CPT 83884 · 459 hospitals reporting

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The same procedure costs $53.88 at one hospital and $1,568 at another — a 29× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $380.

Cheapest published

$53.88

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

Median across 459 hospitals

$380

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

Most expensive

$1,568

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

Price distribution

89 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.

459 hospitals reporting

Hospital	State	Gross	Cash price	Min negotiated	Max negotiated	Your insurer
ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER	CT	$760	$380	—	—	5 insurers
BROWARD HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER	FL	$760	$380	—	—	5 insurers
WEST BOCA MEDICAL CENTER	FL	$760	$380	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE SHERMAN HOSPITAL	IL	$760	$380	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE TRINITY HOSPITAL	IL	$760	$380	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE ILLINOIS MASONIC MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$760	$380	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE CONDELL MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$760	$380	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE CHRIST HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$760	$380	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE LUTHERAN GENERAL HOSPITAL	IL	$760	$380	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL	IL	$760	$380	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE GOOD SHEPHERD HOSPITAL	IL	$760	$380	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI HEALTH CARE	MO	$760	$380	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA MEDICAL CTR MANITOWOC COUNTY	WI	$760	$380	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA MEDICAL CENTER SHEBOYGAN COUNTY	WI	$760	$380	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA MEDICAL CTR WASHINGTON COUNTY	WI	$760	$380	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL BURLINGTON	WI	$760	$380	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA MEDICAL CENTER BAY AREA	WI	$760	$380	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA ST LUKES MEDICAL CENTER	WI	$760	$380	—	—	5 insurers
WEST ALLIS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WI	$760	$380	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA MEDICAL CENTER KENOSHA	WI	$760	$380	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA BAYCARE MEDICAL CTR	WI	$760	$380	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA MEDICAL CTR OSHKOSH	WI	$760	$380	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA MEDICAL CENTER - SUMMIT	WI	$760	$380	—	—	5 insurers
AURORA MEDICAL CENTER	WI	$760	$380	—	—	5 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER OF MT SHASTA	CA	$335	$261	$174	$328	5 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER OF MT SHASTA	CA	$335	$261	$80.4	$328	5 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$335	$261	$174	$328	5 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$335	$261	$80.4	$328	5 insurers
WEIRTON MEDICAL CENTER, INC	WV	$484	$242	—	—	5 insurers
MOSAIC LIFE CARE AT ST JOSEPH	MO	$610	$519	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW SOUTHDALE HOSPITAL	MN	$1,296	$520	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW UNIVERSITY OF MN MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$1,296	$520	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL	MN	$1,296	$520	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW WOODWINDS HOSPITAL	MN	$1,296	$520	—	—	5 insurers
ATRIUM HEALTH FLOYD MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$1,045	$522	—	—	2 insurers
ATRIUM HEALTH NAVICENT THE MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$1,045	$522	—	—	2 insurers
NAVICENT HEALTH BALDWIN	GA	$1,045	$522	—	—	0 insurers
ATRIUM HEALTH NAVICENT PEACH	GA	$1,045	$522	—	—	0 insurers
HIGH POINT REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM	NC	$1,045	$522	—	—	0 insurers
NORTH CAROLINA BAPTIST HOSPITAL	NC	$1,045	$522	—	—	0 insurers