CPT 86940 · 1,056 hospitals reporting

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The same procedure costs $50.58 at one hospital and $574 at another — a 11× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $82.88.

Cheapest published

$50.58

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

Median across 1,056 hospitals

$82.88

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

Most expensive

$574

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

Price distribution

178 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
RED BAY HOSPITAL	AL	$148	$82.88	—	—	3 insurers
SANTA CLARA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$148	$82.88	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - WALNUT CREEK	CA	$148	$82.88	—	—	3 insurers
SUTTER MEDICAL CENTER, SACRAMENTO	CA	$148	$82.88	—	—	3 insurers
SUTTER ROSEVILLE MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$148	$82.88	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - REDWOOD CITY	CA	$148	$82.88	—	—	3 insurers
FRESNO SURGICAL HOSPITAL	CA	$148	$82.88	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL MANTECA	CA	$148	$82.88	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL - SAN LEANDRO	CA	$148	$82.88	—	—	3 insurers
MT SAN RAFAEL HOSPITAL	CO	$148	$82.88	—	—	3 insurers
SANTA ROSA MEDICAL CENTER	FL	$148	$82.88	—	—	3 insurers
COMMUNITY HOSPITAL SOUTH, INC.	IN	$148	$82.88	—	—	3 insurers
KAISER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL WESTSIDE	OR	$148	$82.88	—	—	3 insurers
FRANKFORT REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	KY	$78.31	$78.31	$6.97	$10.09	5 insurers
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL COLORADO	CO	$118	$76.7	—	—	5 insurers
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL COLORADO - COLORADO SPRINGS	CO	$118	$76.7	—	—	5 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER	OR	$142	$75.73	$107	$135	5 insurers
MERCY MEDICAL CENTER	OR	$142	$75.73	$6.93	$136	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH SCHUYLER	NE	$89	$75.65	$80.33	$87.22	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH SCHUYLER	NE	$89	$75.65	$8.77	$87.22	5 insurers
TWIN COUNTY REGIONAL HOSPITAL	VA	$226	$90.52	—	—	0 insurers
CHI HEALTH PLAINVIEW HOSPITAL	NE	$89	$74.76	$80.33	$87.22	5 insurers
CHI HEALTH PLAINVIEW HOSPITAL	NE	$89	$74.76	$8.77	$87.22	5 insurers
AIKEN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	SC	$229	$91.6	—	—	5 insurers
SWEETWATER HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION	TN	$229	$91.6	—	—	5 insurers
EVERGREEN MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$114	$74.1	—	—	3 insurers
UNITED REGIONAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM	TX	$78	$74.1	—	—	0 insurers
ST NICHOLAS HOSPITAL	WI	$112	$73.92	—	—	5 insurers
HSHS ST CLARE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	WI	$112	$73.92	—	—	5 insurers
FAYETTE MEDICAL CENTER	AL	$73.5	$73.5	$73.5	$73.5	1 insurers
ST LUKES HOSPITAL	MN	$166	$92.85	—	—	5 insurers
ST ELIZABETH HOSPITAL	WA	$231	$70.15	$166	$173	2 insurers
ST ELIZABETH HOSPITAL	WA	$231	$70.15	$8.77	$173	5 insurers
ANTELOPE VALLEY HOSPITAL	CA	$69	$69	—	—	5 insurers
SILVER CROSS HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTERS	IL	$254	$97.03	$152	$201	3 insurers
SILVER CROSS HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTERS	IL	$254	$97.03	$3.68	$201	5 insurers
CHANDLER REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	AZ	$254	$68.07	$137	$213	2 insurers
CHANDLER REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	AZ	$254	$68.07	$5.26	$213	5 insurers
ST CLARE HOSPITAL	WA	$231	$66.48	$166	$173	2 insurers
ST CLARE HOSPITAL	WA	$231	$66.48	$8.77	$173	5 insurers