CPT 86768 · 1,109 hospitals reporting

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The same procedure costs $50.4 at one hospital and $484 at another — a 10× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $80.

Cheapest published

$50.4

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

Median across 1,109 hospitals

$80

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

Most expensive

$484

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

Price distribution

124 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
HELEN KELLER HOSPITAL	AL	$80	$80	—	—	5 insurers
HUNTSVILLE HOSPITAL	AL	$80	$80	—	—	5 insurers
ATHENS LIMESTONE HOSPITAL	AL	$80	$80	—	—	5 insurers
DECATUR MORGAN HOSPITAL - DECATUR CAMPUS	AL	$80	$80	—	—	5 insurers
YALE-NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL	CT	$136	$80.24	—	—	5 insurers
UNITED HOSPITAL CENTER, INC	WV	$157	$78.5	—	—	5 insurers
SISTERSVILLE GENERAL HOSPITAL	WV	$157	$78.5	—	—	5 insurers
SUMMERSVILLE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WV	$157	$78.5	—	—	5 insurers
PENDER COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	NE	$174	$78.3	$44.63	$169	5 insurers
VIRTUA OUR LADY OF LOURDES HOSPITAL	NJ	$825	$82.5	—	—	5 insurers
VIRTUA MOUNT HOLLY HOSPITAL	NJ	$825	$82.5	—	—	5 insurers
LONGMONT UNITED HOSPITAL	CO	$192	$77	—	—	4 insurers
CENTURA HEALTH-ST ANTHONY NORTH HEALTH CAMPUS	CO	$192	$77	—	—	3 insurers
ORTHOCOLORADO HOSP AT ST ANTHONY MED CAMPUS	CO	$192	$77	—	—	4 insurers
ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL - INTERQUEST	CO	$192	$77	—	—	3 insurers
SAINT ANTHONY HOSPITAL	IL	$192	$77	—	—	3 insurers
GATEWAY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	IL	—	$76.62	—	—	0 insurers
ST MARYS HOSPITAL MEDICAL CTR	WI	$168	$75.82	—	—	0 insurers
EAST VALLEY ER & HOSPITAL	AZ	$168	$75.6	—	—	0 insurers
ALEXANDRIA EMERGENCY HOSPITAL	LA	$168	$75.6	—	—	0 insurers
MAUI MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	HI	$190	$74	—	—	3 insurers
MCDOWELL ARH HOSPITAL	KY	$123	$73.8	—	—	5 insurers
BECKLEY ARH HOSPITAL	WV	$122	$73.2	—	—	5 insurers
FAUQUIER HOSPITAL	VA	$182	$72.8	—	—	1 insurers
COOPER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL	NJ	$89	$89	—	—	5 insurers
GREENWICH HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION -	CT	$136	$70.72	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE SHERMAN HOSPITAL	IL	$140	$70	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE TRINITY HOSPITAL	IL	$140	$70	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE ILLINOIS MASONIC MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$140	$70	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE CONDELL MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$140	$70	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE CHRIST HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$140	$70	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE LUTHERAN GENERAL HOSPITAL	IL	$140	$70	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL	IL	$140	$70	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE GOOD SHEPHERD HOSPITAL	IL	$140	$70	—	—	5 insurers
SOUTHEAST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$175	$69.96	—	—	5 insurers
BRIDGEPORT HOSPITAL	CT	$136	$69.36	—	—	5 insurers
ST JOSEPHS HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER	AZ	$99	$69.3	$7.54	$78.55	5 insurers
CHI SAINT JOSEPH BEREA NF	KY	$191	$92.08	$87.86	$174	5 insurers
CHI SAINT JOSEPH BEREA NF	KY	$191	$92.08	$11.21	$174	5 insurers
SNOQUALMIE VALLEY HOSPITAL	WA	$116	$67.55	—	—	5 insurers