CPT 86850 · 1,713 hospitals reporting

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The same procedure costs $50 at one hospital and $962 at another — a 19× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $97.41.

Cheapest published

$50

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

Median across 1,713 hospitals

$97.41

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

Most expensive

$962

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
CHI ST ALEXIUS HEALTH	ND	$191	$97.41	$141	$172	3 insurers
CHI ST ALEXIUS HEALTH	ND	$191	$97.41	$7.88	$172	5 insurers
GEORGE E WEEMS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	FL	$139	$97.3	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH DULUTH	MN	$132	$97.55	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH SANDSTONE	MN	$132	$97.55	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH ADA	MN	$132	$97.55	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH HOLY TRINITY HOSPITAL	MN	$132	$97.55	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH NORTHERN PINES MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$132	$97.55	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH MOOSE LAKE	MN	$132	$97.55	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH FOSSTON	MN	$132	$97.55	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH DEER RIVER	MN	$132	$97.55	—	—	5 insurers
ESSENTIA HEALTH	ND	$132	$97.55	—	—	5 insurers
SANFORD MAYVILLE	ND	$122	$97.6	—	—	5 insurers
SANFORD HILLSBORO	ND	$122	$97.6	—	—	5 insurers
ANIMAS SURGICAL HOSPITAL, LLC	CO	$230	$97.67	$0	$215	5 insurers
FOREST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER	MI	$98.22	$98.22	—	—	5 insurers
CHARLEVOIX AREA HOSPITAL	MI	$98.22	$98.22	—	—	5 insurers
PARK NICOLLET METHODIST HOSPITAL	MN	—	$96.57	$54.24	$194	1 insurers
ST VINCENT MEDICAL CENTER/NORTH	AR	$388	$98.63	—	—	0 insurers
ST VINCENT MEDICAL CENTER/NORTH	AR	$388	$98.63	$3.75	$213	5 insurers
LADD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WI	$141	$98.77	—	—	5 insurers
THOMAS HOSPITAL	AL	$192	$96	—	—	5 insurers
MINERAL COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	MT	$121	$96	—	—	1 insurers
FIELD HEALTH SYSTEM	MS	$132	$99	—	—	1 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$132	$99	—	—	0 insurers
SAN JUAN HOSPITAL	UT	$137	$95.56	—	—	5 insurers
DARDANELLE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	AR	$255	$99.33	—	—	0 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MERITER	WI	$119	$95.48	—	—	5 insurers
TWIN CITY MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$142	$99.4	$55.38	$129	5 insurers
POUDRE VALLEY HOSPITAL	CO	$142	$99.48	—	—	5 insurers
CHI-ST VINCENT INFIRMARY	AR	$388	$99.57	—	—	0 insurers
CHI-ST VINCENT INFIRMARY	AR	$388	$99.57	$3.75	$213	5 insurers
CHEYENNE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WY	$136	$95.18	—	—	5 insurers
CHI OAKES HOSPITAL	ND	$192	$99.84	$140	$186	5 insurers
CHI OAKES HOSPITAL	ND	$192	$99.84	$9.77	$186	5 insurers
SUSAN B ALLEN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	KS	$146	$94.9	—	—	2 insurers
VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$186	$94.86	—	—	4 insurers
Baylor St Lukes Medical Center	TX	$271	$94.85	$8.27	$230	5 insurers
CHI ST LUKES LAKESIDE HOSPITAL	TX	$271	$94.85	$8.27	$230	5 insurers
ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER	CT	$200	$100	—	—	5 insurers