CPT 84132 · 1,756 hospitals reporting

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The same procedure costs $50.4 at one hospital and $564 at another — a 11× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $76.

Cheapest published

$50.4

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

Median across 1,756 hospitals

$76

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

Most expensive

$564

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

Price distribution

392 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
GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL	CA	$76	$76	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MD ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	MD	$76	$76	—	—	5 insurers
SANFORD WESTBROOK MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$95	$76	—	—	5 insurers
SANFORD TRACY MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$95	$76	—	—	5 insurers
BON SECOURS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	NY	$76	$76	—	—	5 insurers
ST ANTHONY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	NY	$76	$76	—	—	5 insurers
BLESSING HOSPITAL	IL	$127	$76.3	—	—	5 insurers
ILLINI COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	IL	$127	$76.3	—	—	5 insurers
WHITESBURG ARH HOSPITAL	KY	$126	$75.6	—	—	5 insurers
LOS ALAMOS MEDICAL CENTER	NM	$128	$76.73	—	—	1 insurers
VALLEY PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL	CA	—	$75	$3.33	$138	5 insurers
NEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN/QUEENS	NY	—	$75	$3.33	$140	5 insurers
NEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL	NY	—	$75	$3.33	$330	5 insurers
HUDSON VALLEY HOSPITAL CENTER	NY	—	$75	$3.33	$138	5 insurers
ALAMEDA HOSPITAL	CA	$154	$77	$61.6	$116	5 insurers
HIGHLAND HOSPITAL	CA	$154	$77	$61.6	$116	5 insurers
LUBBOCK HEART HOSPITAL LP	TX	$77.2	$77.2	—	—	5 insurers
CLOVIS COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$96.53	$77.22	—	—	2 insurers
ADVENTHEALTH WATERMAN	FL	$141	$77.32	$2.95	$127	5 insurers
HIGHLANDS ARH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	KY	$129	$77.4	—	—	5 insurers
HARLAN ARH HOSPITAL	KY	$129	$77.4	—	—	5 insurers
PAINTSVILLE ARH HOSPITAL	KY	$129	$77.4	—	—	5 insurers
ATRIUM HEALTH FLOYD POLK MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$149	$74.5	—	—	0 insurers
MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	NM	$124	$74.46	—	—	2 insurers
MOLOKAI GENERAL HOSPITAL	HI	$106	$74.2	—	—	4 insurers
BUNKIE GENERAL HOSPITAL	LA	$74	$74	—	—	0 insurers
ST JOHN'S RIVERSIDE HOSPITAL	NY	$92	$78.2	—	—	5 insurers
NORTHEASTERN NEVADA REGIONAL HOSPITAL	NV	$112	$78.48	—	—	0 insurers
FRANKLIN HOSPITAL	IL	$98	$73.5	—	—	5 insurers
MARGARET MARY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL INC	IN	$78.57	$78.57	$4.76	$21.74	5 insurers
MARK TWAIN MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$118	$78.59	$63.88	$116	5 insurers
MILFORD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	MA	$73	$73	—	—	5 insurers
PHYSICIANS CENTRE,THE	TX	$79	$79	—	—	5 insurers
NORTHERN INYO HOSPITAL	CA	—	$72.8	$44.72	$103	5 insurers
BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE SURGICAL HOSPITAL FORTWORTH	TX	$121	$72.6	$0.47	$8,427	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S PATIENTS MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$207	$72.45	$135	$155	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S PATIENTS MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$207	$72.45	$3.8	$155	5 insurers
ADVENTHEALTH SHAWNEE MISSION	KS	$160	$79.91	$4.37	$144	5 insurers
MIDDLESBORO ARH HOSPITAL	KY	$120	$72	—	—	5 insurers
JOHNSON COUNTY HEALTHCARE CENTER	WY	$80	$80	—	—	0 insurers