CPT 87116 · 1,644 hospitals reporting

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The same procedure costs $51.12 at one hospital and $1,159 at another — a 23× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $111.

Cheapest published

$51.12

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

Median across 1,644 hospitals

$111

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

Most expensive

$1,159

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
ST TAMMANY PARISH HOSPITAL	LA	$186	$112	—	—	0 insurers
KONA COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	HI	$171	$111	—	—	5 insurers
D W MCMILLAN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	AL	$185	$111	—	—	5 insurers
ATMORE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	AL	$185	$111	—	—	5 insurers
NEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN/QUEENS	NY	—	$112	$7.56	$156	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	ID	$316	$111	$142	$316	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	ID	$316	$111	$7.78	$316	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S THE WOODLANDS HOSPITAL	TX	$316	$111	$136	$316	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S THE WOODLANDS HOSPITAL	TX	$316	$111	$7.78	$316	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S SUGAR LAND HOSPITAL	TX	$316	$111	$136	$316	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S SUGAR LAND HOSPITAL	TX	$316	$111	$7.78	$316	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL AT THE VINTAGE	TX	$316	$111	$136	$316	5 insurers
ST LUKE'S HOSPITAL AT THE VINTAGE	TX	$316	$111	$7.78	$316	5 insurers
UNION HOSPITAL CLINTON	IN	$187	$112	—	—	0 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN NORTHERN CALIF	CA	$113	$113	—	—	5 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN	IL	$113	$113	—	—	5 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN	MO	$113	$113	—	—	5 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN	OH	$113	$113	—	—	5 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN	SC	$113	$113	—	—	5 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN	TX	$113	$113	—	—	5 insurers
SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN	WA	$113	$113	—	—	5 insurers
TIPPAH COUNTY HOSPITAL	MS	$113	$113	—	—	5 insurers
OPELOUSAS GENERAL HEALTH SYSTEM	LA	$220	$110	—	—	5 insurers
ADVENTHEALTH CENTRAL TEXAS	TX	$219	$109	$97.79	$197	5 insurers
ADVENTHEALTH ROLLINS BROOK	TX	$219	$109	$97.79	$197	5 insurers
MILFORD REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	MA	$114	$114	—	—	5 insurers
WILSON MEDICAL CENTER	KS	$286	$114	—	—	0 insurers
WILSON MEDICAL CENTER	NC	$286	$114	—	—	0 insurers
DELTA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	AR	$135	$108	—	—	5 insurers
FIELD HEALTH SYSTEM	MS	$153	$115	—	—	1 insurers
MAHNOMEN HEALTH CENTER	MN	$120	$108	—	—	5 insurers
COMMUNITY HOSPITAL OF SAN BERNARDINO	CA	$276	$108	$166	$276	5 insurers
MARGARETVILLE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	NY	$174	$115	—	—	5 insurers
DARDANELLE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	AR	$277	$108	—	—	0 insurers
DEACONESS HOSPITAL INC	IN	$144	$115	$8.94	$11.57	5 insurers
ADVOCATE SHERMAN HOSPITAL	IL	$215	$108	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE TRINITY HOSPITAL	IL	$215	$108	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE ILLINOIS MASONIC MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$215	$108	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE CONDELL MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$215	$108	—	—	5 insurers
ADVOCATE CHRIST HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER	IL	$215	$108	—	—	5 insurers