CPT 82681 · 963 hospitals reporting

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The same procedure costs $50.5 at one hospital and $537 at another — a 11× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $97.31.

Cheapest published

$50.5

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

Median across 963 hospitals

$97.31

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

Most expensive

$537

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

Price distribution

218 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
YALE-NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL	CT	$168	$98.91	—	—	5 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER OF MT SHASTA	CA	$123	$95.7	$63.96	$121	5 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER OF MT SHASTA	CA	$123	$95.7	$22.35	$121	5 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$123	$95.7	$63.96	$121	5 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$123	$95.7	$22.35	$121	5 insurers
SAINT ROSE DOMINICAN HOSPITALS - SIENA CAMPUS	NV	$414	$93.98	$124	$298	4 insurers
SAINT ROSE DOMINICAN HOSPITALS - SIENA CAMPUS	NV	$414	$93.98	$13.04	$298	5 insurers
CHRISTUS SOUTHEAST TEXAS- ST ELIZABETH	TX	$309	$102	$13.97	$263	5 insurers
ELLIS HOSPITAL	NY	$182	$90.8	—	—	0 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH EAST	KY	$224	$89.98	$204	$204	1 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH EAST	KY	$224	$89.98	$11.18	$204	5 insurers
SAINT CLARE'S HOSPITAL/ DENVILLE CAMPUS	NJ	$224	$89.98	$204	$204	1 insurers
SAINT CLARE'S HOSPITAL/ DENVILLE CAMPUS	NJ	$224	$89.98	$11.18	$204	5 insurers
CHI SAINT JOSEPH BEREA NF	KY	$186	$89.67	$85.56	$169	5 insurers
CHI SAINT JOSEPH BEREA NF	KY	$186	$89.67	$11.18	$169	5 insurers
D W MCMILLAN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	AL	$175	$105	—	—	5 insurers
ATMORE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	AL	$175	$105	—	—	5 insurers
ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER	CT	$210	$105	—	—	5 insurers
BROWARD HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER	FL	$210	$105	—	—	5 insurers
WEST BOCA MEDICAL CENTER	FL	$210	$105	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE SHERMAN HOSPITAL	IL	$210	$105	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE TRINITY HOSPITAL	IL	$210	$105	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE ILLINOIS MASONIC MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$210	$105	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE CONDELL MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$210	$105	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE CHRIST HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$210	$105	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE LUTHERAN GENERAL HOSPITAL	IL	$210	$105	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL	IL	$210	$105	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE GOOD SHEPHERD HOSPITAL	IL	$210	$105	—	—	5 insurers
FLOYD COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$210	$105	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI HEALTH CARE	MO	$210	$105	—	—	5 insurers
MOUNT PLEASANT HOSPITAL	SC	$210	$105	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA MEDICAL CTR MANITOWOC COUNTY	WI	$210	$105	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA MEDICAL CENTER SHEBOYGAN COUNTY	WI	$210	$105	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA MEDICAL CTR WASHINGTON COUNTY	WI	$210	$105	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL BURLINGTON	WI	$210	$105	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA LAKELAND MEDICAL CENTER	WI	$210	$105	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA MEDICAL CENTER BAY AREA	WI	$210	$105	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA ST LUKES MEDICAL CENTER	WI	$210	$105	—	—	5 insurers
WEST ALLIS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WI	$210	$105	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA MEDICAL CENTER KENOSHA	WI	$210	$105	—	—	5 insurers