CPT 87206 · 1,661 hospitals reporting

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The same procedure costs $50 at one hospital and $864 at another — a 17× spread for what's billed under the same code. Median: $78.

Cheapest published

$50

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

Median across 1,661 hospitals

$78

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

Most expensive

$864

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

Price distribution

421 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
BARAGA COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	MI	$78	$78	—	—	0 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS PORTAGE MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$104	$78	—	—	1 insurers
LAKE HEALTH	OH	$104	$78	—	—	0 insurers
RAINBOW BABIES AND CHILDRENS HOSPITAL	OH	$104	$78	—	—	1 insurers
MCKAY-DEE HOSPITAL	UT	$104	$77.95	—	—	5 insurers
MCKAY-DEE HOSPITAL	UT	$104	$77.95	—	—	5 insurers
TIPPAH COUNTY HOSPITAL	MS	$78.14	$78.14	—	—	5 insurers
CAPITAL HEALTH REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	NJ	$196	$78.4	—	—	1 insurers
PEACEHEALTH COTTAGE GROVE COMMUNITY MEDICAL CENTER	OR	$119	$77.35	—	—	0 insurers
CALDWELL MEDICAL CENTER	KY	$103	$77.25	—	—	5 insurers
HARPER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL	MI	$103	$77.25	$5.39	$93	5 insurers
NORTHRIDGE HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$283	$78.96	$226	$246	2 insurers
NORTHRIDGE HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER	CA	$283	$78.96	$5.39	$283	5 insurers
MONROE HOSPITAL	IN	$79	$79	—	—	5 insurers
HASKELL REGIONAL HOSPITAL, INC	OK	$79	$79	—	—	5 insurers
ADVENTHEALTH SHAWNEE MISSION	KS	$154	$76.93	$5.39	$138	5 insurers
SANFORD THIEF RIVER FALLS MEDICAL CENTER	MN	$96	$76.8	—	—	5 insurers
BLESSING HOSPITAL	IL	$128	$76.57	—	—	5 insurers
ILLINI COMMUNITY HOSPITAL	IL	$128	$76.57	—	—	5 insurers
STEPHENS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL	TX	$79.85	$79.85	—	—	5 insurers
SANFORD CHAMBERLAIN MEDICAL CENTER	SD	$95	$76	—	—	5 insurers
SOUTHERN TENNESSEE REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM PULASKI	TN	$259	$75.89	—	—	0 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS SAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$107	$80.25	—	—	0 insurers
WHITESBURG ARH HOSPITAL	KY	$134	$80.4	—	—	5 insurers
BELL HOSPITAL	MI	$126	$75.41	—	—	0 insurers
MONUMENT HEALTH SPEARFISH HOSPITAL	SD	$75	$75	$9.7	$72.75	4 insurers
MONUMENT HEALTH RAPID CITY HOSPITAL	SD	$75	$75	$9.7	$72	5 insurers
PEACEHEALTH UNITED GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$126	$81.9	—	—	1 insurers
SANFORD CLEAR LAKE MEDICAL CENTER	SD	$92	$73.6	—	—	5 insurers
SILVER CROSS HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTERS	IL	$217	$82.9	$130	$171	3 insurers
SILVER CROSS HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTERS	IL	$217	$82.9	$2.26	$171	5 insurers
SANFORD SHELDON MEDICAL CENTER	IA	$91	$72.8	—	—	5 insurers
AMBERWELL ATCHISON ASSOCIATION	KS	$104	$72.8	$30.41	—	4 insurers
SANFORD VERMILLION MEDICAL CENTER	SD	$91	$72.8	—	—	5 insurers
LAKE CUMBERLAND REGIONAL HOSPITAL	KY	$208	$83.21	—	—	2 insurers
SOUTHERN TENNESSEE REGIONAL HEALTH SYSTEM LAWRENCE	TN	$335	$83.46	—	—	0 insurers
PEACEHEALTH SOUTHWEST MEDICAL CENTER	WA	$111	$72.15	—	—	5 insurers
ASHLEY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER	UT	$131	$72.12	—	—	0 insurers
UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS CONNEAUT MEDICAL CENTER	OH	$96	$72	—	—	2 insurers
JOHNSON COUNTY HEALTHCARE CENTER	WY	$72	$72	—	—	0 insurers