CPT 86160 · 1,729 hospitals reporting

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The same procedure costs $50 at one hospital and $1,266 at another — a 25× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $90.

Cheapest published

$50

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

Median across 1,729 hospitals

$90

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

Most expensive

$1,266

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
BARAGA COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	MI	$90	$90	—	—	0 insurers
SANFORD THIEF RIVER FALLS MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$113	$90.4	—	—	5 insurers
NOVANT HEALTH BRUNSWICK MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$179	$89.5	$12.85	$174	5 insurers
CHRISTUS SOUTHEAST TEXAS- ST ELIZABETH	TX	$271	$89.43	$6	$230	5 insurers
MEADE DISTRICT HOSPITAL	KS	$89.41	$89.41	$31.29	$80.47	0 insurers
ST JOSEPHS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL WEST BEND	WI	$165	$90.75	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH ST MARYS - DETROIT LAKES	MN	$139	$89.24	—	—	5 insurers
ROSEBUD HEALTH CARE CENTER	MT	$90.8	$90.8	—	—	5 insurers
UCSF HEALTH SAINT FRANCIS HOSPITAL	CA	$127	$88.9	$12	$127	5 insurers
SPRINGHILL MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$105	$88.86	—	—	5 insurers
CHI SAINT JOSEPH BEREA NF	KY	$184	$88.7	$84.64	$167	5 insurers
CHI SAINT JOSEPH BEREA NF	KY	$184	$88.7	$10.21	$167	5 insurers
UCSF HEALTH ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL	CA	$131	$91.7	$12	$131	5 insurers
WEIRTON MEDICAL CENTER, INC	WV	$176	$88	—	—	5 insurers
PEACEHEALTH UNITED GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$135	$87.75	—	—	3 insurers
CENTURA ST. CATHERINE-DODGE CITY	KS	$231	$92.4	—	—	5 insurers
PENOBSCOT VALLEY HOSPITAL	ME	$109	$87.55	—	—	5 insurers
STEWART MEMORIAL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	IA	$109	$87.2	—	—	5 insurers
STEWART MEMORIAL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	IA	$109	$87.2	—	—	5 insurers
BOZEMAN HEALTH DEACONESS HOSPITAL	MT	$109	$87.2	$9.93	$109	5 insurers
BOZEMAN HEALTH BIG SKY MEDICAL CENTER	MT	$109	$87.2	$9.93	$109	5 insurers
WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER	NY	$145	$87	—	—	5 insurers
BELL HOSPITAL	MI	$145	$86.77	—	—	0 insurers
CHI HEALTH MISSOURI VALLEY	IA	$177	$86.73	$101	$173	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH MISSOURI VALLEY	IA	$177	$86.73	$12	$173	5 insurers
SLEEPY EYE MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$137	$86.68	—	—	5 insurers
PARIS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	IL	$248	$86.63	—	—	1 insurers
PARIS REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	TX	$248	$86.63	—	—	1 insurers
COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WI	$170	$93.5	—	—	5 insurers
FROEDTERT MEMORIAL LUTHERAN HOSPITAL	WI	$170	$93.5	—	—	5 insurers
SAUK PRAIRIE HOSPITAL	WI	$171	$93.54	—	—	5 insurers
BENSON HOSPITAL	AZ	$180	$86.4	—	—	5 insurers
CLEVELAND AREA HOSPITAL	OK	$86.4	$86.4	—	—	5 insurers
LORING HOSPITAL	IA	$117	$93.6	—	—	0 insurers
CALDWELL MEDICAL CENTER	KY	$125	$93.68	—	—	5 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS CONNEAUT MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$115	$86.25	—	—	2 insurers
SEQUOYAH COUNTY-CITY OF SALLISAW HOSPITAL AUTHORIT	OK	$115	$86.25	—	—	5 insurers
SAUNDERS MEDICAL CENTER	NE	$125	$93.75	—	—	0 insurers
SOUTHERN TENNESSEE REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM PULASKI	TN	$294	$86.15	—	—	0 insurers
CARLE BROMENN MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$86	$86	—	—	5 insurers