CPT 86162 · 1,639 hospitals reporting

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The same procedure costs $50 at one hospital and $1,902 at another — a 38× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $123.

Cheapest published

$50

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

Median across 1,639 hospitals

$123

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

Most expensive

$1,902

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
ASCENSION WISCONSIN HOSP MENOMONEE FALLS CAMPUS	WI	$293	$123	—	—	5 insurers
TIPPAH COUNTY HOSPITAL	MS	$123	$123	—	—	5 insurers
TRIOS HEALTH	WA	$307	$123	—	—	1 insurers
YALE-NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL	CT	$209	$123	—	—	5 insurers
UCHEALTH GREELEY HOSPITAL	CO	$206	$123	—	—	5 insurers
TWIN CITY MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$175	$123	$68.25	$159	5 insurers
WEIRTON MEDICAL CENTER, INC	WV	$247	$124	—	—	5 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH MOUNT STERLING	KY	$337	$124	$307	$307	1 insurers
SAINT JOSEPH MOUNT STERLING	KY	$337	$124	$17.27	$307	5 insurers
LOS ALAMOS MEDICAL CENTER	NM	$207	$124	—	—	1 insurers
University of Arkansas Medical Sciences	AR	$203	$122	—	—	5 insurers
DEACONESS HOSPITAL INC	IN	$152	$122	$16.82	$21.76	5 insurers
MADISON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	ID	$143	$122	—	—	5 insurers
MADISON HOSPITAL	MN	$143	$122	—	—	5 insurers
WILLIAMSON MEDICAL CENTER	TN	$243	$122	—	—	1 insurers
WILLIAMSON MEMORIAL INC	WV	$243	$122	—	—	1 insurers
ST JOSEPHS AREA HEALTH SERVICES	MN	$196	$121	$20.32	$186	5 insurers
MAUI MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	HI	$310	$121	—	—	3 insurers
RUTHERFORD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$302	$121	—	—	2 insurers
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN	MI	$161	$121	—	—	0 insurers
AMBERWELL ATCHISON ASSOCIATION	KS	$179	$125	$40	—	4 insurers
PENDER COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	NE	$268	$121	$68.74	$260	5 insurers
ANNIE JEFFREY MEMORIAL COUNTY HEALTH CENTER	NE	$132	$127	—	—	0 insurers
CHI SAINT JOSEPH BEREA NF	KY	$263	$127	$121	$239	5 insurers
CHI SAINT JOSEPH BEREA NF	KY	$263	$127	$17.27	$239	5 insurers
WARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	TX	$169	$118	—	—	0 insurers
BOZEMAN HEALTH DEACONESS HOSPITAL	MT	$160	$128	$16.82	$160	5 insurers
BOZEMAN HEALTH BIG SKY MEDICAL CENTER	MT	$160	$128	$16.82	$160	5 insurers
MARSHALL MEDICAL CENTERS	AL	$118	$118	—	—	5 insurers
MARSHALL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$118	$118	—	—	5 insurers
MARSHALL MEDICAL CENTER	TN	$118	$118	—	—	5 insurers
UNION GENERAL HOSPITAL	GA	$235	$117	—	—	5 insurers
CHATUGE REGIONAL HOSPITAL	GA	$235	$117	—	—	5 insurers
HOLY FAMILY MEMORIAL	WI	—	$129	$1.61	$230	0 insurers
THOMAS HOSPITAL	AL	$258	$129	—	—	5 insurers
ST NICHOLAS HOSPITAL	WI	$196	$129	—	—	5 insurers
HSHS ST CLARE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WI	$196	$129	—	—	5 insurers
CENTURA ST. CATHERINE-DODGE CITY	KS	$326	$130	—	—	5 insurers
GEORGE E WEEMS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	FL	$165	$116	—	—	5 insurers
FAYETTE MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$131	$131	$7	$149	1 insurers