5 insurers
MORGAN COUNTY ARH HOSPITAL	KY	$2,597	$1,558	—	—	5 insurers
MARY BRECKINRIDGE ARH HOSPITAL	KY	$2,597	$1,558	—	—	5 insurers
MCDOWELL ARH HOSPITAL	KY	$2,597	$1,558	—	—	5 insurers
BECKLEY ARH HOSPITAL	WV	$2,597	$1,558	—	—	5 insurers