CPT 86609 · 1,357 hospitals reporting

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The same procedure costs $50.4 at one hospital and $799 at another — a 16× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $90.5.

Cheapest published

$50.4

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

Median across 1,357 hospitals

$90.5

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

Most expensive

$799

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

Price distribution

329 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 ST. ELIZABETH	NE	$181	$90.5	$112	$145	3 insurers
CHI HEALTH ST. ELIZABETH	NE	$181	$90.5	$12.48	$154	5 insurers
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN	MI	$120	$90	—	—	0 insurers
DALE MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$182	$91.06	—	—	0 insurers
FRYE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$228	$91.1	—	—	5 insurers
PENDER COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	NE	$199	$89.55	$51.04	$193	5 insurers
NOVANT HEALTH PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$179	$89.5	$12.88	$174	5 insurers
NOVANT HEALTH MATTHEWS MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$179	$89.5	$12.88	$174	5 insurers
NOVANT HEALTH HUNTERSVILLE MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$179	$89.5	$12.88	$174	5 insurers
NOVANT HEALTH MINT HILL MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$179	$89.5	$12.88	$174	5 insurers
NOVANT HEALTH BALLANTYNE MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$179	$89.5	$12.88	$174	5 insurers
NOVANT PRINCE WILLIAM MEDICAL CENTER	VA	$179	$89.5	$12.88	$174	5 insurers
FAUQUIER HOSPITAL	VA	$230	$92	—	—	1 insurers
ASHLEY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	UT	$162	$88.94	—	—	0 insurers
GATEWAY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IL	—	$92.45	—	—	0 insurers
SPRING VIEW HOSPITAL	KY	$221	$88.23	—	—	2 insurers
MAHNOMEN HEALTH CENTER	MN	$104	$93.6	—	—	5 insurers
HAYWOOD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$218	$87.18	—	—	2 insurers
JACKSON GENERAL HOSPITAL	WV	$189	$94.5	—	—	0 insurers
CHI ST LUKES HEALTH MEMORIAL LUFKIN	TX	$247	$86.45	$10.82	$222	5 insurers
CHI ST LUKES HEALTH MEMORIAL LIVINGSTON	TX	$247	$86.45	$10.82	$222	5 insurers
LINCOLN HEALTH HOSPITAL	CO	$200	$94.8	—	—	1 insurers
MILFORD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	MA	$86	$86	—	—	5 insurers
ST MARY-CORWIN HOSPITAL	CO	$238	$95	—	—	5 insurers
ST. CATHERINE HOSPITAL - GARDEN CITY	KS	$238	$95	—	—	4 insurers
BOB WILSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	KS	$238	$95	—	—	5 insurers
COOPER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL	NJ	$95	$95	—	—	5 insurers
RUTHERFORD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$215	$85.81	—	—	2 insurers
STILLWATER MEDICAL CENTER	OK	$107	$85.6	$13.79	$96.3	5 insurers
STILLWATER MEDICAL - PERRY	OK	$107	$85.6	$13.79	$96.3	5 insurers
STILLWATER MEDICAL-BLACKWELL	OK	$107	$85.6	$13.79	$96.3	5 insurers
VALLEY VIEW MEDICAL CENTER	AZ	$142	$85.48	—	—	1 insurers
DARDANELLE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	AR	$246	$96.07	—	—	0 insurers
MEDICAL WEST, AN AFFILIATE OF UAB HEALTH SYSTEM	AL	$337	$84.25	—	—	5 insurers
METHODIST HOSPITAL UNION COUNTY	KY	$150	$97.5	—	—	5 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER	OR	$183	$97.59	$137	$174	5 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER	OR	$183	$97.59	$10.18	$176	5 insurers
FROEDTERT COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	WI	$178	$97.63	—	—	5 insurers
EVERGREEN MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$128	$83.2	—	—	3 insurers
PUTNAM GENERAL HOSPITAL	GA	$166	$83.02	—	—	0 insurers