CPT 82523 · 1,546 hospitals reporting

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The same procedure costs $51 at one hospital and $1,538 at another — a 30× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $113.

Cheapest published

$51

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

Median across 1,546 hospitals

$113

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

Most expensive

$1,538

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

Price distribution

500 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
WHITESBURG ARH HOSPITAL	KY	$189	$113	—	—	5 insurers
HIGHLANDS ARH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	KY	$189	$113	—	—	5 insurers
MIDDLESBORO ARH HOSPITAL	KY	$189	$113	—	—	5 insurers
HAZARD ARH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	KY	$189	$113	—	—	5 insurers
HARLAN ARH HOSPITAL	KY	$189	$113	—	—	5 insurers
TUG VALLEY ARH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	KY	$189	$113	—	—	5 insurers
PAINTSVILLE ARH HOSPITAL	KY	$189	$113	—	—	5 insurers
ARH OUR LADY OF THE WAY	KY	$189	$113	—	—	5 insurers
MORGAN COUNTY ARH HOSPITAL	KY	$189	$113	—	—	5 insurers
MARY BRECKINRIDGE ARH HOSPITAL	KY	$189	$113	—	—	5 insurers
MCDOWELL ARH HOSPITAL	KY	$189	$113	—	—	5 insurers
WALLOWA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	OR	$126	$113	$120	$123	0 insurers
ROANE GENERAL HOSPITAL	WV	$189	$113	—	—	5 insurers
SUMMERS COUNTY ARH HOSPITAL	WV	$189	$113	—	—	5 insurers
YALE-NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL	CT	$192	$113	—	—	5 insurers
SPRING VIEW HOSPITAL	KY	$283	$113	—	—	2 insurers
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IL	$253	$114	—	—	5 insurers
SUNY/DOWNSTATE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BROOKLYN	NY	$113	$113	—	—	5 insurers
HIGH POINT REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM	NC	$228	$114	—	—	0 insurers
NORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST HOSPITAL	NC	$228	$114	—	—	0 insurers
TEXOMA MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$150	$113	—	—	5 insurers
GATEWAY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IL	—	$112	—	—	0 insurers
GOSHEN HOSPITAL	IN	$160	$112	—	—	5 insurers
PEACEHEALTH SOUTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$172	$112	—	—	5 insurers
TWIN CITY MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$159	$111	$62.01	$145	5 insurers
DELTA COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	CO	$193	$116	—	—	5 insurers
POINTE COUPEE GENERAL HOSPITAL	LA	$123	$111	—	—	0 insurers
VALLEY VIEW MEDICAL CENTER	AZ	$184	$110	—	—	1 insurers
SOUTH COUNTY HOSPITAL INC	RI	$194	$116	—	—	3 insurers
SINAI-GRACE HOSPITAL	MI	$147	$110	—	—	0 insurers
SEQUOYAH COUNTY-CITY OF SALLISAW HOSPITAL AUTHORIT	OK	$147	$110	—	—	5 insurers
BUENA VISTA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$110	$110	$49	$137	0 insurers
ADVENTHEALTH DADE CITY	FL	$183	$110	$6.68	$165	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH ST. ELIZABETH	NE	$234	$117	$145	$187	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH ST. ELIZABETH	NE	$234	$117	$18.11	$199	5 insurers
HARPER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL	MI	$146	$110	$18.68	$93	5 insurers
WILKES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$235	$118	—	—	0 insurers
DETROIT RECEIVING HOSPITAL	MI	$145	$109	—	—	0 insurers
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN	MI	$158	$119	—	—	0 insurers
THOMAS HOSPITAL	AL	$216	$108	—	—	5 insurers