CPT 82043 · 1,733 hospitals reporting

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The same procedure costs $50 at one hospital and $893 at another — a 18× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $80.4.

Cheapest published

$50

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

Median across 1,733 hospitals

$80.4

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

Most expensive

$893

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

Price distribution

464 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
HIGHLANDS ARH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	KY	$134	$80.4	—	—	5 insurers
HARLAN ARH HOSPITAL	KY	$134	$80.4	—	—	5 insurers
PAINTSVILLE ARH HOSPITAL	KY	$134	$80.4	—	—	5 insurers
COMANCHE COUNTY HOSPITAL	KS	$80	$80	—	—	0 insurers
COMANCHE COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	OK	$80	$80	—	—	0 insurers
HENDERSON COUNTY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	TN	$200	$80	—	—	5 insurers
HAYWOOD COUNTY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	TN	$200	$80	—	—	5 insurers
ATHOL MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	MA	$81	$81	$14.33	$24.57	4 insurers
SINAI-GRACE HOSPITAL	MI	$108	$81	—	—	0 insurers
ST ANTHONY HOSPITAL	OR	$117	$79.71	$63.18	$111	5 insurers
ST ANTHONY HOSPITAL	OR	$117	$79.71	$4.05	$111	5 insurers
ST ANTHONY HOSPITAL	WA	$117	$79.71	$63.18	$111	5 insurers
ST ANTHONY HOSPITAL	WA	$117	$79.71	$4.05	$111	5 insurers
HIAWATHA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	KS	$122	$79.3	$24.57	$116	5 insurers
HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL - SALT LAKE	UT	$198	$79.29	—	—	5 insurers
HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL-DAVIS	UT	$198	$79.29	—	—	5 insurers
HOLY CROSS HOSPITAL-JORDAN VALLEY	UT	$198	$79.29	—	—	5 insurers
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	TX	$158	$79.24	$4.86	$150	5 insurers
TEXAS HEALTH HUGULEY HOSPITAL FORT WORTH SOUTH	TX	$158	$79.24	$4.86	$150	5 insurers
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	TX	$158	$79.24	$4.86	$150	5 insurers
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	TX	$158	$79.24	$4.86	$150	5 insurers
JOHNSON COUNTY HEALTHCARE CENTER	WY	$79	$79	—	—	0 insurers
CLOVIS COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$98.55	$78.84	—	—	2 insurers
COMMUNITY HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION	MO	$82	$82	—	—	5 insurers
WHIDBEYHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$82	$82	—	—	0 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH DULUTH	MN	$106	$78.33	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH SANDSTONE	MN	$106	$78.33	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH ADA	MN	$106	$78.33	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH HOLY TRINITY HOSPITAL	MN	$106	$78.33	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH NORTHERN PINES MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$106	$78.33	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH MOOSE LAKE	MN	$106	$78.33	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH FOSSTON	MN	$106	$78.33	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH DEER RIVER	MN	$106	$78.33	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH	ND	$106	$78.33	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS PORTAGE MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$110	$82.5	—	—	1 insurers
LAKE HEALTH	OH	$110	$82.5	—	—	0 insurers
PHILLIPS COUNTY HOSPITAL	KS	$92	$82.8	—	—	5 insurers
PHILLIPS COUNTY HOSPITAL - CAH	MT	$92	$82.8	—	—	5 insurers
HIGHPOINT HEALTH-SUMNER WITH ASCENSION SAINT THOMA	TN	$239	$77.89	—	—	2 insurers
SANFORD THIEF RIVER FALLS MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$104	$83.2	—	—	5 insurers