CPT 87205 · 1,738 hospitals reporting

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The same procedure costs $50.02 at one hospital and $423 at another — a 8× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $73.17.

Cheapest published

$50.02

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

Median across 1,738 hospitals

$73.17

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

Most expensive

$423

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

Price distribution

388 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
LUBBOCK HEART HOSPITAL LP	TX	$73	$73	—	—	5 insurers
SILVER CROSS HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTERS	IL	$192	$73.35	$115	$152	3 insurers
SILVER CROSS HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTERS	IL	$192	$73.35	$1.79	$152	5 insurers
KELL WEST REGIONAL HOSPITAL	TX	$28	$73.92	—	—	5 insurers
MONTEFIORE NEW ROCHELLE HOSPITAL	NY	$114	$74.1	—	—	5 insurers
UCSF HEALTH ST. MARY'S HOSPITAL	CA	$106	$74.2	$4.27	$106	5 insurers
POCAHONTAS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	IA	$80	$72	—	—	0 insurers
SANFORD THIEF RIVER FALLS MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$90	$72	—	—	5 insurers
WALLOWA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	OR	$80	$72	$76	$78.4	0 insurers
SANFORD CHAMBERLAIN MEDICAL CENTER	SD	$93	$74.4	—	—	5 insurers
UP HEALTH SYSTEM PORTAGE	MI	$124	$74.6	—	—	0 insurers
SOVAH HEALTH DANVILLE	VA	$179	$71.6	—	—	0 insurers
NEW YORK-PRESBYTERIAN/QUEENS	NY	—	$75	$2.99	$156	5 insurers
HARPER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL	MI	$95	$71.25	$4.27	$93	5 insurers
CENTURA ST. CATHERINE-DODGE CITY	KS	$178	$71.15	—	—	4 insurers
GEORGE E WEEMS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	FL	$100	$70	—	—	5 insurers
CONEMAUGH NASON MEDICAL CENTER	PA	$191	$76.4	—	—	1 insurers
CONEMAUGH MEYERSDALE MEDICAL CENTER	PA	$191	$76.4	—	—	1 insurers
MARSHALL MEDICAL CENTERS	AL	$77	$77	—	—	5 insurers
MARSHALL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$77	$77	—	—	5 insurers
BOULDER CITY HOSPITAL	NV	$90	$77	—	—	0 insurers
SAMARITAN NORTH LINCOLN HOSPITAL	OR	$77	$77	—	—	3 insurers
MARSHALL MEDICAL CENTER	TN	$77	$77	—	—	5 insurers
SIERRA NEVADA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	CA	$127	$69.22	$97.79	$124	5 insurers
SIERRA NEVADA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	CA	$127	$69.22	$4.27	$124	5 insurers
NIOBRARA VALLEY HOSPITAL	NE	$77.5	$77.5	—	—	0 insurers
MID-COLUMBIA MEDICAL CENTER	OR	$172	$68.8	—	—	5 insurers
WILLAMETTE VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER	OR	$172	$68.8	—	—	5 insurers
PERSON MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	NC	$194	$77.6	—	—	3 insurers
COPPER QUEEN COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	AZ	$111	$77.7	—	—	5 insurers
THE QUEENS MEDICAL CENTER	HI	$111	$77.7	—	—	5 insurers
MAINEHEALTH MID COAST HOSPITAL	ME	$77.85	$77.85	—	—	5 insurers
CORONA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$196	$78	—	—	5 insurers
SOUTHWEST HEALTHCARE SERVICES	ND	$196	$78	—	—	5 insurers
PEACEHEALTH ST JOHN MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$105	$68.25	—	—	5 insurers
GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL	CA	$68	$68	—	—	5 insurers
PIONEER MEDICAL CENTER	MT	$68	$68	—	—	5 insurers
BON SECOURS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	NY	$68	$68	—	—	5 insurers
ST ANTHONY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	NY	$68	$68	—	—	5 insurers
SINAI-GRACE HOSPITAL	MI	$105	$78.75	—	—	0 insurers