CPT 84681 · 1,700 hospitals reporting

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The same procedure costs $50.09 at one hospital and $1,824 at another — a 36× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $103.

Cheapest published

$50.09

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

Median across 1,700 hospitals

$103

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

Most expensive

$1,824

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
NORTH CANYON MEDICAL CENTER	ID	$128	$102	—	—	5 insurers
COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$128	$102	—	—	0 insurers
NORTON SCOTT HOSPITAL	IN	$516	$103	—	—	1 insurers
NORTON HOSPITALS, INC	KY	$516	$103	—	—	1 insurers
WASHINGTON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	AR	$138	$104	—	—	1 insurers
RUSSELL REGIONAL HOSPITAL	KS	$120	$102	—	—	0 insurers
ST TAMMANY PARISH HOSPITAL	LA	$173	$104	—	—	0 insurers
SANFORD SHELDON MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$127	$102	—	—	5 insurers
SANFORD JACKSON MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$127	$102	—	—	5 insurers
SANFORD HOSPITAL WEBSTER - CAH	SD	$127	$102	—	—	5 insurers
SANFORD VERMILLION MEDICAL CENTER	SD	$127	$102	—	—	5 insurers
HOLY FAMILY MEMORIAL	WI	—	$101	$1.86	$179	0 insurers
WEIRTON MEDICAL CENTER, INC	WV	$201	$101	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE SHERMAN HOSPITAL	IL	$200	$100	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE TRINITY HOSPITAL	IL	$200	$100	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE ILLINOIS MASONIC MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$200	$100	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE CONDELL MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$200	$100	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE CHRIST HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$200	$100	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE LUTHERAN GENERAL HOSPITAL	IL	$200	$100	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL	IL	$200	$100	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE GOOD SHEPHERD HOSPITAL	IL	$200	$100	—	—	5 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL	KY	$212	$99.87	$193	$193	1 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL	KY	$212	$99.87	$16.31	$193	5 insurers
PRINCETON BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$212	$106	—	—	5 insurers
WEISER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	ID	$132	$99.23	—	—	1 insurers
SNOQUALMIE VALLEY HOSPITAL	WA	$184	$107	—	—	5 insurers
WAYNE HOSPITAL	OH	$132	$99	—	—	5 insurers
BAYLOR MEDICAL CENTER AT TROPHY CLUB	TX	$165	$99	$0.47	$8,427	5 insurers
MEADE DISTRICT HOSPITAL	KS	$107	$107	$37.45	$96.3	0 insurers
TIPPAH COUNTY HOSPITAL	MS	$108	$108	—	—	5 insurers
CARILION STONEWALL JACKSON HOSPITAL	VA	$163	$97.8	$20.81	$156	1 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$130	$97.5	—	—	0 insurers
BELL HOSPITAL	MI	$162	$97.17	—	—	0 insurers
ELITE HOSPITAL KINGWOOD	TX	$194	$96.8	—	—	0 insurers
CONEMAUGH MINERS MEDICAL CENTER	PA	$272	$109	—	—	2 insurers
ST JOHNS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$138	$96.6	$20.81	$138	5 insurers
FRANKLIN HOSPITAL	IL	$146	$109	—	—	5 insurers
BRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL	CT	$214	$109	—	—	5 insurers
CARILION MEDICAL CENTER	VA	$312	$109	—	—	5 insurers
CARILION NEW RIVER VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	VA	$312	$109	—	—	5 insurers