CPT 86042 · 1,076 hospitals reporting

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The same procedure costs $50 at one hospital and $597 at another — a 12× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $89.46.

Cheapest published

$50

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

Median across 1,076 hospitals

$89.46

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

Most expensive

$597

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

Price distribution

230 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
CHI HEALTH MERCY COUNCIL BLUFFS	IA	$213	$89.46	$128	$181	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH MERCY COUNCIL BLUFFS	IA	$213	$89.46	$31.95	$181	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH BERGAN MERCY	NE	$213	$89.46	$128	$181	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH BERGAN MERCY	NE	$213	$89.46	$36.21	$181	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH IMMANUEL	NE	$213	$89.46	$128	$181	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH IMMANUEL	NE	$213	$89.46	$29.82	$181	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH MIDLANDS	NE	$213	$89.46	$128	$181	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH MIDLANDS	NE	$213	$89.46	$38.34	$181	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH LAKESIDE	NE	$213	$89.46	$128	$181	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH LAKESIDE	NE	$213	$89.46	$34.08	$181	5 insurers
HSHS ST CLARE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WI	$135	$89.1	—	—	5 insurers
MISSOURI DELTA MEDICAL CENTER	MO	$356	$89.06	—	—	5 insurers
PUTNAM GENERAL HOSPITAL	GA	$180	$90	—	—	0 insurers
UCF LAKE NONA HOSPITAL	FL	$87.44	$87.44	$16.67	$36.8	5 insurers
CARLE HEALTH PROCTOR HOSPITAL	IL	$92	$92	—	—	4 insurers
CARLE HEALTH PEKIN HOSPITAL	IL	$92	$92	—	—	3 insurers
CARLE HEALTH METHODIST HOSPITAL	IL	$92	$92	—	—	4 insurers
HCA FLORIDA NORTH FLORIDA HOSPITAL	FL	$86.64	$86.64	$16.67	$23	5 insurers
HOULTON REGIONAL HOSPITAL	ME	$98	$93.1	—	—	5 insurers
OSWEGO HOSPITAL	NY	$125	$93.8	—	—	5 insurers
HCA FLORIDA LAKE CITY HOSPITAL	FL	$85	$85	$16.67	$23	5 insurers
HCA FLORIDA PUTNAM HOSPITAL	FL	$85	$85	$16.67	$23	5 insurers
MEMORIAL HEALTH MEADOWS HOSPITAL	GA	$84.26	$84.26	$11.96	$19.32	5 insurers
HARRISON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	KY	$120	$84.19	—	—	5 insurers
SANFORD LUVERNE MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$105	$84	—	—	5 insurers
SANFORD CHAMBERLAIN MEDICAL CENTER	SD	$105	$84	—	—	5 insurers
ST MARYS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CTR	WI	$184	$82.8	—	—	0 insurers
RANDOLPH HOSPITAL	NC	$412	$82.4	—	—	4 insurers
CARLE FOUNDATION HOSPITAL	IL	$82	$82	—	—	2 insurers
WALKER BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$162	$97.2	$18.4	$162	5 insurers
CITIZENS BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$162	$97.2	$18.4	$162	5 insurers
JOHN F KENNEDY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	CA	$162	$97.2	$18.4	$162	5 insurers
SIBLEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	DC	$162	$97.2	$18.4	$162	5 insurers
ARCHBOLD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	GA	$162	$97.2	$18.4	$162	5 insurers
ALTON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IL	$162	$97.2	$18.4	$162	5 insurers
MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IL	$162	$97.2	$18.4	$162	5 insurers
ADAMS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	IN	$162	$97.2	$18.4	$162	5 insurers
MISSOURI BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER	MO	$162	$97.2	$18.4	$162	5 insurers
CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL NORTHEAST	MO	$162	$97.2	$18.4	$162	5 insurers
BARNES-JEWISH ST PETERS HOSPITAL	MO	$162	$97.2	$18.4	$162	5 insurers