CPT 86060 · 1,642 hospitals reporting

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The same procedure costs $50 at one hospital and $880 at another — a 18× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $83.05.

Cheapest published

$50

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

Median across 1,642 hospitals

$83.05

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

Most expensive

$880

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

Price distribution

440 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
UCHEALTH HIGHLANDS RANCH HOSPITAL	CO	$277	$83.09	—	—	5 insurers
HASKELL REGIONAL HOSPITAL, INC	OK	$83	$83	—	—	5 insurers
WHIDBEYHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$83	$83	—	—	0 insurers
PRAIRIE COMMUNITY CAH	MT	$82.84	$82.84	$69.58	$99.4	5 insurers
JENNIE M MELHAM MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	NE	$82.25	$82.25	—	—	1 insurers
WYOMING COUNTY	NY	$210	$83.9	—	—	0 insurers
WYTHE COUNTY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	VA	$210	$83.9	—	—	0 insurers
NOVANT HEALTH THOMASVILLE MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$140	$84	$7.3	$136	5 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH LONDON	KY	$230	$82.08	$209	$209	1 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH LONDON	KY	$230	$82.08	$4.36	$209	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$109	$81.75	—	—	0 insurers
SANFORD HOSPITAL WEBSTER - CAH	SD	$102	$81.6	—	—	5 insurers
CEDAR-SINAI MARINA DEL REY HOSPITAL	CA	$130	$84.76	—	—	2 insurers
CEDAR-SINAI MARINA DEL REY HOSPITAL	CA	$130	$84.76	—	—	3 insurers
MOSAIC LIFE CARE AT ST JOSEPH	MO	$100	$85	—	—	5 insurers
MOSAIC MEDICAL CENTER - MARYVILLE	MO	$100	$85	—	—	5 insurers
SINAI-GRACE HOSPITAL	MI	$108	$81	—	—	0 insurers
GLENDALE ADVENTIST MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$248	$80.85	$139	$198	4 insurers
GLENDALE ADVENTIST MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$248	$80.85	$7.3	$198	5 insurers
HOSPITAL DISTRICT #6 PATTERSON HEALTH CENTER	KS	$248	$80.85	$139	$198	4 insurers
HOSPITAL DISTRICT #6 PATTERSON HEALTH CENTER	KS	$248	$80.85	$7.3	$198	5 insurers
TWIN COUNTY REGIONAL HOSPITAL	VA	$202	$80.74	—	—	0 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL	KY	$171	$80.56	$156	$156	1 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL	KY	$171	$80.56	$4.36	$156	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS PORTAGE MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$107	$80.25	—	—	2 insurers
LAKE HEALTH	OH	$107	$80.25	—	—	0 insurers
RAINBOW BABIES AND CHILDRENS HOSPITAL	OH	$107	$80.25	—	—	2 insurers
MILFORD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	MA	$86	$86	—	—	5 insurers
SANFORD CHAMBERLAIN MEDICAL CENTER	SD	$100	$80	—	—	5 insurers
BAYLOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL CENTER AT AUBREY	TX	$133	$79.94	—	—	5 insurers
GLENCOE REGIONAL HEALTH	MN	$86.25	$86.25	—	—	2 insurers
SANFORD CLEAR LAKE MEDICAL CENTER	SD	$108	$86.4	—	—	5 insurers
JENNIE STUART MEDICAL CENTER	KY	$256	$79.39	—	—	5 insurers
UCSF HEALTH SAINT FRANCIS HOSPITAL	CA	$113	$79.1	$7.3	$113	5 insurers
SANFORD JACKSON MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$109	$87.2	—	—	5 insurers
TRIOS HEALTH	WA	$197	$78.62	—	—	5 insurers
FOREST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER	MI	$87.49	$87.49	—	—	5 insurers
CHARLEVOIX AREA HOSPITAL	MI	$87.49	$87.49	—	—	5 insurers
PARKLAND HEALTH CENTER	MO	$130	$78	$7.3	$253	5 insurers
MISSOURI BAPTIST SULLIVAN HOSPITAL	MO	$130	$78	$7.3	$181	5 insurers