CPT 86920 · 1,555 hospitals reporting

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The same procedure costs $50.16 at one hospital and $2,675 at another — a 53× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $146.

Cheapest published

$50.16

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

Median across 1,555 hospitals

$146

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

Most expensive

$2,675

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
WILLAPA HARBOR HOSPITAL	WA	$209	$146	—	—	4 insurers
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL COLORADO	CO	$225	$146	—	—	5 insurers
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL COLORADO - COLORADO SPRINGS	CO	$225	$146	—	—	5 insurers
SANFORD CLEAR LAKE MEDICAL CENTER	SD	$183	$146	—	—	5 insurers
JACKSON MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$147	$147	—	—	0 insurers
METHODIST HOSPITAL OF SACRAMENTO	CA	$505	$145	$379	$419	4 insurers
METHODIST HOSPITAL OF SACRAMENTO	CA	$505	$145	$78.16	$505	5 insurers
WAYNE COUNTY HOSPITAL	IA	$224	$145	—	—	5 insurers
HOLY FAMILY HOSPITAL	MA	$268	$147	—	—	5 insurers
PEACEHEALTH UNITED GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$227	$148	—	—	3 insurers
SOUTHEAST HEALTH MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$369	$148	—	—	5 insurers
CHEYENNE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	WY	$207	$145	—	—	5 insurers
UNITYPOINT HEALTH - MERITER	WI	$185	$148	—	—	5 insurers
STARR REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER ATHENS	TN	$755	$148	—	—	0 insurers
MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, INC	TN	$341	$144	$222	$222	1 insurers
MEMORIAL HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, INC	TN	$341	$144	$32.7	$289	5 insurers
CRISP REGIONAL HOSPITAL	GA	$156	$148	—	—	0 insurers
SANFORD LUVERNE MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$180	$144	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW SOUTHDALE HOSPITAL	MN	$359	$144	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW UNIVERSITY OF MN MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$359	$144	—	—	5 insurers
FAIRVIEW NORTHLAND REGIONAL HOSPITAL	MN	$359	$144	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL	MN	$359	$144	—	—	5 insurers
M HEALTH FAIRVIEW WOODWINDS HOSPITAL	MN	$359	$144	—	—	5 insurers
FAYETTE MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$149	$149	$8	$171	1 insurers
CONEMAUGH MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER	PA	$373	$149	—	—	4 insurers
University of Arkansas Medical Sciences	AR	$249	$149	—	—	5 insurers
NOVANT HEALTH THOMASVILLE MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$249	$149	$45.24	$330	5 insurers
SANFORD CANTON-INWOOD MEDICAL CENTER - CAH	SD	$179	$143	—	—	5 insurers
SAINT ROSE DOMINICAN HOSPITALS - SIENA CAMPUS	NV	$659	$150	$198	$474	4 insurers
SAINT ROSE DOMINICAN HOSPITALS - SIENA CAMPUS	NV	$659	$150	$16.05	$474	5 insurers
CRENSHAW COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	AL	$300	$150	—	—	2 insurers
CRENSHAW COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	AL	$300	$150	—	—	2 insurers
COMMUNITY HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION	MO	$150	$150	—	—	5 insurers
ANNIE JEFFREY MEMORIAL COUNTY HEALTH CENTER	NE	$148	$142	—	—	0 insurers
LOS ALAMOS MEDICAL CENTER	NM	$251	$151	—	—	1 insurers
KALKASKA MEMORIAL HEALTH CENTER	MI	$167	$142	—	—	4 insurers
FRYE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$377	$151	—	—	5 insurers
SIOUX CENTER HEALTH	IA	$146	$142	—	—	5 insurers
SIOUX CENTER HEALTH	IA	$146	$142	—	—	5 insurers
ANIMAS SURGICAL HOSPITAL, LLC	CO	$151	$151	$24	$151	5 insurers