CPT 86003 · 1,675 hospitals reporting

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The same procedure costs $50 at one hospital and $516 at another — a 10× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $69.5.

Cheapest published

$50

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

Median across 1,675 hospitals

$69.5

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

Most expensive

$516

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

Price distribution

222 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
WHEELING HOSPITAL, INC	WV	$138	$69	—	—	5 insurers
ABRAHAM LINCOLN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IL	$70	$70	—	—	5 insurers
HASKELL REGIONAL HOSPITAL, INC	OK	$70	$70	—	—	5 insurers
HENDERSON COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	NE	$172	$68.8	—	—	5 insurers
VALLEY HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	NV	$172	$68.8	—	—	5 insurers
SUMMERLIN HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	NV	$172	$68.8	—	—	5 insurers
SPRING VALLEY HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	NV	$172	$68.8	—	—	5 insurers
CENTENNIAL HILLS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	NV	$172	$68.8	—	—	5 insurers
HENDERSON HOSPITAL	NV	$172	$68.8	—	—	5 insurers
WEST HENDERSON HOSPITAL	NV	$172	$68.8	—	—	5 insurers
PEACE HARBOR MEDICAL CENTER	OR	$108	$70.2	—	—	5 insurers
MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	NM	$113	$67.57	—	—	2 insurers
HELEN KELLER HOSPITAL	AL	$72	$72	—	—	5 insurers
HUNTSVILLE HOSPITAL	AL	$72	$72	—	—	5 insurers
ATHENS LIMESTONE HOSPITAL	AL	$72	$72	—	—	5 insurers
DECATUR MORGAN HOSPITAL - DECATUR CAMPUS	AL	$72	$72	—	—	5 insurers
KEEFE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	CO	$72	$72	—	—	0 insurers
DOYLESTOWN HOSPITAL	PA	$72	$72	—	—	5 insurers
BENNETT COUNTY HOSPITAL AND NURSING HOME - CAH	SD	$72	$72	—	—	0 insurers
PEACEHEALTH SOUTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$111	$72.15	—	—	5 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN	HI	$83.35	$66.68	—	—	5 insurers
CHI OAKES HOSPITAL	ND	$128	$66.56	$93.44	$124	5 insurers
CHI OAKES HOSPITAL	ND	$128	$66.56	$5.22	$124	5 insurers
SPARTA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	IL	$66.25	$66.25	$6.63	$62.94	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY OF MD ST JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER	MD	$73	$73	—	—	5 insurers
WAYNE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	PA	$92.25	$73.8	$0	$73.8	4 insurers
ST JOSEPHS HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER	AZ	$93	$65.1	$2.98	$73.29	5 insurers
ST JOSEPHS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL WEST BEND	WI	$117	$64.35	—	—	5 insurers
PEACEHEALTH UNITED GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$115	$74.75	—	—	4 insurers
NOVANT HEALTH THOMASVILLE MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$107	$64.2	$5.22	$104	5 insurers
PIONEER MEDICAL CENTER	MT	$64	$64	—	—	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH ST. ELIZABETH	NE	$128	$64	$79.36	$102	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH ST. ELIZABETH	NE	$128	$64	$5.06	$109	5 insurers
SOUTH TEXAS HEALTH SYSTEM	TX	$160	$64	—	—	5 insurers
COLQUITT REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	GA	$75	$75	—	—	5 insurers
JACKSON COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL AUTHORITY	OK	$75	$75	—	—	5 insurers
CALDWELL MEDICAL CENTER	KY	$85.17	$63.88	—	—	5 insurers
ROSEBUD HEALTH CARE CENTER	MT	$63.76	$63.76	—	—	5 insurers
MOSAIC LIFE CARE AT ST JOSEPH	MO	$89	$75.65	—	—	3 insurers
MOSAIC MEDICAL CENTER ALBANY	MO	$89	$75.65	—	—	2 insurers